The Student Learning Centre (SLC) provides the following range of academic support services. While some are designed with a particular group in mind, sessions are available to all currently enrolled students.

The Writing Centre

Location: Room 107, Level 1, Student Centre

Time: Monday – Thursday, 10.00am - 4.00pm, Fridays 10.00am - 12.00 noon

No booking is necessary.

Provides a venue for students to ask questions about their academic writing.
Provides students with an opportunity for practise and feedback on their work.
Provides qualified staff to advise students on a range of generic writing skills such as:

writing style and language choice
use of quotes and referencing
paraphrasing and summarising
essay structure and argument development.

Drop-ins

Location: Various rooms, Level 1, Student Centre and SLC Annexe

Time: Monday – Thursday, 10.00am- 4.00pm, Fridays 10.00am - 12.00 noon

No booking is necessary.

Students can have access to an academic adviser on a 1:1 basis for a maximum of 15 minutes, by dropping into the SLC during the allocated times. The sessions are flexible and can be used to respond to a quick query in relation to a student’s academic needs or concerns, or to ascertain whether or not the student could benefit from other support offered by the SLC.

Academic support programs

Location: Room 209, Top level, Union Building

Time: Monday – Thursday, 12noon – 2pm.

Please check timetables.

Academic writing skills (all students)
Language skills (targets ESL students)
Research skills (targets Honours, postgraduate students)
Study skills (all students)

To view the current timetable: lunchtime seminars.

Individual consultations

Location: Various rooms, Level 1, Student Centre Building and SLC Annexe.

A limited number of 50 minute individual consultations are available to students per semester. Students must discuss their learning issue with SLC staff before a 50 minute consultation is offered.

The Maths Centre

Location: SLC Annex, Registry Building

Time: Monday and Tuesday, 10.00am- 4.00pm

No booking is necessary.

The Maths Centre provides assistance to students requiring mathematical knowledge for their university courses. Visit the Maths Centre to enhance your mathematical skills to meet the demands of your studies. Our staff are qualified to assist students to improve their mathematical skills, such as those required for drug calculations, quantitative methods and statistics, and some areas of computer programming.

To maximise your benefit, please bring with you anything that will help us determine the type of assistance needed, for example textbooks, lecture notes, tutorial questions and solutions.