Student Resources

The University provides many services and resources to support students. Here are some useful links to explore:

Student Support

Transportation: Get an overview of the key transport routes to and around UNSW.
Living Expenses
UNSW Accommodation: UNSW offers a wide range of accommodation, depending on your requirements.
UNSW Kensington Campus Maps
International Office: Services provided to overseas students.
Support for International Students: Student Development International (SDI) helps students from overseas adjust to living in Sydney and studying at UNSW.
The Institute of Languages provides full-time courses in academic English to prepare candidates for admission into the program.
Counselling @ UNSW: Undertaking postgraduate studies can be very stressful. The UNSW Counselling service provides individual consultation, peer mentoring and self-help resources.

IT Services @ UNSW: Details on software and hardware, wireless, email accounts, user names and passwords, IT policies and security, and IT support.
Software available for download: Microsoft Office, Symantec Antivirus, EndNote.
NVivo: Can be accessed both on- and off-campus. To access the licence, please send an email request to UNSW IT Service desk requesting a QSR NVivo Licence. Free NVivo tutorials are available.
Epi Info: The free statistics package . If you are using a UNSW-owned computer, you will need to log a request with the IT service desk for the software to be downloaded onto your computer. Tutorials for Epi Info are available.

The UNSW Library provides tours, research consultations, online tutorials on accessing literature and offers a vast number of Web-based resources, including online journals.
UNSW Library Subject Guides - Also see Public Health and Community Medicine subject guides.
UNSW Library Services for Postgraduate Students: UNSW Library offers an outreach librarian to provide research consultations, mentoring services, subject guides for SPHCM, as well as links to electronic theses.
SPHCM Virtual Public Health Library: The Public Health Virtual Library provides an index of quality public health sites and resources.
UNSW Learning Centre for Postgraduate Students: Offers a range of seminars, training and electronic resources covering research proposals to thesis writing.
UNSW Learning Centre: Essay and Assignment writing skills
UNSW Learning Centre: Referencing
Human Research Ethics Advisory (HREA) panel application form: Guidelines for completion of Ethics forms for research studies.
Guidelines for Assessments
Online Learning: UNSW Blackboard login and support.

The Occupational, Health and Safety Section provides advice and assistance to the UNSW community on all matters relating to occupational health, safety and welfare. OHS Awareness training is compulsory for all research students. The OHS Unit also offers a number of useful training seminars.
Ergonomics checklists are available to help you limit the risk of injury.
Student Travel Policy: All research students should apply for approval to travel in order to be covered by UNSW’s insurance policy. You may also need to complete a risk assessment. FAQs - Travel (UniPass needed).

Graduate Research School (GRS): Includes information on re-enrolment, thesis submission and policies affecting research students.
Faculty of Medicine Research Students: Includes information on upcoming seminars.
SPHCM Research Seminars: The School runs regular research seminars throughout the year which students are welcome to attend.
SPHCM runs a monthly qualitative research seminar. If you would like to be added to the list, please contact Graduate Research Support Officer, Email:
SPHCM also runs a monthly quantitative research seminar. Invitations are sent to your student account.
Full listing of postgraduate courses and availabililty: All postgraduate research students may undertake SPHCM Masters coursework which is relevant to their rsearch, free of charge. For further details please contact Graduate Research Support Officer via:
Research Student Handbook