Asking questions

Student talking with an academic adviser at a desk Successful students and employees actively use problem-solving and troubleshooting to keep improving their own personal and professional skills.

Here you'll find good advice on how to develop a wider network of support and guidance (from university support services to your teachers and peers) and how to make the most of the interactions you have to meet your needs.

Support services

Learning Support (academic and numeracy skills)

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	Study Smart Online
	MESH (Mathematics Education Support Hub)
	Badanami Centre for Indigenous Education
	Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme (ITAS)
	Library

Student-led Support

	PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions)
	ePASS
	MATES (Mentoring and Transition Equals Success)

Life and Learning Support

	Counselling Service
	Skills Workshops
	Student Welfare Service
	Financial assistance
	Disability Service
	Assistive Technology
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Support (Badanami Centre for Indigenous Education)
	International student support
	Student Central
	Special consideration

Communicating with staff

Corresponding with your teachers and peers about your university learning is all preparation for clear expression amongst teammates and external partners in the workplace. It's a good time to start practising professional communication skills.

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	Emails	Learn how to communicate effectively with university staff using email.
	Meetings	Learn how to make the most of opportunities to meet with your teachers for feedback and assistance.

Peer support

Learning in groups is a powerful and efficient way to spend your personal study hours. Sharing the learning experience, exchanging your understandings, and experiencing both enthusiasm and frustration together help to build your learning community.

Your peer support network will grow and evolve over the years and carry you through to graduation.

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Starting and managing a study group

Find tips for making use of the PASS program and establishing your own learning community.

Seeking feedback

Seeking, receiving, and dealing with feedback is common practice in all our interactions. Giving and receiving feedback constructively is critical when you work in teams or large organisations and you have to work together to achieve shared goals.

Learn the best strategies to help you manage your own performance through feedback from other people.

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Learning from feedback

Find reflection activities and tips for seeking and using feedback to improve your learning.

Drop into a campus library (opens in a new window) and ask Library staff or chat with an Online Librarian (opens in a new window) or ask a study expert.