New to Flinders? Want Success Tips from an Expert?
Student Success and Wellbeing Advisors (SSWA) work every day with students to get them back on track if they falter. Mel, one of the SSWA recorded […]
Archive Tag: orientation
Student Support and Services Directory
Flinders University offers a comprehensive range of student support services. In fact, so comprehensive that even those of who work in them, can’t keep track of […]
It is mid-year Orientation time 2025!! Welcome new students 👋🏻
Starting uni mid-year? This is a quick welcome post from those of us at BetterU and admittedly a few additional links/resources to check out (if you […]
The 6th to the 10th of May is Wellbeing Week across multiple campuses
Join the Good Vibes Roadshow during Wellbeing Week, May 6-10, and discover how to blend study with wellness through fun activities, freebies, and essential support services […]
PowerPoint Overview of Health, Counselling and Disability Services
Engage with Health, Counselling, and Disability Services: Access Orientation Week Presentation Slides Now! With Orientation week in full swing, many of our team are out and […]
Slides from 'Intro to Oasis Wellbeing Programs' orientation presentation
Attend an ‘Intro to Oasis Wellbeing Programs’ presentation as part of Flinders Orientation 2024 and want the slides? It is your lucky day. Details in post. […]
Slides from recent Writing and Wellbeing Workshop
Did you attend or are you interested in our Writing for Wellbeing workshop? You can get the slides for that workshop in this post. On the […]
As Orientation approaches Oasis unveils its roster of activities
Oasis is the Student Wellbeing Centre on the Bedford Park Campus. Over the academic year, they’re responsible for all manner of wellbeing-focused events. With Orientation just […]
Welcome to all the new students starting with us mid-year!
Welcome to Flinders University! As Orientation begins, remember that health and wellbeing services are here for you, including access to GPs, nurses, counsellors, and the Oasis […]
Getting off to a good start guide - start your studies well
Our Getting Off To A Good Start Guide is a collection of tips and advice for new or returning students who want to start the year […]
I am doing an intro to Flinders wellbeing services on 21st of February at O...
As part of orientation I am talking about Flinders wellbeing services on the 21st February at Oasis. All welcome – new students, existing students, staff. 2023 […]
2023 Orientation design is an encouraging message to new students (and exis...
Some messages are just more elegantly expressed in imagery. The 2023 Orientation design speaks to a way of viewing one’s university experience that I think is […]
I'll be on the Orientation Platform from 11-1 each day this week answering ...
Overview: New students can find all they need to know about studying at Flinders via the new Orientation Platform. That includes learning about health and wellbeing […]
There are new students joining the Flinders community
Overview: It is orientation week. New people are joining our community. If you are one of them welcome! For existing community members, this is our chance […]
Welcome Flinders students to 2022!
Overview: The academic year has started! In this post I welcome new students and provide some simple advice for navigating orientation. Reading time ~ 5 minutes. […]
Getting Off To A Good Start Guide
Overview: Starting university is a big step. There is a lot that I want to tell you about how to make your university experience better, so […]
It is wellbeing week here at Flinders!
This week is Wellbeing Week. Now, COVID-19 put a few spanners in the works in terms of mid year orientation activities. Whilst we are limited in […]
Welcome new students to…..lockdown?
Woah, that all happened quite fast! South Australia goes into lockdown at 6.00pm tonight (20/7/21) for a week. Stage 5 restrictions. Not quite the welcome […]
Welcome students of 2021!
Just a quick shout out to all students starting or returning to Flinders for 2021. 🎆🥳🎇 Welcome!! On behalf of the Health, Counselling and Disability […]
Welcome to new students starting this semester and the O'guide program
On behalf of the team at Health, Counselling and Disability Services, a hearty welcome to the all the new students starting at Flinders in the […]
Some updates from the Orientation team
So Orientation Month (March) has taken a little bit of a battering, as you can imagine, because of the Coronavirus (f*&k you virus). But all […]
10 ways you might have stuffed up on your first day at Uni and why it is OK
I wish I could say that I remember my first day at Uni. We are talking a long time ago. It obviously wasn’t too bad. […]
I'll be talking about wellbeing and academic success during orientation
Flinders is going all out in 2020 on helping new students adjust to life at Uni. In addition to the standard O’week activities, Flinders has […]
Flinders’ new online orientation topic Finding Your Way at Flinders is he...
This is a repost of an article originally published by the Ping! team– Here at HCD we know how important it is from a wellbeing […]