Celebrate the inaugural Thrive Festival next week by participating in a flashmob!

The Thrive Festival is three days of fun, sports and resilience-building talks for students, brought to you by the Uni in partnership with the USU and Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness (SUSF). Sign up for the 'secret' flashmob and find out more about the festival.

The Mental Health Census will also launch during the festival, to find out how the University can help you thrive in your campus life. Find out more about the Mental Health Census.

Festival details
When: 12.30pm, Tuesday 3 April
Where: Foyer, New Law Building, Camperdown Campus

No enrolment is necessary, just head to Room 513, Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, Darlington Campus to attend each skillshop. For more information, call 8627 8433 or 8627 8437.

Procrastination
Do you leave your assignments to the last minute? Are you always finding something else to do when faced with study? Procrastination is a problem for lots of students and is a bad habit to develop. This workshop will help you to deal with the worry of study and to get the job done.

When: 1 to 2pm Tuesday, 3 April

Confidence
This session is designed to enhance and help manage common barriers to confidence.

When: 1 to 2pm Monday, 16 April

Perfectionism
Perfectionism can lead to burnout. It is not possible to be ‘perfect’ all the time. Learn strategies to help maintain excellence and wellbeing.

When: 1 to 2pm, Tuesday 17 April

Scheduled maintenance to data centre storage systems will occur between 8am and 5pm on Saturday 7 April.

During this time a number of the University's critical systems will not be available, including:

• the Learning Management System (LMS)
• Echo360 – lecture recording system
• Student Self Administration
• PebblePad
• ePortfolio
• ArcGIS

Any changes to the above schedule will be communicated on the ICT service status webpage. If you have any concerns about this outage, please contact the ICT helpdesk.

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 on 9351 9660.

Help set a global standard for news by taking part in this study conducted by researchers in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Participants will watch some television news items and fill in a questionnaire while researchers measure heart rate. The study will take around one hour and you will be compensated for your time.

To be eligible, you must have lived in Australia for more than 20 years.

When: Between 19 March and 5 April, at a time of your convenience.
Where: Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Room 102, Mackie Building, Camperdown Campus (over the Parramatta Road footbridge)

For more information please contact Annabel McGoldrick.

Can nuclear energy be part of a sustainable solution?

Meet researchers from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation at this event, hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Solutions.

Workshop details
When: 12.30 to 4pm, Friday 13 April (during the non-teaching week)
Where: Room 344, level 3, New Law Annex Building, Camperdown Campus
RSVP: Lucy Taylor by 1 April on 9351 7728

Should we eat less or eat better? Can we eat less if we eat better?

Researchers from the School of Biological Sciences are looking for men and women who consider themselves to be 'normal-weight' to participate in a study on the origins of weight gain from modern Western diets. The study is designed to show that the problems in our diets can be overcome by a simple change in what we eat.

To qualify, you should be between 18 and 65, in good general health, and not currently smoking or on medications. Participants will be compensated financially for their time.

For further information please contact one of the study coordinators, Alison Gosby.

Researchers are investigating if some brief moderate exercise at the time of receiving a flu vaccine can make it more effective. 

Researchers from the Faculty of Heath Sciences are investigating the effects of 30 minutes of exercise immediately before receiving a flu vaccination.

Older adults are at high risk from the flu, and although the vaccine is available it does not always stimulate a strong response. In young adults brief exercise has been found to help the immune response, but now the research team is planning to see if it can work for older adults who would benefit much more from better protection.

The study is being run through the Centre for STRONG Medicine at Balmain Hospital, and the researchers are looking for healthy adults aged over 65. Please contact Liz Mathieson on 9395 2269 or Kate Edwards on 9036 7396 for more information.

How do business leaders maintain a global perspective in a shifting marketplace? Find out at this postgraduate roundtable discussion.

Hear our expert panel from the fields of law, economics and project management examine the knowledge and experience encapsulated within the framework of the global market that growth depends on.

Event details
When: 5 to 7.30pm, Tuesday 17 April
Where: Foyer, New Law Building, Camperdown Campus

Find out more on the Postgraduate study website.

How can health reforms improve outcomes for patients and health professionals? Find out at this postgraduate roundtable.

Hear our expert panel discuss how innovation, prevention and a refocus of public services will shape Australia's response to future health challenges.

Event details
When: 5.30 to 7.30pm, Wednesday 18 April
Where: MacLaurin Hall, the Quadrangle, Camperdown Campus

Find out more on the Postgraduate Study website.

Get the inside scoop on graduate programs in the public sector from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 

If you’re thinking of applying for public sector positions then don't miss this workshop. Guest presenters from the Australian Bureau of Statistics will discuss graduate recruitment processes and job opportunities in the public sector, and demonstrate how to successfully respond to selection criteria.

For more information, visit the Careers Centre website.

Applications for the Lion Graduate program are open now.

Australia’s leading food and beverage company offers a wide range of job opportunities, including sales and marketing, manufacturing operations, finance, human resources management and information technology. See the job ad on the Careers Centre website.

International Week; your chance to edit Hermes; compete in the legendary Sydney Uni Band Comp!

International Week, Tuesday 27 to Thursday 28 March
International Week is a new initiative by the USU to promote the amazing cultural diversity on campus. 

Hermes editor applications open
Produce the next instalment of one of the finest free literary journals in Australia. Applications close 23 April.

Band comp entries open
The Sydney Uni Band Comp is open again for another year! Get your entries in at the ACCESS Desk, Level 1, Manning House, before 5pm, Thursday 5 April. Heats start in May. Full draw will be published in the last week of April.

The average life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is still 10 to 17 shorter than other Australians. The government has recognised that the only way to close the gap within a generation is to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This barbeque is a way for us to join together and show support for this nationwide campaign.

Event details
When: 11am to 2pm, Thursday 29 March
Where: Manning Squash Courts Rooftop, Camperdown Campus

The next stage of the nuclear age: better, worse or more of the same?

No nuclear weapons have been used in anger since 1945. Yet if disaster is to be avoided this success must be sustained in a changing and unstable international system.

Sir Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies and Vice-Principal of King's College London, will deliver this presentation as part of the Sydney Law School Distinguished Speakers Program 2012.

Events details
When: 6 to 7pm, Monday 2 April. Registration is from 5.30pm, and a cocktail reception will be held after the lecture until 8pm.
Where: New Law Building, Camperdown Campus
Cost: $25, Sydney Law School alumni $20, students $10

To register or for more information, visit the Sydney Law School website.

In July 2011 NASA launched its final space shuttle mission. How will this affect US pre-eminence in space exploration?

Retired Marine Corps Major General Charles Bolden Jnr will talk about the future of NASA at this United States Studies Centre (USSC) event.

Event details
When: 10.30 to 11.30am, Wednesday 4 April
Where: Great Hall, the Quadrangle, Camperdown Campus
Cost: Free but registration is essential

To register or for more information, visit the USSC website.

What are the costs of under and over-nutrition worldwide?

Professor Richard Deckelbaum, director of the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University, will discuss the costs associated with the coinciding burden of under and over-nutrition in many parts of the world.

Presented by the Sydney Health Policy Network and the Charles Perkins Centre.

Event details
When: 11.30am to 12.30pm, Tuesday 17 April
Where: Lecture Theatre 101, New Law Building, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown Campus
Cost: free
RSVP: 5pm, Monday 16 April by email to shpn@sydney.edu.au

For more information visit the Sydney Health Policy Network website, or contact Shauna Downs on 9036 5443.