Travel and Life Experience Options while at Uni

If taking a gap year is not for you – then you can always take time off during university by deferring, or use the fairly long 3 month break. University is quite flexible allowing you to defer if necessary for 6 months or 12 months. Taking time off university (especially if you did not take [...]

Create a Wall Map

You have just finished a set of exams for school. You have got your marks back. Your final end of year exams loom in the future.

What do you do?

The first step, is to evaluate your performance. This includes not just evaluating where you lost marks, but considering how your preparation and exam technique contributed to your overall performance.

So what is the second step?

50% of International Students Have Experienced Racism In Melbourne

New research has shown that current international students in Melbourne feel welcomed in this city, suggesting that safety concerns might not be the main reason why international enrolments saw a 30% decline in 2010. A recent study conducted by Uni Australia surveyed international students on their perceptions of racism and safety in Melbourne with mixed [...]

How We (Uni Students) Spent New Years Part 2

I may be speculating here when I say for most Victorians New Years Eve revolves around water, parties and alcohol, lots and lots of alcohol. Melbourne can keep its high population parties and police checks. Come New Years Eve people should pack up and take their swags out to the country. Here is where the real party lies. My New Year seems to start off with fleeing the big smoke to return to the little town I grew up in.

How We (Uni Students) Spent New Years

Last year I welcomed in the new year watching Cool Runnings on TV with my Mum snoring on the couch next to me. This year was slightly different. I was on a beach in Koh Phagan, Thailand. Or is it Koh Phagnan?

Thinking About Taking a Gap Year? Well You Should!

For many students that finished year 12 last year, upon completing their exams, many ventured for a couple weeks on schoolies, working over summer and will wait for the long slog that is university to start. This well-worn path is the very one that I chose! I finished my studies, and packed up and went [...]

The Value of International University Rankings

Lately there has been a lot of furore surrounding international university rankings with both the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education University Rankings being released this last week. Amidst the controversy of the methodology used to ranks universities across the world, one fact became clear. Australian universities did not perform as [...]

How to Choose Your University Preferences

University applications across Australia are now officially open (as of the beginning of August)! This means that students need to begin thinking about which university courses they will apply for, and the order of their preferences. While students will have a second chance to alter their preferences in December and early January, there is a [...]

Studying Undergraduate Medicine

Undergraduate medical programs tend be very popular, and consequently, very competitive.  For example, over 3,500 applicants applied for 156 standard entry places at UNSW’s sought after medicine program in 2010. Considering the sheer numbers of applicants, it is important you maximise your chances of getting selected. University medical programs select students on the basis of: [...]

How to Become a Doctor in Australia

Has becoming a doctor always been a passion of yours? Unsure where to start in terms of the pathways to becoming a doctor, and understanding what will be the best pathway for you? With 18 medical schools spread around Australia, with all offering different courses, and different approaches, it is quiet easy to be confused [...]