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I just got sent an e-mail inquiring about whether I wished to become a mentor and I was just wondering a couple of things...: *How much training do you get exactly? (I wasn't/won't be on campus a whole lot so I don't know all the buildings and services inside out.) *How much time did you...

Hi everyone! So who here has read/is reading the Dune series by Frank Herbert? What did you think? What is your favourite character/organisation from Dune? What do you think about the author's son Brian Herbert writing the series now? So I guess I should start off, well I've read all...

Hey guys, I just wanted to ask what exactly a 'soft law' is? As I'm having trouble understanding the given explanations in my texts and from google - I'm not even sure if a soft law is actually a law...:confused: It'd be wonderful if any of you law minded individuals could lend me a little...

Hi guys, I just thought I'd share this interesting interview I found which asks various journalists and academic about what is right and what is wrong with the university way of teaching journalism. I highly reccomend it to anyone asking themselves the question 'will this degree get me into...

Currently I do a BA in Communication at UTS and I'd like to add a BA from another university. I know MQ has a process by which you can do this but what exactly would happen if I applied to a BA at USYD or UNSW and tried to keep the UTS BA in Communication degree at the same time?

In the last week or so of October I will be having a Birthday party/event and I want it to be big since I haven't had an actual birthday party since I was like 11 so I kinda want to make up for lost time. Problem is, I have nfi what to do for it so I was wondering if any of you had any ideas...

Ladies & Gentleman, boys & girls, it is my pleasure to introduce to you all... the BA Communications Overview! This, my ebullient little bumpkins, is an overview based on my experiences within the degree (and anything else anyone would like to add!) as well the UTS handbook entry means...

Personally I found this to be interesting - are we really so caught up in the moral panics of today that we don't deal with the big issues of tommorow?

This thread leads on from a tangent from the Abortion thread: To further this, what is the point at which we distinguish between a being we may own and kill, and one we may not? And how do we compare the moral worth of the ownerships and killings of thing that are 'not us'(eg animals...

Ok, so I've recently been sent these e-mails from UNSW Source about activities on during the semester, and I'm not exactly sure why since I go to UTS but anyways - some of the things look interesting on there (like the theatre) and I was wondering if non UNSWers could buy tickets to these sort...

As some of you might (or probably not) remember, I made a thread a while ago about special provisions if you were sick during an exam period, and I elected not to make use of those provisions because I didn't want another (harder) exam. Except now it has bitten me on the rear and I got an F in...

Hi everyone, I have a teensy(or not so teeny) problem - my computer does not make a sound, nor does it recognise any sound devices whatsoever as being installed; no outdated sound drivers, no battered sound card, nothing. Even the sound icon in the tray has dissapeared and when I go into the...

Here are some important dates for all of you boys and girls to remember: HSC English Extension 2 Project Completion: Tuesday, 22nd August HSC English Extension 2 Project Submission Date (to school): Wednesday, 23rd August HSC English Paper 1(AoS): Friday, 20 October, 9.20am to 11.30am HSC...

This thread is designed to inform about important happenings during the year that are to do with UTS. Post in the thread with any dates you think are important(results receipt, enrollment, union events etc) so that we can make the information as up to date as possible.:) Semester 1 release of...

How serious is MQ about the whole 'withholding access to academic results' etc due to library fines? Because I've got some fines that have been outstanding for a while...:/

You can find your timetables in My Subject Activities, and once you have - post them! You never know who might be in your tute.;) This thread is also for general timetable discussion.:) Je te presente mon timetable: Monday: Colonialism and Modernity - Lecture @ 1, Tute @ 2, activity 14...

EDIT: None of the member links work, because when the server was being migrated- all of them were changed. Welcome one and all to the UTS forum and to the University of Technology, Sydney in 2008!! Please state what degree you'll be doing and what year you'll be in. I'll update the list...

In Australia, we have it as compulsory to teach subjects such as safe sex, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases and homophobic bullying. However some sectors would prefer abstinence based sex education on the premise that 'prevention is better than the cure', there are also at times...

Hey, I was just wondering with exams and special consideration, does anyone know how the special consideration works? ie not the application, but the actual special consideration? Also doesn anyone know if there are any repercussions to applying for special consideration? Thanks in advance to...

Heya, I'm a UTS student but next year and the year after I'll probaby be taking all my electives at USYD because the Arts electives at UTS literally suck donkey wang. Literally. Anyways, I was looking at some of the electives and I was wondering if anyone had any feedback on what the content...