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  1. kami

    Who is Mr. Puffy hair?!

    Whenever I go to MQ, there is one guy who basically without fail, always ends up in the same train carriage as me and the same bus. Now, ordinarily you'd think: 'Hey, he must be doing the same course" but he isn't! So I have pondered and researched in my curiosity and deduced that this person...
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    Special event for those studying Rabbit Proof Fence

    If you are studying Rabbit Proof Fence for your Physical or Inner Journeys prescribed text then you may be interested in this: http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/mqmovies/hsc/ Its a screening of the movie at Macquarie University, followed by an analysis by a university teacher - its also free.:)
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    Marks/grades etc.

    Hey, I have strong suspicion I'll fail one of my assignments so I was wondering - does it matter how much I fail it by? For instance will it affect my final mark for the subject if its a crappy fail vs. a barely fail for this assignment? Or does it just count as 'fail'?
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    Contact hours for Staff

    Does anyone know how I can find out the working hours of my tutor at UTS without having to go to UTS? As I don't want to go there and have no one be there... Is there something on the UTS website or an info number that I can call? If anyone could tell me that would be great.:)
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    Waivers, english, cross-institutional and oh my!

    Hi! My main course at UTS - communications[writing & culture], has an option of picking arts electives from any uni for our second year[I'm in first year now] and I was looking at the second year english units at MQ and they look quite cool, however I have no interest at all in doing ENG120...
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    Really big problem with timetable

    ok, here's the problem: I do two courses: one at UTS(Communications in Writing & Cultural) and one at MQ(French), and to make the timetables fit I need to do morning sessions in one of my UTS units so thats what I put in. To my horror, UTS put me in the afternoon session of that unit instead...
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    From TAFE to Uni, your guide to the process

    NOTE:UNDER CONSTRUCTION[I probably won't be able to get back to work on this till the end of semester...grrr, uni work] Hello all and sundry, I’m here to talk to you today about the process of using your TAFE qualification to get into uni. For simplicity’s sake, this is going to be focused...
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    Biki discussion forum issue

    Hey, I was just wondering if there is something wrong with that(Biki discussion) forum, or am I not permitted to post new threads in there?
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    Where do you want your degree to take you?

    :wave: Hi everyone, just thought I'd ask the question - what do you want to do after your Arts degree? What job and/or postgrad area do you intend to move into? Myself, I'm thinking translation or teaching or becoming a proffesional writer - and I probably will do some Graduate Diplomas in...
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    FRN131: Introductory French Short Residential Unit

    Well, um, name sorta says it all - so has anyone done this unit and can tell me anything about it(the handbook is a little sparse on info)? For instance, do you attend a uni while overseas or do you do hw by correspondence? What does MQ pay for and what would I pay for? What kind of level of...
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    Communications:Roll Call!/Getting to know you!

    Hi everybody! My name is Evan and I'm gonna be doing BA in Communications (Writing & Cultures) combined with Certificate of Languages(French) at MQ and this will be my first year of uni. So I just thought I'd ask - who is doing communications at UTS? What strand of communications are you...
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    Postgraduate HECS places

    Hi right now I'm not even an undergrad uni student so this might seem like I'm jumping my guns.. but one of the things I was looking into doing was an Education/Teaching diploma or degree after my first degree and noticed on most university sites that it said 'Commonwealth Supported' so I...
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    Looking to work for a tutoring college but have a few questions.

    Hi everyone, :wave: I'm looking to tutor sometime in the near future and I was weighing up the pros and cons of working for a private college vs. on my own. To this end I was wondering which centres hire undergraduate students for Advanced and Extension 1&2 English as well as possibly Biology...
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    Thread Viewing/Linking Problems

    Both myself and damnation have been completely unable to access any threads inside the MQ forum just now - instead an error page comes up. I was wondering if anyone else has this problem? And what it is exactly...? EDIT: Actually, scrap that - I can't access any threads whatsoever. I just get...
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    So who is in?

    Hi everyone - since people have started getting offers from TAFE, preliminary rounds and interstate unis and its not long till NSW main round I thought I'd ask who is in? And what you'll be doing? So far I have an offer for Certificate of Languages(French) at MQ which I plan to accept along...
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    Two computers recieving the same messages..

    Hello, I'd just like to ask for a little bit of help or even an explanation with whats happening: My computer is set up via a wireless connection using MSN 7.5, however my mother's computer is not wireless and also doesn't have MSN to my knowledge. However this morning we both recieved an...
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    HSC Notes/Resources/Links

    Hey everyone, I just thought I'd post this link in the hope it might help some of you along your HSC 'Journey'. It contains every available Standards Package from 01 - 04, an Online Multiple Choice subsite for 29 HSC subjects and some other stuff. Enjoy:)...
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    All about Preferences and Offers

    Here are some FAQs about preferences and offers etc. Q. What is the deadline for changing my preferences for each round? A. Mid August 2005 - Thurs 5 January 2006 Main Round Wed 18 January - Mon 23 January 2006 Late Round Wed 1 February - Thurs 2 February 2006 Final Round Q. What if my UAI...
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    Yr 12 2006 - What elective are YOU doing?

    Hello boys and girls. Welcome to the Genre subforum - I hope you have a wonderful time with your course this year.:) To get the ball rolling, what elective and prescribed texts are you doing?
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    Media and Communications degrees

    Hello - I just have a couple of questions regarding the BA in Communications(Writing & Cultural Studies) at UTS and the BMedia and BA in Media and Cultural studies at MQ and the BA(Media & Communications) at UNSW. Firstly, in a nutshell - what has your experience of the degree been? Is it...
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