Humanities & Social Sciences

Academic Language and Learning Support in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science

Support is provided to students and staff in the Faculty in all campuses.

Postgraduate Students

For help with all stages of your thesis, visit our Postgraduate Resources: Thesis Thoughts Online.
For an opportunity to give and get constructive peer response to sections of your writing, come to a Thesis Writing Circle.

Undergraduate (Bachelors Degree) Students

For an online resource that answers many of your questions about studying, reading, writing, and speaking for your subjects, and more, have a read of the FHSS Survival Guide [PDF 4.6MB]. Activities to go with the guide.

Skills for University Study

Starting your uni course, you'll need to quickly organise yourself to study, read unfamiliar kinds of texts, and work out what to do for your assignments. All are welcome to our 5 workshops at the Melbourne campus, starting in Week 2:

How to organise yourself – so much to do, so little time! How to understand what your tutors are after. How to read a uni text. How to write a uni essay. How to use your reading in your writing.
You can also read more information and find the times and locations for each of our workshops.

To learn how to deal with challenges of writing in English as an Additional Language, come to classes starting at the Melbourne campus early in May: Academic Writing Improvement Workshops for ESL students. We also have drop-in sessions for students with English as an additional language, every week in HUM 3, room 416:

First-year students, Mondays at 12
Second year and above, Thursdays at 12

First-year students, Mondays at 12
Second year and above, Thursdays at 12

All Students

Full scripts of the “Writing Better Essays” lecture series by Kate Chanock is available for download :

See also: Introduction to referencing in La Trobe's Humanities and Social Sciences [PDF 94KB].

Services for staff

For staff wishing to learn more about our services and/or to access the referral form needed to refer a student for help, please visit the Information for Staff page on this site.

To contact our Unit, please use the unit email at ALLUfhuss@latrobe.edu.au

ALLU Staff at the Melbourne Campus:

Dr Kate ChanockDr Kate Chanock
T: +61 3 9479 2535             +61 3 9479 2535     
E: c.chanock@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Craig Horton Dr. Craig Horton
T +61 3 9479 3615               +61 3 9479 3615     
E: c.horton@latrobe.edu.au

At Bendigo campus:

Dr Karin MosesDr. Karin Moses
T: 54447242.
E: k.moses@latrobe.edu.au

At Albury/Wodonga campus:

Mr Paul BroschePaiul Brosche
T: 02 60249762
E: P.Brosche@latrobe.edu.au

At Shepparton campus:

Mrs Iris AmbroseIris Ambrose
T: 58208612
E: i.ambrose@latrobe.edu.au

At Mildura camous:

Mrs Nalenie Ramjaun Nalenie Ramjaun
T: 50514017
E: n.gungadurdoss-ramjaun@latrobe.edu.au