Information for Current students
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Student Central
Student Central provides prospective and enrolled students with information and advice on the various courses offered by the Faculty, manages student records and administers admissions, enrolment, examinations and graduations.
Location: Student Central Office Block F (next door to the Depot), Cumberland Campus
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Phone: +61 2 9351 9161
Learning Support and Resources
The Learning Centre
Learning support including academic and language skills seminars, study skills programs, individual consultations and peer tutoring are offered to FHS students.
For more information, see the Learning Centre's pages on Learning Support at Cumberland Campus.
FHS students may also take advantage of courses offered at Camperdown Campus by the Learning Centre. (You might also find this is a good way to meet other University of Sydney students.)
Assignment Guidelines
The Faculty publishes guidelines for assignment presentation which are reviewed and updated annually by the Teaching and Learning committee. Students are expected to consult the Faculty of Health Sciences Assignment Presentation guidelines when preparing and submitting assignments.
For a copy of the guidelines download the pdf document: Guidelines for presentation of assignments
Student Associations
Cumberland Campus has its own student organisation, the Cumberland Student Guild (CSG) and postgraduate students can also make use of the services provided by Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association (SUPRA) which is located at Camperdown campus.
Health information links
- PubMed - a National Library of Medicine service , provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
- World Health Organization
- MIMS Online - the web version of Australia's most comprehensive and authoritative pharmaceutical database
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
- Healthwiz
- National Center for Health Statistics (USA)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
- Health Science Library
- Nursing and health care - this site is to help you find the Internet resource which most closely meets your interest.
- Mental health Internet Resources - a comprehensive point of interaction on the Web for individuals interested in mental health and disability issues.
- A community information & resource Women's Centre for Health Matters which provides information, referral & support to women on their health & wellbeing.
Some of the links above are to national and international resources. Their willingness to share their resources through a world wide web link is gratefully acknowledged.