Welcome to the

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Welcome to the Faculty of Health, Medicine,
Nursing and Behavioural Sciences
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Health Student and Academic Services

• Melinda Thomas
• Manager, Health Student and Academic Services

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Health Student and Academic Services (HSAS)

• What do we do
• Support Students and Academic staff in our
  faculty across all campuses.

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• HSAS Staff can assist you with
• Assignment submission and collection
• Special Consideration
• Assignment Extensions
• Faculty Units e.g. HBS107, HBS109 etc
• A range of administrative forms
• General course advice
• Timetable
• STAR
• Transition into University Life/Peer Mentoring

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Assignment Cover Sheets Must be completed and
attached to every assignment submitted to the
HSAS Office. Located next to assignment
submission boxes.
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Tips for Assignment Submission

• Ensure you are familiar with the plagiarism and
  collusion rules.
• Ensure you sign the declaration on your
  assignment coversheet form.
• You must keep a back up copy of your work until
  the original has been assessed and returned to
  you.
• The Division of Student Life offers many
  workshops on referencing and assignment writing
  throughout the year.

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Tips for Assignment Collection

• When your assignment is returned from the
  Lecturer a notice will be placed on DSO under the
  faculty name and the Assignments for Collection
  folder.
• When collecting your assignment bring your ID
  card with you and let us know the name of the
  unit code your assignment belongs to.

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• Assignment Extensions
• If you need to apply for an extension for an
  assignment you must collect a form from the HSAS
  Office.
• You must submit the application to the Unit Chair
  for consideration.
• The Unit Chair will notify you of the outcome of
  your request.
• When submitting your assignment you must attach
  the signed copy of the extension form.
• Extensions must be applied for well before the
  submission date.

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Special Consideration

• Applications for Special Considerations should be
  lodged online.
• To access the application portal, log in to
  Student Connect and click Special Consideration
  on the left vertical (blue) menu.
• Read all the information carefully and follow
  the prompts to submit your application.
• An application for Special Consideration must be
  lodged no later than three (3) University working
  days after the assessment items due date or the
  date of a scheduled examination.
• Applications without supporting documentation
  will not be considered.
• Students will also be able to view the status of
  the application including the outcome,  via the
  online process

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Examinations

• Exams are held at the end of each Semester, with
  a Supplementary/Special Exam period in August.
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• To view the Exam Timetable Release Schedule
  http//www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-in
  formation/exams-assessment/dates.php
• To view your personal exam timetable
  http//www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-in
  formation/exam-timetables.php
• For assistance with exam preparation go to
  http//www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-su
  pport/study-skills/docs/exam-success.pdf
• Misreading the timetable is not grounds for
  special consideration. No allowances can be made
  through misreading the timetable.

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Study Skills

• Deakin provides a range of workshops to assist
  students with their academic progress.
• For details of available workshops please visit
  http//www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-su
  pport/study-skills/workshops/index.php

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Faculty Units

• Queries regarding Tutorials and Practicals for
  HBS107, HBS109, HBS110 etc can be directed to
  Ti-Ming Boon in the HSAS Office at Burwood.

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STAR

• STAR (Student Timetable Allocation and
  Registration) is Deakin University's personalised
  timetabling system that allows students enrolled
  in on-campus units to register online for
  activity groups including lectures, tutorials,
  seminars etc.
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• Access STAR to select your Tutorials etc at
  www.deakin.edu.au/star/

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Software Essentials Available free of charge
from the HSAS Office
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What programs are on Software Essentials?

• Adobe Acrobat reader Audacity Authorware
  player
• Black Window Browsealoud Click N-Type
• CaptureCam Player Cmap CutePDF Writer
• Deakin Connection Files EndNote eText Typing
  Tutor
• Finale Notepad Flash Player Graph Calc
• IrfanView Java Plugin Melody Assistant
• MicroWorlds Mozilla SeaMonkey
• Mozilla Firefox Music Theory NaturalReader
• Office compatibility pack Office Powerpoint view
• Office Word viewer Quicktime Shockwaver
  Player
• Sockscap StarOffice ReadPlease
• TextAloud Virtual magnifying Glass
• VLC media Winzip XL statistics
• XnView

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Location of HSAS Office
Building Y1.01 Telephone [phone] Email
hmnbs-support_at_deakin.edu.au Open 8.45am to
5.00pm daily
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Make sure you get your copy before you leave for
the next session
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Make sure you get a copy of your Orientation
Program also before you leave for the next session
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Important Events you must attend
Thursday 2 July Enrolments Wednesday 8 July
Orientation Program Thursday 9 July DSO
Training Session at 10.00am Venue LT12
(X2.05) Thursday 9 July Tour of Faculty and
Questions with Current Students at 11.00am
(collected from LT12) Thursday 9 July Nursing
Students Information Session at 1.00pm in LT12
(X2.05)
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Where to next?

• Health and Social Development
• he1.015 (Undergraduate) he1.017 (Postgraduate)
• Nursing
• LT7 (Y2.04)
• Psychology
• LT2 (i2.201) Stay here!
• Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
• he2.006 (Sport) he1.009 (Nutrition)