International Student Services (ISS)

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International Student Services (ISS)
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Programs for Postgraduate Students

• Language and Learning Unit
• Postgraduate Student Network (PGSN)

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Language and Learning Unit

• Coursework assessment tasks
• HDR Research proposals, reports, thesis,
  conference papers
• Focus on writing and oral presentation skills
• Promoting a supportive and collegiate approach

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Language Development Programme

• Provides timely support for HDR scholars as they
  work towards milestones in their candidature
• Stage 2
• Confirmation
• Confirmation Presentation
• Results Discussion Chapter
• Final Seminar

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Additional Options

• Writing circles
• Individual consultations

• Writing circles
• Individual consultations

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Post graduate research students network within
ISS and Counselling Services

• PGRS Net

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Examples of workshops

• Stress management
• resilience
• motivation
• positive thinking
• The team of pgrs net counsellors have given more
  than 20 workshops, journal club meetings and
  social activities in 2010 and more are coming in
  2011.

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Interactive mind-body workshops
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Peak Performance Seminar with Dr. Elizabeth
Tindle
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Research students social networks and activities
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How to contact us?Language and Learning Unit

• Gardens Point X Block level 3
• (3138 6717)
• Kelvin Grove C Block (3138 3963)
• llrecep_at_qut.edu.au

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PGRS Net

• Email Maria McCarthy
• mv.mccarthy_at_qut.edu.au