Faculty Student Office

Location

Hours

Monday to Friday, 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Postal address

Email address

Web address

The Faculty Student Office is both the initial and primary point of contact for all students. Students should deal with the Student Office in all matters affecting their studies. This includes enrolment, exemptions, timetable matters, examination and assessment, as well as a wide range of student administration procedures.

The Faculty Student Office is staffed by two Student Advisers who are available to provide information and advice to students on administrative and related matters.

Faculty noticeboards

Faculty noticeboards are used to keep students informed about important matters, including general and nursing practice information. Students should familiarise themselves with the locations of the noticeboards and should continually check them for new information.

Noticeboard locations

Uniform Pool: Level 2, outside Lab 2.262
1st year: Level 3, outside Lab 2.346
2nd year: Level 2, outside Lab 2.256
3rd year: Level 3, outside Lab 2.356
BN/BA: Level 3, outside Lab 2.356
Postgraduate: Level 3, outside Lab 2.349

Occupational screening and vaccination against infectious diseases

NSW Health is committed to ensuring the health and safety of all patients in health care settings and providing a safe and healthy working environment for all staff. This commitment includes adopting an occupational screening and vaccination policy that minimises the risk to health care consumers and providers of acquiring an infection.

All students who will enter a health facility must cooperate with the Occupational Screening and Vaccination Against Infectious Diseases policy and obtain at their own cost a documented screening and vaccination history in accordance with the policy.

A vaccination screening record card will be given to all students who then must supply documentary evidence of vaccination or immunity for the following diseases:

• Adult Diphtheria and Tetanus
• Hepatitis B
• Influenza
• Measles/Mumps/Rubella
• Varicella (chickenpox)
• Tuberculosis.

Students must carry their record card with them at all times while on nursing practice.

Students must begin the series of screenings and vaccinations as soon as possible as students begin clinical practice in the second week of semester.

NSW child protection legislation and criminal record check

Full details are provided in the handbook's University-wide General Information section.

Student administration matters

There is a range of student administration matters that affect the progress of students through their studies. These are formally handled by the Student Administration Unit of the University, however the Faculty Student Office can be used as a first point of contact or inquiry. A range of forms for various student administration matters can be obtained from the Faculty Student Office.

The key student administration matters that students are likely to encounter during their study are:

• recognition of prior learning
• change of address
• adding or dropping a subject
• leave of absence
• course withdrawal.

Further information can be found on the Student Administration Unit's website at:

Enrolled students are advised to refer to the My Student Admin website for their current personal and enrolment details at:

Submission of assignments

All assignments should be submitted through the Assignment Box around the corner from the Faculty Student Office (KG05.3.97) and must be accompanied by an assignment cover sheet which is available there.

Postgraduate students should consult their subject outlines for details of any alternative arrangements made by examiners for the submission of assignments.

The assignment submission date is recorded by the Faculty Student Office. Do not use plastic folders or sleeves when lodging assignments. If students are posting assignments, they must arrive at the Faculty on or before the due date.

Extensions

Applications for an extension of time for the completion of assignments must be made in writing on the appropriate form available from outside the Assignment Box or from the Faculty Student Office. Extensions can only be granted by subject examiners or their nominee. Generally, an extension is only granted in the case of verifiable medical grounds or other serious matters.

Good academic practice

Students are advised to read the Advice to Students on Good Academic Practice policy which is available in the UTS: Calendar and online at:

Guidelines for written assignments

To assist students with planning, researching, writing and submitting assignments the Faculty has prepared a publication called Guidelines for Preparation, Presentation and Submission of Written Assignments. Students attempting written assignments are strongly recommended to refer to this document, which clearly outlines the expectations of the Faculty in regard to academic writing. This publication is available online through the Faculty's website and the library's electronic reserve.

Academic misconduct

Both the University and the Faculty view the academic conduct of students very seriously. Students must ensure they conduct themselves in a professional manner, and observe the various rules and policies at all times.

In those instances where a student breaches academic conduct, the rules relating to academic misconduct are strictly observed. Breaches can include cheating in an examination or a class test and not acknowledging the work of others (plagiarism).

Plagiarism

Plagiarism refers to the practice of using someone else's ideas or work and presenting them as one's own without acknowledgment. Plagiarism is literary or intellectual theft. It can take a number of forms, including:

• copying the work of another student, whether that student is in the same class, from a previous year of the same course, or from another tertiary institution
• copying any section, no matter how brief from a book, journal article, the Internet, or other written source, without duly acknowledging it as a quotation
• copying any diagram, illustration or chart without duly acknowledging the source
• paraphrasing or otherwise using the ideas of another author without duly acknowledging the source, and
• presenting assignments written by other students as your own work.

Whatever the form, plagiarism is unacceptable both academically and professionally. By plagiarising you are both stealing the work of another person and cheating by representing it as your own. Any incident of plagiarism can therefore be expected to attract severe penalties.

Students who condone plagiarism by allowing their work to be copied are also subject to disciplinary action. If students are in any doubt about plagiarism they should discuss the matter with the subject examiner or their tutor.

Note: The above provisions are drawn in part from the Faculty of Business Guidelines for the Preparation and Presentation of Assessed Work, February 1998.

Misconduct provisions

The provisions relating to academic misconduct are detailed in the UTS: Calendar and are designed to ensure fairness in the process, as well as allowing such issues to be investigated effectively.

The rules relating to academic misconduct, discipline and appeals for students can be found in the UTS: Calendar and online at:

Faculty centres and professorial research units

The Faculty has two Centres and eight Professorial Research Units. The Centres coordinate a range of international, educational, contract research, consultancy and continuing professional education activities on behalf of the Faculty. The Professorial Research Units, which are established under the sponsorship of an Area Health Service, are the primary locations of the Faculty's research activities, particularly as they relate to practice development.

Centre for Midwifery and Family Health

Centre for Health Services Management

Acute Care Nursing Professorial Unit

Aged and Extended Care Nursing Professorial Unit

Critical Care Nursing Professorial Unit

David Coe Clinical Chair of Child and Adolescent Nursing Practice Development Unit

Justice Health Nursing Professorial Unit

Mental Health Nursing Professorial Unit

Midwifery Practice Development Unit

Westmead Hospital Cancer Nursing Professorial Unit