5 Secrets for Success that Every Uni Student Should Know
Here are the top 5 secrets for success that you should know for your time at uni! Read on to learn strategies to set you up for success!
Tag: Student Advocacy & Support
Pronouns 101
Pronouns are linked to a person’s identity; using the right pronoun = respecting a person’s identity.
Understanding Gender and Sexuality
It can be confusing differentiating between the definitions of Gender and Sexuality and how they relate to a person’s identity. Gender, sexuality and your identity respectively relate to your physical, mental and emotional state.
What Does LGBTIQA+ Mean?
It can be confusing differentiating between the definitions of Gender and Sexuality and how they relate to a person’s identity. Gender, sexuality and your identity respectively relate to your physical, mental and emotional state.
How can you be an ally for LGBTIQA+ people?
For the LGBTIQ+ community, an ally is a straight and/or cisgender person who supports and advocates for LGBTIQ+ people. Learn how you can be a good ally.
Stress Less & Colour In
Colouring in is not just for kids anymore. In fact, in the last few years, colouring in for adults has become a hugely popular form of mindufulness and relaxation. Check out our UQ theme colouring in sheet!
Recognising the Signs of Stress
Recognising the signs of stress in your own body might be new to you. But, you’re not alone. Stress can have all kinds of crazy effects on your body that many people don’t even realise are stress related.
Impacts of Social Media on Mental Health
Humans are social creatures; we need social interaction in order to thrive. Plenty of research suggests that these social interactions have a huge impact on our mental health and levels of happiness. When we have healthy social connections it decreases our stress, improves our self-image, decreases feelings of isolation and contributes to a better overall feeling of wellbeing.
Healthy Social Media Use in Quarantine
Social media is a real lifesaver while in quarantine. It helps to keep us connected with friends and family, it gives us an escape from the boredom of isolation and social distancing, it helps us to stay up to date with new information regarding COVID-19 and ever evolving laws and regulations.
Keeping a Positive Mindset in Quarantine
Looking after your mental health while in COVID-19 quarantine is important. Being stuck indoors, worrying about things that are happening in the world can make it easy to fall into an unhelpful headspace. Sometimes the simple act of refocusing your attention to the positives, finding the beauty in what we have and enjoying all the small things that still exist for us day to day is a good way to redirect your headspace to something more positive.