We know that as an Indigenous student, coming to university is a big decision. There's a lot to think about but we know you've got what it takes! If you need help, we've got your back!
I asked the students to write a question or comment as they walked out the door. This file is what they'll see tomorrow - as a way of sharing their comments and my responses with the whole class.
Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
Starting your own business can feel like a big risk. This webinar, presented by Jock Fairweather from Little Tokyo Two, will provide you with practical strategies and advice from someone who has found success in creating a business and who helps entrepreneurs reach their goals on a daily basis. By helping you understand common start up mistakes, this webinar will provide you with the confidence you need to forge your own path and reap the rewards of your successful venture.
I asked the students to write a question or comment as they walked out the door. This file is what they'll see tomorrow - as a way of sharing their comments and my responses with the whole class.
Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
Starting your own business can feel like a big risk. This webinar, presented by Jock Fairweather from Little Tokyo Two, will provide you with practical strategies and advice from someone who has found success in creating a business and who helps entrepreneurs reach their goals on a daily basis. By helping you understand common start up mistakes, this webinar will provide you with the confidence you need to forge your own path and reap the rewards of your successful venture.
Career Focus is a newsletter that is published every semester by the USIU-Africa Placement and Career Services (PACS) department. It features various events and services organised by PACS, insights from industry professionals and PACS staff, career tips, jobs,, key interviews and profiles, mentorship opportunities, PACS must haves, success stories in the workplace among other stories. We welcome your comments and views. Email us on careeroffice@usiu.ac.ke
There are a lot of people at USQ to support our Indigenous students. Did you know all of this support existed?
To find out more about joining USQ visit: usq.edu.au/ciser
Being the first in your family to study at uni can often be challenging, particularly if your friends and family aren't familiar with uni or what it involves. Having the right support around you can make all the difference. Here are our tips for where to look for support throughout your studies.
There are many misconceptions about career planning that can get in the way of reaching your career goals. Don't let a lack of information or faulty assumptions derail your career path!
Entrepreneurship is defined as the starting of new businesses, usually by an individual who identified a gap in the market and trail blazed their way to success as sole owner and CEO. But you don’t have to share this passion of building your own business to see the value in utilising the same skills for your future career aspirations! We explore the relevancy of entrepreneurial skills for your career in this free one-hour webinar, and hear from a USQ student about how she found success by nurturing these skills and taking a chance.
When you hear the word resilience, what do you think of? Do you think of bouncing back from study let downs? Or perhaps maintaining consistent passion to reach your study goals with each new semester? By developing emotional intelligence, resilience can be a by-product used to help you through all of your study hurdles. This free, one-hour webinar will have you re-thinking your perception of resilience, open your mind to the importance of creating emotional intelligence and provide you with awareness of yours and others’ feelings to help ensure your career success.
Career Focus is a newsletter that is published every semester by the USIU-Africa Placement and Career Services (PACS) department. It features various events and services organised by PACS, insights from industry professionals and PACS staff, career tips, jobs,, key interviews and profiles, mentorship opportunities, PACS must haves, success stories in the workplace among other stories. We welcome your comments and views. Email us on careeroffice@usiu.ac.ke
There are a lot of people at USQ to support our Indigenous students. Did you know all of this support existed?
To find out more about joining USQ visit: usq.edu.au/ciser
Being the first in your family to study at uni can often be challenging, particularly if your friends and family aren't familiar with uni or what it involves. Having the right support around you can make all the difference. Here are our tips for where to look for support throughout your studies.
There are many misconceptions about career planning that can get in the way of reaching your career goals. Don't let a lack of information or faulty assumptions derail your career path!
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Entrepreneurship is defined as the starting of new businesses, usually by an individual who identified a gap in the market and trail blazed their way to success as sole owner and CEO. But you don’t have to share this passion of building your own business to see the value in utilising the same skills for your future career aspirations! We explore the relevancy of entrepreneurial skills for your career in this free one-hour webinar, and hear from a USQ student about how she found success by nurturing these skills and taking a chance.
