The Learning Centre
The Learning Centre offers academic skills support to all students enrolled at UNSW. These include individual writing consultations, academic skills workshops and a resource library. The Learning Centre assists international students to adjust to the academic environment and expectations at UNSW, which may be substantially different from what students have become accustomed to at home.
www.lc.unsw.edu.au

Security and Safety
The University is committed to the provision of a safe environment for the UNSW community. The Security Escort Service provides a free service from 6pm to 6am year-round to accompany you to the local area around campus. There is a free evening shuttle bus service that covers the Kensington campus and the surrounding areas. In addition to maintaining a safe and secure campus, UNSW Security Services also supports victims of crime, emergencies, and incidents.
www.security.unsw.edu.au

Health Services
All students on an international student visa (except those on Norwegian or Swedish passports) are required to have medical insurance cover for the duration of their stay. UNSW Study Abroad automatically organises each student’s insurance through the Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC Worldcare) scheme. Norwegian and Swedish students are exempt from purchasing medical insurance due to a reciprocal agreement between their countries and Australia.

Students receive basic hospital and medical cover from their compulsory medical insurance scheme. The Overseas Student Health Cover does not include physiotherapy, optical care, dental care or ambulance service. Additional medical insurance is advisable if students wish to be covered for these expenses. Additional insurance is also strongly advisable for students considering travel outside of Australia.

UNSW’s Kensington campus health facilities include a general medical practice, dentist, optometry clinic, and physiotherapy service. The Prince of Wales Hospital is located one block away from the Kensington campus.

Student Equity and Disabilities
If you require support services of a medical nature, you are advised to bring medical records from home. The Student Equity and Disabilities Unit aims to promote a culturally rich and diverse university campus, and to work with the UNSW community to ensure that every student’s experience of the University is free from discrimination and harassment. The Unit’s team of professional Disability and Equity Officers provides a range of services, support and advice to help students overcome barriers that may emerge from a student’s personal experience, such as having a disability, difficult social circumstances, geographic isolation, English language difficulty, and more.

If you require support services of a medical nature, you are advised to bring medical records from home.
www.studentequity.unsw.edu.au

UNSW Counselling Service
The UNSW Counselling Service provides free and confidential services to all students including individual counselling, self-help resources, and specific programs, workshops and seminars for skills development. All UNSW counsellors are skilled and experienced professionals.
www.counselling.unsw.edu.au

Gay/Lesbian/Transgender/Bisexual Community
The Queer Department is a service for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and otherwise queer identifying students of UNSW. The Queer Department assists students with many concerns relating to their sexuality including:

- Information about queer specific counselling services
- Social functions and spaces which allow networking, friendships and relationships
- Information for parents of queer students to help support their child
- Information for queer students who encounter financial hardship or the like
- A safe space on campus for all queer students to meet each other and gather resources
- Political campaigns to help foster a more diverse and accepting society based on equal rights.
www.arc.unsw.edu.au/SRC-Queer-70.aspx

Queer Space
The Queer Space, located in Room 920, on Level 9 of the Applied Sciences Building (Map Ref F10), provides a space for the gay, lesbian and intersex community on campus to feel safe. It also serves as the primary venue for Queer/GLBT Collective meetings and activities.

Sport and Recreation
The UNSW Fitness and Aquatic Centre is a comprehensive recreation and sport centre located on campus. As an integral part of UNSW, it includes five squash courts, seven tennis courts, a 50-metre indoor heated swimming pool, a large gymnasium, facilities for fencing, basketball, table tennis, judo, archery, fitness circuits, weight lifting, karate, aerobics and jazz ballet. The gym is open seven days a week and is open till 10pm weekdays and 8pm on weekends.
www.sportandrec.unsw.edu.au

Arc: Student Association
Arc is the student association at UNSW. Arc membership is a gateway for meeting local students and participating in campus activities. For Study Abroad students, it is an excellent opportunity for making friends and being involved in the UNSW community. Arc membership also provides benefits including:

- Access to over 100 university clubs and societies
- Access to volunteering programs
- A membership pack with savings worth over $500
- Member-only discounts on and off campus
- Free and priority entry to events throughout the year
www.arc.unsw.edu.au

The Library
The Library at the University of New South Wales contains over 8 million volumes, 14,000 serials, audiovisual materials and an extensive map collection. The Library contains facilities for accessing a world-wide range of databases. These include satellite links with American and European databases and land links to the Australian National Library and a network of Australian University Libraries.
info.library.unsw.edu.au

Chaplaincy
The Chaplaincy service is available on campus for the benefit of students from Anglican, Baptist, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Lutheran, Pentecostal and Roman Catholic denominations and the Indonesian congregation. The service offers fellowship, religious counselling and leadership in Biblical and doctrinal studies. There is also a prayer room for Muslim students and a meeting room for Buddhist students on the campus.