Alcohol and Drugs

• Alcohol and Young People
  
• Alcoholics Anonymous
  
• An Overview of Alcohol and Other Drug Issues
  
• Better Health Channel; Alcohol, Smoking and Other Drugs…All About
  
• Narcotics Anonymous
  
• Reach Out Alcohol and Other Drugs Webpage
  
• Standard drinks Guide
  
• The Right Mix: Your Health and Alcohol
  

Anger

• APS Managing Your Anger
  
• Better Health Channel; Anger: Tips to Resolve Arguments
  
• Reach Out Anger Website
  
• Anger: Managing Your Aggression
  
• Young Adult Health - Anger
  

Anxiety

• Anxiety Network International
  
• APS Understanding and Managing Anxiety
  
• Better Health Channel: Anxiety
  
• Centre for Clinical Interventions Social Anxiety Infopax
  
• Centre for Clinical Interventions Coping with Panic Attacks Infopax
  
• Reach Out Anxiety Website
  
• Youth Beyond Blue: Dealing With Anxiety Disorders
  

Assertiveness

• Asserting Yourself
  
• Better Health Channel: Assertiveness
  
• Centre for Clinical Interventions Improve Your Assertiveness Infopax
  
  

Budgeting

• Budgeting & Budget Planner
• Living with Less
• Student Budget Calculator

Bullying

• Bullying Prevention and Management
  
• Reachout Bullying Webpage
  

Careers

• Careers Online
  
• myfuture: Australia’s career information & exploration service
  
• University of Ballarat Graduate Careers Website
  

Depression

• Better Health Channel; Depression: An overview
  
• Beyondblue
  
• Black Dog Institute
  
• Lifeline
  
• Moodgym; Training program delivering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for preventing and coping with depression
  
• Reachout Depression Webpage
  
• Youth Beyond Blue
  

 Drugs and Alcohol

• Alcohol and Young People
  
• Alcoholics Anonymous
  
• An Overview of Alcohol and Other Drug Issues
  
• Better Health Channel; Alcohol, smoking and other drugs…all about
  
• Narcotics Anonymous
  
• Reach Out Alcohol and Other Drugs Webpage
  
• Standard drinks Guide
  
• The Right Mix: Your Health and Alcohol
  

Eating Disorders

• Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders
  
• Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria
  
• Reachout Body Image Webpage
  
• Reachout Eating Disorders Webpage
  

Eating Well

• Better Health Channel; Healthy Eating Tips
  
• Reachout Eating Well Webpage
  

Exams

• Exam Techniques; Student Learning Skills Worksheet
  
• Feeling Anxious About Exams
  
• Reachout: Suggestions For Managing Exam Stress
  

Financial

• Centrelink
  
• Centrelink - Youth Allowance Information
  
• HECS-Help
  
• Managing Money Issues in a Share House
  
• Managing Share House Rents & Payments
  
• VET-Fee Help
  

Gambling

• Gambling Help for Victorians
  
• Problem Gambling
  

Grief and Loss

• Better Health Channel; Grief – Everybody’s Response is Different
  
• Grieflink
  
• Reachout Loss & Grief Webpage
  

Homesickness

• Homesickness Information Sheet
  
• Moving Between Cultures
  

Jobs

• Jobguide
  
• Unijobs
  

Leaving Home

• Reachout Leaving Home Webpage
  

Legal Issues

• Victoria Legal Aid
  
• Youthlaw: Young People’s Legal Rights Centre
  

• Lifeline: 24 Hour Telephone Counselling
  

• http://www.ballarat.edu.au/aasp/student/sds/overcoming_loneliness.doc
  

Making Friends

• Meeting New People
  

Motivation

• Motivation to Study Workshop
  

 Mental Health Services

• Mental Health Services Information
  

 Negative Self Talk

• Reachout Self Talk Webpage
  

• Better Health Channel; Panic Attack
  
• Lifeline: Toolkit for Beating Panic Attacks
  
• Reachout: What Are Panic Attacks
  

Parents’ Guide

• UB Parents’ Guide
  

 Procrastination

• Procrastination
  
• Time Management
  

Quit Smoking

• The Quit Coach – A free interactive site to help you quit smoking and stay stopped.
  
• Quit Now
  

• Reachout Managing Relationships Webpage
  
• Relationships Australia
  

• Deep Breathing
  
• Meditation; Better Health Channel
  
• Mindfulness in Everday Life
  
• Reachout Relaxation Webpage
  
• Relaxation Techniques
  

• Reachout Help Yourself Webpage
  
• Self Care Assessment
  

• Better Health Channel; Self Esteem
  
• Reachout Self Esteem Webpage
  

• Better Health Channel; Self Harm
  
• Headspace Self Harm Fact Sheet
  
• Somazone Self Harm Fact Sheet
  

• The Also Foundation
  
• Better Health Channel; Sex and Sexuality…All About
  
• Gay and Lesbian Switchboard: Telephone counselling, referring and information service
  
• Reachout Sexuality and Coming Out Webpage
  

• Better Health Channel; Sleep Hygiene
  

• Better Health Channel; Stress Management Quiz
  
• Deep Breathing
• Reachout Stress Webpage
  
• Self Soothing
• UB Stress Brochure
  
• Stress Busters
  

Study Skills

• Study Skills online: reading, writing, note taking, time management, assignments and exams
  

Suicide Prevention

• Suicide Helpline (24 Hour telephone counselling): 1300 651 251
  
• The Suicide Call Back Service Referral Line: 1300 659 467
  
• Better Health Channel; Suicide and mental illness explained
  
• Better Health Channel; Youth Suicide – The Warning Signs
  
• Reachout Suicide Webpage
  

Time management

• Time Management
  

• Australian Centre for Postraumatic Mental Health
• Better Health Channel; Trauma…All About
• Critical Incidents
  
• Understanding and Managing Psychological Trauma
  

Violence

• Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention & Legal Service
  
• Domestic Violence Resource Centre
  
• Immigrant Women’s Domestic Violence Service
  
• Men’s Referral Service
  
• Reachout About Violence Webpage

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Academic Issues

 Appeals

The University's procedures for student appeals against academic decisions are set out in Statute 5.3, Regulation 5.3

Deferring

• RUOK – Thinking about taking time out or changing your course?
  
• Important Dates to Remember
  
• Important Dates for TAFE students
  

Extensions

Grievances and Complaints

• Student Grievance Information
  

Hearings

• Show Cause Hearings
  

Scholarships

Special Considerations

Withdrawing

• RUOK – Thinking about taking time out or changing your course?
  
• Thinking of Leaving Uni
  
• Important Dates to Remember
  
• Important Dates for TAFE students