When you hear the word resilience, what do you think of? Do you think of bouncing back from study let downs? Or perhaps maintaining consistent passion to reach your study goals with each new semester? By developing emotional intelligence, resilience can be a by-product used to help you through all of your study hurdles. This free, one-hour webinar will have you re-thinking your perception of resilience, open your mind to the importance of creating emotional intelligence and provide you with awareness of yours and others’ feelings to help ensure your career success.
Failure. It’s a taboo subject. When starting university, you may be overwhelmed with study support, extra assessment assistance and resources, as well as being provided with multiple opportunities to accept help from your lecturers. But what happens if you fail, or don’t do as well as you had hoped? What happens when you accept that failure without learning from it? In this free one-hour webinar, you’ll hear about why learning from different types of failure is important, how to positively reframe that failure for future success and how to incorporate strategies to cope with any study let downs you may experience in future.
All too often, we are advised to keep motivated in order to excel in our studies, but what does being motivated even mean? Why are we still struggling to find it, maintain it and identify its significance for our future careers? In this free one-hour webinar, join USQ research expert Dr Fein as he delves into the theory behind keeping motivated, and then discover how a USQ alumnus used it to pursue her dreams as a world record-breaking athlete and entrepreneur.
Be honest, have you heard of a student that hasn’t been stressed at some point during their time at university? In this free one-hour webinar, you’ll learn from local researchers and professional experts why managing your stress is imperative to your study success and how the power of positive reframing can influence your wellbeing. Take some time out from the books, watch along and start turning that stress, into a little more success! Presented by USQ Senior Lecturer in Psychology Dr Yong Goh and Registered Psychologist Cara Bricknell.
To see more from the Beyond the Books Online Series, visit our website. https://www.usq.edu.au/webinars
Looking for a way to separate yourself from the crowd? Taking on an intrapreneurship mindset may be just the answer you need. This webinar delves into what intrapreneurship really means and how developing entrepreneurial characteristics can be beneficial to your career success. The webinar is presented by USQ staff member, Dr Paul Newbury.
To see more from the Beyond the Books Online Series, visit our website. https://www.usq.edu.au/webinars
Looking to find work-life-study balance? This webinar delves into the challenges that students face when it comes to balancing study, work and family. With only 24 hours in a day, this one-hour webinar could help you re-prioritise and get your work-life balance back on track. The webinar is presented by USQ staff members Michael Healy and Stacey Dawson.
To see more from the Beyond the Books Online Series, visit our website. https://www.usq.edu.au/webinars
Discover the surprisingly easy ways to make small, but significant changes to your budget. From how to identify spending leaks, to what discounts, grants and financial services you may be eligible for as a USQ student, this session will equip you with the financial tools and strategies to help you make the most of your student budget. This webinar is presented by USQ staff members Clare Moseley and Robyn Idewa Gede who provide welfare and financial guidance to USQ students on a daily basis.
For more advice and resources to help with budgeting be sure to check out the following free resources.
https://social.usq.edu.au/tags/budget
To see more from the Beyond the Books Online Series, visit our website.
https://www.usq.edu.au/webinars
Your first semester of Uni can be overwhelming, especially when you start getting assessment. If you're feeling a little lost this guide will take you through the steps you need to take when approaching your first assignment.
This free, one-hour webinar goes beyond the basics of interview skills and dives deep into the details of how you can deliver informative, impressive and memorable responses in your next job interview. Our presenter, Michael Healy, is an Employability Coordinator at USQ, supporting students to progress their careers. In this engaging presentation, he shares his take on the both the common and unique challenges of succeeding in an interview.
For more free resources to help you excel in your career, visit USQ Social Hub or tune in for more Beyond the Books Online Series.
https://social.usq.edu.au/tags/career
https://social.usq.edu.au/tags/interviews
https://www.usq.edu.au/webinars
You’re dumb.’ ‘You’re not good enough.’ ‘You’ll never succeed at this.’
You’d never say these things to someone else, so why let your inner critic undermine your own efforts and accomplishments? Learn how you can use self-compassion to quieten your inner critic and stop holding yourself back from success in your studies, relationships and career. Having worked as a psychologist for over five years, our presenter Niamh Keane is used to demonstrating compassion for others in her professional career, but also understands how challenging it can be to turn down the volume on your own negative thoughts. Niamh explains what self-compassion is, why it’s important and how you can use it to quieten your inner critic.
