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The Art of Surface Level Friendships
![Art has great insights about why it’s easier to meet people at clubs and their experiences can inspire you to find happiness through casual social interactions instead of pressuring yourself to make friends.](/student/news/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2024-05/the-art-of-surface-level-friendships.png?h=1d574d76&itok=YnmKRWui)
Feeling pressured to make friends at university can be overwhelming. If you're seeking advice on cultivating everyday happiness through casual social connections and filling up your social calendar on campus, read on! Find out how second-year student Art balances study with club activities.
Competition: Name Your Music Festival
Are you a wordsmith, a creative koala, or an ideas person? We need your ideas to name our student-led music festival with producer Motez at the North Terrace campus later this year. Win a $100 Gift Card, tickets for two people, and an artist merch pack!
Post-graduate ICETEX Scholarship Colombia Program 2024
Through the reciprocity program for foreigners in Colombia, ICETEX provides foreign citizens with the opportunity to come and carry out specialisation, master's, doctoral, or research studies – at the postgraduate level.
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Free exam workshop
![Come along to our 90 minute workshop on all things exam prep.](/student/news/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2024-05/exams-workshop-may-2024.png?h=1d574d76&itok=jeVSut7Y)
Learn breathing techniques, study skills and immerse yourself in the exam atmosphere so you are prepared for the exam period.
Overcoming autism: I’ve faced rejection so many times that there’s no way I could fear it anymore
He’s in his second year of an engineering degree and went from avoiding making friends in high school to becoming socially “overcommitted” at university. Meet Jack McKenzie, one of the friendliest and most determined students on campus.
Twenty-one UoA students receive Playford Scholarship Awards
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This year, 21 UoA students received scholarships across subjects including engineering, science, mathematical and computer sciences, software, the environment, finance and banking, and space science and astrophysics.
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General Sir John Monash Foundation Postgraduate Scholarships: Webinars
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The General Sir John Monash Foundation provides postgraduate scholarships of up to $80,000 AUD per year to support outstanding Australians to undertake studies anywhere in the world and foster Australian leadership.
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Study Tour: Future Builders - Collaborative Design in the Yangtze River Delta
This unique 2-week study tour is an outstanding opportunity to expand the horizons of your university experience. Hosted by Suzhou University of Science and Technology, students will be based in Suzhou- popularly known as Venice of the East.
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Monday Mojo
All students can come past and grab some brain food from the YouX team on most Mondays at YouX HQ, North Terrace campus.
Learn more about different cultures & explore historical sites by immersing yourself in the 2024 Project Management Study Tour in Europe!
This September an 18-day intensive study tour to Germany, France, Switzerland, and Austria will include a series of lectures in Project Management.