Welfare
By Salient | 18 Feb, 2008
Over 80% of students use one or other of our services. Bookmark this page and keep it for when you might need us!!
The University provides the following services, which you help to fund through the Student Services Levy. Many are available at more than one campus. More
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Campus Coaches will help you to:
Meet other students in your course / faculty – as you’ll be part of a small group of other new students enrolled in the same degree.
Know more about Vic – what if offers you and how it works – More
By Paul Brown | 15 Oct, 2007
Well, here we are – the end of term and my final piece of writing for Salient for the year (Thank God). I’ll confess I’m not someone who enjoys sitting down and writing a column every week, and I have tried to fob it off, but not with the best success. So it’s disorientation time for Salient and I’m going to tell you about a year of Welfare! To be honest, it’ll be more like what I have discovered in my half year term. More
By Paul Brown | 1 Oct, 2007
Welfare Vice President Candidate Melissa Barnard and I sat down last week and discussed some of her ideas, and there were several. One such idea was using budget brands to increase the size of food parcels—how ridiculously simple was that idea! More
By Paul Brown | 17 Sep, 2007
Well, it’s tempting to write about why I have decided to run for Education Vice President, but I won’t, as that would be an inappropriate use of the Welfare column, so instead I’m going to write about the AGM and the candidate I’ll be voting for on 21 September. More
By Paul Brown | 10 Sep, 2007
Depression is a bit of a touchy subject to be addressing. I’m going to write about my own experiences, touch on some statistics, and let you know what’s available to help you around Victoria.
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By Paul Brown | 3 Sep, 2007
The Reverend Paul Danger Brown sits down and tries to think for the first time in his life.
Well, the break’s over and there’s a lot that’s happened since you’ve been gone! In fact, Heleyni Pratley the Vice-President of Welfare has resigned and I have been co-opted by the executive to replace her for the rest of the year. This co-option has happened so that there is continuity throughout the year. More
By Heleyni Pratley | 13 Aug, 2007
Students currently face many financial pressures, from the lack of universal student allowances (and many having to borrow $150 a week to live during term) and fees set to rise by over 10% at the next fee setting round. More
By Paul Brown | 6 Aug, 2007
Ever procrastinated? Silly question isn’t it, I’ve done exactly that with this article and I find myself wondering what to actually talk about. So I’m just going to rant, I’m going to rant on about reclaiming your bar and reclaiming your university. More
By Paul Brown | 30 Jul, 2007
Well, you’re all getting settled in now and you’ve had your easiest week of this trimester, but are you organised? Now’s the time to learn how to keep yourself sane and focused for the rest of the trimester— I myself am trying to devise a plan to keep myself from strangling anyone. I mean, lets face it, for some of us university life isn’t easy, especially if you’re a slacker who just loves to party. More
By Paul Brown | 16 Jul, 2007
Well here I sit feeling miserable from the cold and flu, ready to write Salient article number two for the term. Being so ill, I wondered what I could possibly write about… More
By Paul Brown | 9 Jul, 2007
Firstly let me welcome you all back for yet another term of study at Victoria. For those of you who don’t know and that’s probably only 19,000 of you who didn’t vote in the recent VUWSA elections—I’m the newly elected Education Officer B. So let me introduce myself!
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By Payal Narayan | 14 May, 2007
Edmund Burke once said, “for evil to triumph it is necessary only for good people to do nothing”. Take human rights atrocities for example. Many occur here in New Zealand, in our neighbouring countries and daily throughout the world. More
By Jennifer Butt | 7 May, 2007
This week: Conrad the BSc with problems
You don’t have to go far in this city to find a poor hobo student in dire need of an Extreme Welfare Makeover. This week’s lucky student was a third year BSc, who despite three years of study was unaware of all the great advice and services the welfare team at VUWSA had to offer. More
By Tania Mead |
Complaining about local media is something of a national pastime for various countries worldwide, be it on the idiocy of reportage during the ‘silly season’ or the perceived narrow views of a certain columnist. It may seem cliched to point it out, but the depressing truth is that for a large amount of the world’s population, unbiased and informative journalism is hardly a daily reality. Thousands of journalists are threatened daily for reportage that reflects unfavourably on government policies, corrupt politicians or drug lords.
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By Heleyni Pratley | 23 Apr, 2007
This week: Hans and His Little Friend
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By Chris Renwick | 2 Apr, 2007
Kia ora and welcome to this week’s column.
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By Chris Renwick | 26 Mar, 2007
Starting university can involve a wide range of emotions, including excitement, apprehension and homesickness. As well as the academic transition, first year students may also be adjusting to leaving home for the first time, a different financial situation, having to build a new social network, and perhaps dealing with the stress associated with relocating to a new town or country. More
By Chris Renwick | 5 Mar, 2007
Kia ora. This week’s topic is food, and in particular, Special Need Food Grants (SNG’s). So, the cupboards are empty? You have nothing left to eat after having visited all of your friends and family for meals, and even consumed that tin of peas that has been sitting in the back of the cupboard? More
By Nick Kelly | 28 Feb, 2005
VUWSA (Victoria University of Wellington Students association) is your students’ association. One of the main things that your students’ association does for you at university is offer Welfare services. Since the introduction of fees and cuts to the student allowance in the 1980s and 1990s many students have found it harder going to study. Most students are forced to borrow thousands of dollars to live, and many are forced to work low—paid, long-hour jobs to survive university. More