For even more sways to combat your inner critic, check out the following resources on USQ Social Hub:
https://social.usq.edu.au/tags/mental-wellbeing
https://social.usq.edu.au/uni-lifestyle/2017/02/headstrong
For more free resources from the Beyond the Books Online Series, visit our website:
https://www.usq.edu.au/webinars
It can be difficult to balance family time with study time but that doesn’t mean it isn’t possible. Use these tips to combine study with family time, no matter how old your child, and make the most of the time you have to achieve your study goals.
For more tips to help you be a successful studying parent, check out Jess’s blog How being a mum helped me become a better student or Shane’s blog 4 tips for tackling study as a new dad.
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If you’re new to the role of studying parent and are still trying to find your study/family groove, these tips might help both you and your family adjust to a new routine. To discuss how you can take advantage of the flexibility and support available to you at USQ, get in touch with your Student Relationship Officer.
Are you a studying parent? Are your kids telling you they're bored when you're trying to study? We have created a template for you to keep your kids busy while you study.
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If you’ve considered studying a pathway program online, take a moment to review these webinar slides.
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To find out more about how the the Beyond the Books Online Series can help you get ahead at uni and in your career, visit https://www.usq.edu.au/webinars/
When working towards achieving your goals (for example, getting a degree) it can be easy to become disillusioned when the going gets tough. Having a clear understanding of your values, often referred to as your ‘life’s compass’, can make it easier to tolerate short-term sacrifices or obstacles that stand in the way of your success and keep you motivated on the end goal.
In this webinar, registered psychologist Asha Honeysett will discuss how to align your goals and values in order to utilise them for life satisfaction and academic success.
For more information about the Beyond the Books Online Series, view our FAQs or email webinar@usq.edu.au.
We know that juggling everything at uni is no easy feat. The fear of missing out (FOMO) can be tricky to manage, but we've determined at least 4 times when you should get involved and embrace your FOMO. For opportunities to get involved with uni life, check out https://www.usq.edu.au/current-students/life.
Looking to upskill or reskill? Postgraduate study online is a great option. This webinar will equip you with the knowledge and tools for success in online learning.
If you're considering studying a pathway program online, this webinar is for you. By tuning in, you will be well on your way to discovering your online study options so you can start heading in the direction of your goals.
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
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Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
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The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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5 deadly reasons you'll succeed at USQ
1. 5 Deadly reasons you’ll
succeed at USQ
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University is an awesome, life-changing
experience and like all big decisions, sometimes
it can be difficult to find the courage to take
that all important first step.
USQ offers Indigenous students some amazing support programs,
but if you’re still a little nervous about joining the USQ mob,
here are 5 deadly reasons why you + USQ = success!
We’re
flexible
With so many
different
methods of study
available, you’re
sure to find your
perfect fit. On-campus,
online,
via distance or
a combination
of all three…
whatever works
So there you have it, 5 simple reasons why you’re set for success.
We’d love to welcome you to the USQ mob and we just know
you’ll make a deadly student!
What are you waiting for?
Stop gammin about! Get clicking below and
talk to us about your future with USQ.
usq.edu.au/ciser 1800 005 137
for you!
We’re
supportive
Your USQ
brothas and
sistas are here
to support you.
There’s plenty
of friendly faces
in the USQ mob
who are keen
to sit down and
have a yarn
and help you
settle into life at
university.
You are un-stoppable
You can achieve
anything you put
your mind to and
if university is on
your mind, let’s
work together to
make it happen!
Don’t let fear or
nerves stop you
from coming to
uni. Be brave,
take the leap and
try something
new. We know
you can do it!
You are
inspiring
This is a chance
for you to show
your friends,
family and
community
that anything is
possible if you’re
willing to take a
chance and work
hard. Just think
how inspiring it
will be for them
to watch you
achieve your
goals!
We’re there
every step
of the way
With so many
great support
services on offer,
there’s no reason
why you can’t
succeed at USQ.
It doesn’t matter
whether you
study on-campus
or online, your
USQ mob is
here to support
you from your
first class to
your graduation
ceremony.