25GB of free online storage is now available via your student email account (Sydney Mail).

Use the same login details for your student email to access SkyDrive, where you can:

• store 25GB of files 
• access documents from any browser with an internet connection
• share specific files or folders with your fellow students, and work on your assignments at the same time.

You can even download the SkyDrive app to your smart phone.

For more information, visit the Student IT website.

Our lives are shaped by the conversations we have – find out how to start a conversation and how to make it enjoyable and rewarding. 


This engaging course combines theory and practical exercises and is must for those yearning for more than just small talk! Discover how to start an enjoyable and rewarding conversation that broadens curiosity and deepens relationships.

When: Wednesdays 6.30 to 9pm, 29 February to 28 March

For more information or to enrol, call 9036 4789 or visit the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) website.

Students can earn money by participating in economic decision-making experiments.

The School of Economics is seeking participants for experiments that examine how people make decisions. Sessions take place on campus, and typically last one to two hours. You will be paid for your time. You must be 18 years or over and a currently enrolled student of the University of Sydney.

To register your interest, visit the website.

Make a valuable contribution to the lives and education of primary and high school students by volunteering just a few hours per week.

The Compass program works in partnership with schools across Sydney to deliver literacy support programs and enrich learning experiences.
 
Applications are now open for 2012 volunteers. You will receive full training, transport reimbursement and the chance to gain valuable experience and meet new people.

Opportunities for 2012 include:

Word Up – a tutoring program for low-progress readers. This literacy program has been running successfully in 13 primary and high schools.

Homework Club – this program provides group and one-on-one tutoring.

Classroom Activity Facilitators – this initiative supports interactive activities for students who have attended theatre, history and science excursions at the University.

To get involved visit the Compass stall during O-Week or head to the Compass website.

Applications close Friday 16 March.

Do you have type 2 diabetes?

The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders is looking for participants to participate in a clinical trial. Participants must have type 2 diabetes and a willingness to lose weight.

Email James Gerofi for more information.

Participate in an ongoing sound therapy study for the School of Psychology.

Sound therapy involves stimulating the middle ear muscles with sound, which may impact on emotion, mood and associated physiology. This research examines the impact of sound therapy on brain and body function, and includes questionnaires on emotion and mood.

To register your interest and find out more, please contact James Heathers on 9351 3544.

See your creative work in the University of Sydney Student Anthology, published by Sydney University Press (SUP). 


Students are invited to submit creative work (such as poems, photos, fiction, nonfiction) for consideration in the 2012 Student Anthology, put together by Master of Publishing students and published by SUP.

Submissions close at 5pm, 31 March 2012.

For more information, visit the website.

Access partners offer members exclusive discounts in convenient locations.

We are proud to announce two new Access partners for 2012 – Sabbaba and Zookal.

Access members are entitled to an exclusive 15 percent discount off Sabbaba’s fresh and tasty Middle Eastern street food at two convenient locations – Newtown and Westfield Sydney.

Online textbook store Zookal is also offering a 15 percent discount for Access Members off their already cheap textbooks.

For more information and updates on other Access partners, please visit the website.