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Welcome to 'Get Prepared'!
Thinking about university? Just started? Supporting a new university student?
If these questions speak to you, we invite you to use the Get Prepared site to learn about university life and culture, study expectations, available support services, and more!
For students, the first two modules are here to help you learn about the University of Sydney, your place there and how you can thrive. For parents, carers, families, and communities, the third module will help you support students as they start their university journey.
Every big journey starts with a single step. These modules are your first steps to get prepared for your journey to, through and beyond university.
Getting started
The Get Prepared site contains two student modules (orange) and one parent, carer and family module (blue).
You can complete these modules at any time and in any order. Each module has a variety of resources, activities, videos, and information and should take less than twenty minutes to finish.
To get started, click on the first-page link in the columns below. Once there, you can navigate between pages by clicking the page buttons or using the arrows at the bottom of the page.
1. I can do this!
In this student module, you will find general advice for your journey to university.
2. How to thrive at the University of Sydney
In this student module, you will find support to help you tackle some of the specific challenges of coming to the University of Sydney.
This module includes:
1. How to thrive at the University of Sydney
2. Navigate your university campus
3. Navigate your enrolment, studies, and degree
6. Connect with your peers and teachers
7. Find support when you need it
Module Two Translations
3. How can I help?
In this module for parents, carers, families and communities, you will find a range of resources to help you to support students at university.
This module includes:
1. Parents, families and communities: How can I help?
3. Unpacking university language
4. What’s it like to be a university student?
5. How can I help? When should I help?
6. What's next? Life after university
Module Three Translations
Looking for other support?
- Wondering if you've missed out on anything? Check out the University's essential preparations checklist for new students, it has all the key things you need to do in one place.
- If you have UniKey access, complete the My Essentials module on the Domestic and International student Pre-commencement Canvas sites. You can also check out their introductory video on YouTube Links to an external site..
- Look for Faculty programs and resources! If you are enrolled in a Degree in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, check out the FASS Student Affairs and Engagement Canvas site.
- Our guide to finding support when you need it will help you to navigate the list of support services for students.
- Check out the Gap Year Guide Links to an external site. for advice from students on how to make the leap to university. We've included a few Gap Year episodes across our site. Why not explore their guide to see what interests you?
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the tradition of custodianship and law of the Country on which the University of Sydney campuses stand. We pay our respects to those who have cared and continue to care for Country.
You may see many events at the University begin with a message similar to this, which is called an Acknowledgement of Country. This message can be delivered by an Indigenous or non-Indigenous person not from that Country (Gadigal Country, for example).
A Welcome to Country, which is given by an Indigenous person on their Country, is performed in this video:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander users of the Get Prepared site are advised that these modules contain images and voices of people who have died.
To find out more:
- Enrol in the University's Kinship Module.
- Take an online course with the National Centre for Cultural Competence: Cultural Competence & Aboriginal Sydney.
- Engage with the University's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community or read through our Unfinished Business strategy.
- If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, look up the Gadigal Program (among the University's advertised pathways into study for Year 12 students) to access some amazing resources and opportunities!
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