The Faculty helps students develop their learning skills through services provided by the following support units.

Study Skills Unit (City campus)

Many students enrolled in the Faculty of Education are returning to study after a long break or are undertaking a university course for the first time. The University recognises that students may need a (re-)orientation to the academic reading and writing demands of their disciplines and it provides a study skills assistance program through its Study Skills Unit. The Study Skills Unit offers short courses and one-to-one service. Students studying by distance may receive assistance by telephone, fax or email contact. Students seeking assistance may contact their lecturer, or contact the Study Skills Unit directly on:

telephone (02) 9514 3707
fax (02) 9514 3914
email sskills@uts.edu.au

ELSSA and Mathematics Study Centres

The ELSSA (English Language and Study Skills Assistance) Centre and Mathematics Study Centre serve students from all faculties at Kuring-gai campus. They provide free academic support in the fields of language and learning, and mathematics and science. The centres aim to help students realise their academic potential, and to become self-reliant learners through using appropriate learning strategies.

Students can visit the centres at their own initiative, or when referred by academic staff.

Contact details for these centres are provided on in the General Information section.

Academic Liaison Officers for students with disabilities and other special needs

As part of the Faculty's equity plan, an Academic Liaison Officer is available at each campus to help students with physical, psychiatric and medical issues. The Liaison Officers negotiate with lecturers on students' behalf for reasonable adjustments required to ensure equity of educational opportunity. This may include provision of signers, notetakers, extensions of time, alternative assessment tasks and special exam conditions.

Kuring-gai campus: Paul March
telephone (02) 9514 5286

City campus: Jane Sampson
telephone (02) 9514 3878

Computing facilities for Education students

City campus

At Building CB10 on City campus (the former Fairfax Building), the Faculty of Education has two new Digital Media Learning Spaces. These facilities incorporate leading edge concepts in educational design and technology.

One computer facility provides powerful iMac computers that have a suite of common up-to-date software installed for document production, web authoring, and Internet and email access. There is some specialist foreign language software available. Data projection, printing and scanning facilities are also available for students.

The second computer facility is available primarily as a student workspace and has a similar range of facilities operating on Windows-based machines.

A number of mini-studios with camera, lighting and playback facilities allow students to videotape and review presentations. Video-editing facilities are also available.

Faculty of Education students have free access to these facilities when classes are not in progress.

Building CB10 also contains a general access computing laboratory on the ground floor which is available to any enrolled student, 14 hours per day.

Kuring-gai campus

There are five computer laboratories for students' use at Kuring-gai campus. Four of these have Windows-based machines installed and offer an excellent range of software. The largest lab is the Macintosh lab in which many of the courses are conducted. It uses a large-screen display for demonstration purposes. This lab contains 30 new networked multimedia computers, a laser printer and a colour scanner. Students have free access to this lab and a large range of software, when classes are not in progress. There is also a collection of educational software and a digital camera. Students have access to the Internet and their own email account from all the computers in the facility.

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Full details are provided in the General Information section.