Need to set up wireless on your laptop or phone? Change your UniKey password or print your Semester 1 timetable? Visit the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) O-Week stall for more information.

The stall is located outside the new Carslaw Learning Hub, right next to Eastern Avenue. As a student at the University you have access to lots of IT services designed to help you get the most out of your campus experience, including:

• your student email account 
• eLearning tools 
• free computer and internet access on campus 
• your virtual desktop 
• printing facilities 
• space to study, charge your mobile devices and do group work 
• general IT support.

Can’t make it to the stall? Visit the student IT website for more information.

Students aged 18 years and over, who are currently university students in Australia, are invited to participate in the Alcohol and University Life research project. 


This research will explore university students’ attitudes and practices concerning alcohol consumption and harm minimisation on and off campus, via a one-on-one, 40-minute interview. All responses and personal details are strictly confidential. Each interviewee will be entered into a ‘lucky draw’ for a chance to win one of eight $50 Westfield Gift Vouchers

To participate or for more information, contact: Rose Leontini rose.leontini@sydney.edu.au on 9351 9660.

Would you like to know more about how your voice works? Have you ever had the chance to watch your vocal folds working? Would you like to know how your voice compares to others? 

We are seeking two healthy males aged 29 to 32, two males aged 48 to 53, and one female aged 44 to 46 to participate in a voice assessment at the University of Sydney’s state-of-the-art voice laboratory. The assessment will include imaging of your vocal folds, and you will receive a full comprehensive voice report and DVD of your vocal folds vibrating. Your results will form part of a study investigating the voices of radio presenters in comparison to the voices of healthy adults with no vocal performance experience.

To be eligible you must have no professional (paid) experience as a vocal performer and no history of voice disorders in the last year.

You also need to be a native speaker of English with an Australian accent. If you fit the above criteria and would like to participate in this study, please email Samantha Warhurst or Tricia McCabe.

Runners are invited to participate in a study that aims to determine if glutamine supplementation can reduce the risk of heat injury. 


If you’re a male runner – aged 18 to 45 years, who has never experienced heat illness requiring medical attention during a race, and can run continuously for an hour in hot conditions (30 deg C, 40% humidity) – your participation is sought in this research.

The study will involve five visits (totaling nine hours) and blood sampling. You’ll also learn about your current fitness level, or ‘VO2max’.

For further information, please contact Marilyn Ong.

On Thursday 1 March representatives from health, hygiene and home products company Reckitt Benckiser will be on campus for the ‘Looking for Casual Work’ workshop, talking about their experiences and providing expert advice on workplace success.

Event details

When: 2 to 3pm, Thursday 1 March
Where: Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue Auditorium and Lecture Theatre Complex, Camperdown Campus

To register visit the Careers Centre events calendar.

Enjoy a barbeque and drinks under the shade of the courtyard trees. See a range of bands hit the outdoor stage, including MA, the Sculptures, Sures, Young Romantics, and Jenny Broke the Window.

Event details

When: Every Friday night from 6 to 9pm (until 30 March). Rain or shine, the show must go on!
Where: The Seymour Centre, corner of City Road and Cleveland Street

For more information visit the Seymour Centre website.

Watch the results unfold on the most important day of the US presidential election primaries, with live media coverage, an expert panel and trivia competition! 


The United States Studies Centre (USSC) will be hosting live coverage of the US primaries on the big screen in Manning Bar, followed by a panel discussion moderated by ABC NewsRadio host John Barron, featuring:

• USSC CEO Professor Geoffrey Garrett
• Chair in US Media and National Correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly Professor James Fallows
• Research Associate and Editor of The Spectator Australia, Tom Switzer. 

The Super Tuesday excitement will continue into the evening with a trivia competition from 5.30pm, including a keynote address from former premier of NSW and USSC board director, Bob Carr.

Event details

When: 10.30am, Wednesday 7 March
Where: Manning Bar, Camperdown Campus

Registrations are essential. Register now 

Celebrate International Women’s Day 2012 at a thought-provoking presentation by Professor Marian Baird.

‘Blue stockings, babies and bank balances: The promise and perversities of new work and women policies’, will canvass the issues of female identity, education and reproduction and the implication for women’s income security over their life cycle. In the context of current changes in Australia, she suggests that while new policies promise a brighter future, there is also the possibility they will deliver unintended outcomes.

Event details

When: 10.15 to 11.15am, Thursday 8 March
Where: MacLaurin Hall, the Quadrangle, Camperdown campus

RSVP is essential by 6 March via email.