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Exam tips

Advocacy

Exams can be hard enough. Make sure you know where you’re going and what is expected of you. Get some tips here!

Exam Support Stall

Advocacy

The Student Union Advocacy Service will be on site at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Carlton during the exam period to support students with emergency exam supplies, information and assistance. Look out for the marquee!

To ban or not ban smoking on campus

President

Smoking on campus is a hot topic at the moment with many universities across Australia becoming “smoke-free” over the last years. UMSU is here to represent you so we want to know what you think. Would you support a move to make the University of Melbourne smoke-free? Are you opposed? Indifferent? Let us know what you think by filling in a short survey.

Tastings 2013

Colourful painted mural on a wall Creative Arts Department

In 2013, we are presenting Tastings as part of MUDFest, Australia’s largest student arts festival. Besides forms like theatre and cabaret, we are looking for works as diverse as music, film, dance, performance art, and spoken word. We’ll also be co-producing Tastings with FLW Theatre, one of the University of Melbourne’s most successful student theatre companies.

NUS edu conference: applications are now OPEN

Education: Academic Affairs

An opportunity for students to participate in workshops organised and run by students about issues relating to tertiary education, covering a range of different topics. The conference often also hosts guest speakers and panels of politicians, academics and education experts to discuss issues relating to students and higher education.

Do you have assessments due during SWOT VAC?

Education: Academic Affairs

Under University policy this isn’t supposed to happen! Please fill out this anonymous SWOT VAC Assessment Form with the subject details so that UMSU can look into improving this for the next time the subject runs.

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