Information for students

Location, contacts and inquiries

UTS Student Centres

The UTS Student Centres are both the initial and primary point of contact for all students. Students should deal with the Student Centres 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.

Location

City campus

Kuring-gai campus

The complete list of UTS Student Centres and the contact and location details are available at:

Web address

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

Kuring-gai campus

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

City campus

All years: Level 7, Building 10, adjacent to the Nursing Laboratories

Faculty contacts

For further details of Faculty staff, see Faculty contacts.

Faculty policies and procedures

NSW child protection legislation

Full details are provided in the UTS: Handbook, University-wide General Information.

Student administration matters

A range of student administration matters affect the progress of students through their studies. These are formally handled by the Student Administration Unit of the University.

The University's web enrolment system, through which students add and withdraw from subjects, allocate themselves to classes, update their contact details and access their complete study plan and subject results, may be accessed through My Student Admin at:

Enrolled students are advised to refer to this website for their current personal and enrolment details.

A range of forms for various student administration matters can be obtained online at:

They can also be obtained from the UTS Student Centres. These forms include applications for:

• recognition of prior learning
• leave of absence, and
• course withdrawal.

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

Submission of assignments

All assignments must be submitted by 4.00 pm on the due date by being:

• placed in the Kuring-gai campus assignment box at the Kuring-gai Campus Student Centre, Level 5, or
• placed in the City campus assignment box at the Building 10 Student Centre, Level 2.

All assignments must be accompanied by an assignment cover sheet, which is available at the Student Centre or from:

Do not use plastic folders or sleeves when lodging assignments.

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 Student Centre. Extensions can only be granted by subject examiners or their nominees. 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:

Referencing procedures

To assist students with planning, researching, writing and submitting assignments, the Faculty has published referencing procedures in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Survival Guide. 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 on CD, and online through the Faculty's website at:

Academic misconduct

Both the University and the Faculty view the academic conduct of students very seriously. Students must ensure that 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, a journal article, the Internet or another 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 an assignment written by another student 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:

Laboratory policy

Faculty laboratories

The Faculty laboratories are coordinated by Jenny Keller at Kuring-gai campus, and Sue Martin at City campus. Laboratory staff are based in room KG02.3.51 and CB10.7.106 respectively, but can often be located in the laboratories situated at Kuring-gai campus in rooms 5.3.46, 5.3.49, 5.2.53, 5.2.56, 5.2.62, 5.3.56 and 5.3.60, and at City campus in rooms 10.7.100 and 10.7.104.

Additional services

• Equipment and posters may be borrowed for presentations or tutorials.
• Videos may be viewed in the laboratory area.
• Textbooks are available for quick referencing.

Laboratory access and opening hours

Laboratories are generally open between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm when classes are scheduled.

Practice lab

Laboratory KG02.3.49 has been designated as a practice lab for Kuring-gai campus students and is open Monday to Friday, 8.30 am – 4.30 pm, throughout each semester for students to practise procedures learnt in tutorials. A nursing resource room is available to City campus students for practice Monday to Friday at The Terraces, Broadway (CB08).

Laboratory rules and safety

Students have a duty of care to themselves and to others and must cooperate and observe the following points when in the laboratories.

• For safety reasons, a maximum of 15 students is allowed in the practice lab at a time. The Faculty recognises that there may be peak times, such as prior to examinations, when more practice capacity is required. Should this occur, additional labs may be made available for practice.
• Students must comply with all laboratory safety rules while in the labs. In particular, no food, drink or children are allowed in the laboratories, and covered shoes must be worn at all times.
• All problems must be reported to the relevant Technical Officer – Jenny Keller at Kuring-gai campus or Sue Martin at City campus.
• Should the use of the practice lab be abused in any way, the Faculty will review its operation.

Faculty centres and professorial research units

The Faculty has two Centres and twelve 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, Child and Family Health

Centre for Health Services Management

Acute Care Nursing Professorial Unit

Health and Ageing Research Unit

Critical Care Nursing Professorial Unit

David Coe Clinical Chair of Child and Adolescent Practice Development Unit

Justice Health Nursing Professorial Unit

Mental Health Nursing Professorial Unit

Midwifery Practice Development and Research (SSWAHS)

Midwifery Practice Development and Research (SESIAHS)

Midwifery Practice Unit (NSCCH)

Nursing Research and Practice Development Unit

Tresillian Chair in Child and Family Health

Women's Health, Nursing and Midwifery Professorial Unit