Welfare / Support

The Handbook addresses:

• Access to Results

• Support Systems

• Orientation and Induction

• Textbook and Library resources

• Loan Equipment

• Access and Equity

• Anti Discrimination Policy, and

students are referred to the Policy Section of this website for specific advice.

ASPA supports all of its students to achieve their maximum potential.  To assist in this, most teaching materials are available on-line or in electronic form by contacting the Vice President Education.  As well as these resources, trained peer counsellors are available to discuss any with issues that are of concern to a student.   Each resort also has dedicated and trained peer support contacts should vocational issues arise from the type of work done by graduates.

There are a number of other resources that may prove useful:

The University of Sydney Learning Centre has a range of support publications for students:

• Developing Critical Thinking Skills

• Collaborative Learning

• Strategies for Successful Learning

Study Skills

• How to be a successful health sciences student
  This is 5-stage essay writing guide specifically for health sciences students. It is set up in modules which cover tasks and sub-tasks required for writing assignments. You can either do all tasks or use the guides for specific assignment requirements such as writing a research proposal, a literature review, a case study, a report or compiling an annotated bibliography.
• The Well
  Study resources site developed by LLU for Faculty of Health Sciences students.
• Academic grammar workshop (PDF) or Word format
  Download and print this set of academic grammar exercises. Answers are included and you can email the tutor if you need further explanation.
• UniLearning – reading and writing skills
  The UniLearning site has been developed for university students by staff from several Australian universities
• OWL (Online Writing Lab)
  This online writing laboratory site, developed by Purdue University, contains over 500 pages of handouts, tutorials, and workshops and hundreds of links to other writing resources across the World Wide Web. One section covers resources on English as Second Language.
• University of Sydney Library Quick Reference
  Reference material including citation and style guides – grammar and writing – dictionaries, thesauri, phrase finders and acronyms.
• The Writery
  The University of Missouri Online Writery – see the resources page listing Web sites for writers.
• Peer Tutoring
  The Language and Learning Unit manages a Peer Tutoring Register which enables students who have done well to assist other students who are having difficulty with topics in those subjects.
• Exam Stress Guide (PDF)

Support Services (Counselling, Welfare, Disability etc)

• Student Counselling Virtual Pamphlet collection
  A collection of virtual pamphlets, by universities in the US, on numerous health and wellbeing issues
• Self-help publications from the University of Wisconsin
  Publications on various topics.

Government Services and Resources

• Youth Portal (Australia)
  Access to online information on Australian Commonwealth government services, programmes, research, policies, events and publications for and about young people aged 12 to 25 years. The Youth Portal links to hundreds of resources across a range of Commonwealth agencies and departments.
  Similar portals for law and justice, women, health, regional Australians etc can be found or are being developed at http://www.australia.gov.au/portals/for_aust.asp.
• The Source
  Australian Dept of Family and Community Services site for young people.
• Youth site
  NSW government site with information and links to resources and services covering all aspects of life for young people in NSW.
• Health NSW
  The NSW Dept of Health site includes an A-Z of health topics, pages on health for young people and services listed by area.