Tip Sheets
UNE Student Assist has a series of easy to read tip sheets that can be collected from our reception or downloaded. A brief description of the content of each tip sheet is presented below. If you require more information phone (02) 6773 2897 or email counselling.service@une.edu.au
Off Campus Students: Your Survival Guide
This provides beginning off-campus students with some practical information about how to access academic, personal and financial assistance at university, as well as some tips on time management and strategies for building confidence in your academic ability.
Managing Life Stresses
Find out more about how stress affects us physically, emotionally and cognitively, along with strategies for dealing with it while you are studying.
Unwind with Meditation and Relaxation
This tip sheet focuses on the practice of meditation, explores what it is, how it is beneficial and how to go about incorporating meditation in everyday life.
Perform Well: Dealing with Examination and Performance Anxiety
This explores how you can change your thinking and your behaviour in order to reduce any anxiety about completing exams or presentations of your work.
Staying on Track: Escaping the Procrastination Trap and Staying Motivated
This helps you become aware of the underlying reasons for your procrastination and what maintains the habit. It gives you some strategies to move forward and stay motivated.
Concentrate Better and Remember More - Concentration Tips
Concentrate Better and Remember More - Memory Tips
These contain information about improving your memory and your ability to concentrate, especially in a study session or when preparing for exams.
How to Stay Sane While Writing a Thesis
This is full of hints to help you survive writing a research thesis, either at Masters or PhD level. It addresses how to get the best out of your supervisor, finding a topic and maintaining a focus and direction, time management, maintaining self-confidence through the highs and lows, pushing through a writer’s block, and working in isolation.
Sleep With Ease: Some Practical Help with Sleep Problems
This addresses how much sleep we need, the different stages of sleep, and the do’s and don’ts of getting a good night’s sleep.
Enhancing Your Self-Esteem
This gives useful strategies to improve your self esteem, and includes paper and pen exercises to help you understand how your thoughts influence your self-esteem in either a positive or negative way.
Healing and Pain Management
This explores different approaches to pain management including psychological approaches and practical strategies.
Studying When Distracted
This gives strategies for refocussing on your studies when unexpected stressors arise.
CDs on the above topics can be collected from our reception or requested by phone. For more information about our CDs or Fact Sheets phone (02) 6773 2897 or email counselling.service@une.edu.au
The following link takes you to a site that includes a range of tip sheets from universities all over the world - covering a wide range of topics such as alcohol, eating disorders, grief, relationships, sleep, and test-taking. Check it out!