Life in Oz

What's it like juggling between study and part time work/volunteering? How to find a part time job? What about being a volunteer? Does it affect your grades? What do you gain? Are you doing it for money, or for experience?

Listen to Philip, Wendy, and Linda discussing their experiences with Xia in this episode.

Organisations and places mentioned in the episode:

Study in Melbourne volunteer support

Royal Botanic Garden

Volunteer with State Library Victoria

Daiso

There are over 200 clubs and societies on campus! Ever wonder what it's like being a member of those? What fun you get to have? What people you will meet? What freebies? Listen to Chelsea, Sherwood, and Jennis to find out!

Places the guest speakers like to hang:

Carlton Gardens

South Melbourne Market

Marché Board Game Café

Host: Xia

Guest speakers: Chelsea, Sherwood, Jennis

Audio editing: Chelsea & Xia

Annie, Tina, and Jess founded the Women in Commerce and Politics Club in 2017 to help increase the representation of females in these fields. Listen to their fascinating and inspiring stories in this interview with them by Wing.

Host: Xia

Audio editing: Wing

Guest speakers: Wing, Annie, Tina, Jas

Places where our guest speakers like to hang out:

Library at the Dock

Café Flovie

The Paperback Bookshop

Rowden White Library

Ever had a feedback to an assessment task that made you want to quit? or one that you would love to frame up to read again and again? In this episode, Erin and Liang chatted to Megan and Xia about their experience in receiving feedback, the horrible, the crushing, the heart warming, and the inspiring! Oh, do you also know that there is actually a rooftop garden on campus? How cool is that. Listen on to find out the guest speakers' favourite hang out spots:)

Host: Xia

Guest speaker: Megan, Liang, and Erin.

Audio editing: Xia

Guest speaker's favourites:

Moonlight cinema

Coburg drive in

Yarraville Sun theatre

Queen of Spades Board game café

Suda Korean restaurant

Theory to practice, how? "How can I package what I've learned into my resume?" Employment or entrepreneurship? Networking, and what about poetry? These are among the questions graduate students Chelsea and Alejandro asked Associate Professor Kate McNeil in their chat about postgraduate studies. Listen on to find out more.

The guest speakers were also asked where they go to hang out, and here are the links to their recommendation:

Lock & Key - Bar

Sensory lab - Café

Nova- Cinema

In the photos are: Kate McNeil, Chelsea, Alejandro, Xia

Host: Xia

Audio Editor: Chelsea & Xia

What's the counselling service like at the University? Is it free? How do I make a booking? When should I go? What else?

All these questions will be addressed in this episode with guest speaker Sarah from CAPS (Counselling and Psychological Services) at the University of Melbourne.

Notes:

2019 CAPS Students workshops and webinar program

If you need to talk to someone, call 13 11 14.

For emergency, call 000

To make an appointment for university counselling services, check:

Melbourne Uni Counselling Services

Guest speakers: Sarah-Ann Tay

Interviewer: Xia Cui

Producer: Xia Cui

Audio Editing: Xia Cui & Chris Hatzis

Image: Shutterstock

How about joining a students club on campus and going out for a bar crawl? In this episode, Xia chatted to Jack and Jamie, two committee members of the "Lets' talk. Conversation" students group at the University of Melbourne and find out about what this group is about. Jack and Jamie also shared their favourite place to hang out. Pretty cool .

For more information:

Lets' talk conversation group

Noodle House by Lao LuangPraBang

Queensberry hotel

In January 2019, an article on TheAge (Struggling to understand his classes Zhikai liu took his own life ) reports on the suicide of an international student. Since then, international students wellbeing has been on the media spotlight.

Following the discussion on this issue from the previous episode, Julian, Bo, Elliot and Xia chatted about how seeking counselling help is perceived in their respective cultures.

Notes:

If you need to talk to someone, call 13 11 14.

For emergency, call 000

To make an appointment for university counselling services, check:

Melbourne Uni Counselling Services

Guest speakers: Julian Rayo, Bo Hu & Elliot Dowling.

Interviewer: Xia Cui

Producer: Xia Cui

Audio Editing: Xia Cui & Chris Hatzis

Image: Shutterstock

This Extra comes from the discussion making the episode "Everything will be figured out". Flora, Julia and Bo in this extra gave their views in response to the Media comment: students of Asian backgrounds tend to be shy about seeking help when experiencing struggles.

Notes:

If you need to talk to someone, call 13 11 14

For emergency, call 000

To make an appointment for University Counselling services, go to https://services.unimelb.edu.au/counsel/individual/making-an-appointment

Guest speakers: Flora Wang, Julia Ducan, & Bo Hu

Interviewer: Xia Cui

Producer: Xia Cui

Audio Editing: Xia Cui & Chris Hatzis

Image: Shutterstock

In January 2019, an article on TheAge (Struggling to understand his classes Zhikai liu took his own life ) reports on the suicide of an international student. Since then, international students wellbeing has been on the media spotlight. In this episode, Flora and Julia from the Arts Faculty, and Bo from Education, talk about their views on wellbeing. Issues brought up include: How to deal with the feeling of disconnection from the University, how they perceive of seeking help when struggling, what to do to feel better.

Notes:

If you need to talk to someone, call 13 11 14.

For emergency, call 000

To make an appointment for university counselling services, check:

Melbourne Uni Counselling Services

Guest speakers: Flora Wang, Julia Ducan, & Bo Hu

Interviewer: Xia Cui

Producer: Xia Cui

Audio Editing: Xia Cui & Chris Hatzis

Image: Shutterstock