Student life

•Students come in the morning (for the most part), stay for classes then leave for part time work or go back to their homes in the suburbs.

•There are different types of college residences on campus, accommodating a total of around 650 students from all over the world. These students are on a meal plan, so it’s a great opportunity to meet other students in the brasserie at night.

Campus culture

The pressure & stress of study - what to do?

-Go to our seminar on ‘Study & Exam Preparation’ next Friday

-See one of the counsellors to obtain skills to deal with stress

-Get a study buddy or group to study with

During exam periods

Balance your study – Make sure to have both leisure & exercise time

Tutes &

Seminars

• These are interactive – try and participate, and contribute.

• Read up beforehand and have some questions/comments ready to ask.

• Presentations – practice with us at student learning support. We are available for 30m timeslots a week.

• Participation – sometimes this is given a percentage of your whole mark.

Group work

•Integrate – work with someone from another culture/nationality and really make an effort to make it a cross cultural learning experience.

•Be patient with people from other backgrounds and learning styles.

•Communicate effectively..

•Share the work equally. Don’t leave it to the most intelligent do do all the work for the group, or the most eloquent student to present.

Collegiality

•The essential core of any university is its staff and students who interact, engage in dialogue and debate, and generally create a productive and creative academic environment. Universities operate on democratic principles and ‘collegiality’ describes the arrangement whereby staff and students treat each other fairly and with respect.

Student/Staff

expectations

• Respect for staff and colleagues

• Be quiet when the lecturer/tutor speaks

• Allow everyone to contribute. Encourage the quieter students to participate.

• Your views/opinions should be able to be voiced in an environment of respect, tolerance and understanding

• Avoid raising personal stereotypes

Respect for Intellectual Property

Plagiarism is the act of passing off the work or ideas of others as your own or without due acknowledgment. It is considered as a serious violation of university rules and is a punishable offence.

Knowledge for its own sake

•The fundamental product of a university is knowledge. Universities function on the basis of seeking knowledge.

•Academic work is typically thorough, involving exhaustive analysis of the subject under study. It forms the basis for society having available to it, a deep and profound knowledge-base that can be drawn upon when required.

Critical Thinking

•Academic work must build on existing knowledge through accepted processes – observation, testing and the development of rational arguments. Evidence and supporting arguments must always feature strongly in academic work. Relying on intuition, hearsay or unsupported personal opinions is not viewed as academic.

•Critical thinking can involve reasoning, analysis, problem-solving, evaluation and creative (‘lateral’) thinking.

Bullying/racism on campus

•If you feel that you are being bullied or harassed on campus you have a few options:

•Security 51234

•International Student Compliance Officer

•University Ombudsman/ Registrar