Health Sciences Students

Academic Language and Learning Unit (ALLU)

The Academic Language and Learning Unit (ALLU) works closely with students and teaching staff on all campuses to ensure that Health Science students – including those from non-English-speaking backgrounds – develop high-level academic speaking, writing, reading, and numeracy skills required for successful learning in their courses. To achieve those ends, the ALL Unit staff: collaborate on course and subject design; advise on teaching and learning strategies; teach/co-teach special undergraduate and postgraduate subjects, tutorials and workshops; and provide professional development for staff.

ALLU Student Learning Support

Individual consultations and group workshops can be arranged if you have a concern about your studies. The sorts of concerns include: meeting the requirements of an assessment task, reading difficult texts, academic writing, how and what to reference, speaking in class and communicating in clinical placements.

Individual consultations for all students require a referral from the subject coordinator/lecturer/tutor or the thesis supervisor, as appropriate for the first consultation.

The form is available on the student learning web site.

On the Melbourne campus, you don’t need a referral for a small group session. So get a group together and request a workshop from the ALL Unit to deal with your concerns. The 1 hour workshop will be tailored to your group’s needs.

Learning Resources

For an electronic resource that answers many of your questions about studying, reading, writing, and speaking for your subjects, and more, view the Survival Guide 2013 [PDF 1MB]

For further information and links to resources, visit the student learning site.