Student wellbeing

Access mental health and wellbeing resources:

• This Way Up
  Interactive programs designed to equip you with practical skills to manage those overwhelming feelings and take back control of your life.
• 24/7 student wellbeing support line
  You can access immediate and short-term support 24 hours a day, including weekends and public holidays.
• Pressure points
  Find ways to manage stress and navigate the pressures of university life.
• How to reduce exam stress
  How to study for exams and reduce stress
• R U OK?
  A conversation that could change a life
• Lifeline support toolkit
  What’s on your mind, and we’ll show you ways to help. Topics include loneliness, panic attacks, stress, self-harm.
• Orygen Revolution in Mind
  Comprehensive resources focused on youth mental health
• myCompass
  Free online tool that can help you identify unhelpful thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, and learn strategies to deal with them.
• What’s Up? app
  What's Up? can help you cope with anxiety, stress and feelings of depression. It has interactive games, forums, thought tracking diary and helpful techniques to mange your feelings.
• Healthy Mind
  Healthy Mind is an Easy Read tool that perfectly fits the needs of people with Intellectual Disability.
• Headspace
  There are many ways Headspace can support you in your mental health and wellbeing, and to help you navigate life's challenges. Choose the support pathway that works best for you.
• Moodgym
  Free interactive self-help modules which helps you to learn and practise skills which can help to prevent and manage symptoms of depression and anxiety (CBT).
• Beyond Blue
  Beyond Blue has produced fact sheets, booklets and other resources to support everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health. The downloadable resources below cover anxiety, depression, suicide, wellbeing, and workplace and perinatal mental health.
• Help when you are feeling down
  A resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are feeling down
• Worried about someone?
  How to help when you’re worried about someone’s mental health
• Griefline
  Griefline provides free, accessible fact sheets and resources on various grief and loss topics, available in multiple languages to support diverse communities across Australia.

Access healthy living resources:

• Healthy habits (Brightspace)
  Discover tips and strategies for a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
• 5 Ways to Wellbeing
  Introduces you to five simple and effective ways to improve your psychological and emotional health that are based on extensive international research
• Smiling Mind app
  Welcome to your versatile and practical mental fitness toolkit. Designed for minds of all ages and stages, the new Smiling Mind App helps you learn the skills that promote mental wellbeing and create the habits to thrive.
• Nutrition Australia
  Nutrition and healthy eating factsheets (including eating healthy on a budget and recipes)
• Sleep
  Get enough sleep for a healthy headspace
• Getting active
  Being physically active can significantly improve mental health by reducing stress, boosting mood, enhancing sleep, and providing a sense of achievement and social connection.
• Yuka app
  Scans barcodes and suggests better food choices
• Insight timer app
  Guided meditations and various resources to help users manage stress, improve sleep, and enhance overall wellbeing

Access respectful relationship resources:

• MATES (Motivating Action Through Empowerment) bystander (Brightspace)
  Learn how to safely intervene as a bystander and support others.
• Staying safe and healthy relationships
  Learn how to build and maintain positive, respectful relationships.
• Project zero
  Access advice, information, and support to members of the University community about their safety.
• Say it out loud
  Encourages LGBTQA+ communities to have healthy relationships,  get help for unhealthy relationships and support their friends.
• Consent and Consequences
  A thought-provoking series designed to help students understand key issues around sexual assault, consent, alcohol, digital behaviour, and legal consequences - empowering them to build respectful and informed relationships.

Access safe environment resources:

• When life’s off track, we’ve got your back (created by students)
  Connects you to essential campus and community services, creating a supportive environment for every student.
• Growth with purpose (created by students)
  These sustainable projects help preserve ecosystems and experience personal well-being through community engagement and therapeutic teamwork.