Community support and services
Getting involved in both the UOW and local community can be a great way to start forming valuable connections. Check out some of the services available to students below.
The Counselling team is offering UOW students the opportunity to participate in a free, self-paced, online Mental Health First Aid training course. This course teaches you how to assist a fellow student who may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.
Register your expression of interest hereUOW students and staff are invited to participate in a free, online QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention Training Course being offered by the UOW Counselling team. The self-paced course can be accessed at any time, and takes approximately an hour to complete.
Register your expression of interest hereGetting involved in both the UOW and local community can be a great way to start forming valuable connections. Check out some of the services available to students below.
Smiling Mind - Meditation/ Mindfulness
Smiling Mind is modern meditation - a unique web and app-based program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to people’s lives. Their mindfulness meditation programs are designed to assist people in dealing with the pressure, stress and challenges of daily life. Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our body healthy, meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind.
Cost: free
When you’re studying hard for an exam, often the first thing to go out the window is your sleep cycle. You stay up late, you wake up early… And even if you’re not spending all night studying, you’re spending all night thinking about studying, which is just as disruptive.
Recharge can help with that. The app helps track your sleep schedule, gives you some activities to do in the morning to get the blood pumping, allows you to track your mood, and – maybe best of all – comes with a super-loud, super-effective wake-up alarm.
Cost: free
One of the hardest things to do when preparing for exams is getting into a good study routine. It’s just so easy to get distracted by the internet, friends, your phone or games.
Enter HabitBull. A motivational app, HabitBull allows you to track and input good habits, even giving you a score based on how well you’re keeping up with routines. It’s great for noticing patterns in your behavior, too: maybe there are specific days when you’re more alert than others, or maybe you tend to work better on the weekends rather than on week nights.
Cost: free