This year’s theme focuses on guys looking after themselves with the ‘see a GP’ campaign.
Thus highlighting the importance of seeking support and looking after our physical, mental and
emotional wellbeing.

Check out the Australian Men’s Health Foundation (AMHF) to find out more: About – Men’s Health
Week. The AMF also have a great resource Know your man facts – AMHF –
Australian Men’s Health Forum with toolkits to support your physical and mental health. Take a look
for yourself or share it with some of the important men in your life.

Men’s Wellbeing here at La Trobe

The Men’s Health & Wellbeing service provides dedicated support and information for the men of La
Trobe. This includes counselling tailored specifically to men’s needs and experiences, with a focus on
creating a relaxed, confidential space, centred on you and what you want to achieve.

For more information or to organise a counselling session, check out our section on men’s health and wellbeing.

Happy Men’s Health Week!

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Try some of the below tips to see if you can take control of your worries, and if not, there is always free support available to you at the Health and Wellbeing Resource Centre. Reach out to have a chat with our Student Wellbeing Advisors for short and long-term support.

1. Put your worries into perspective

While worries are sometimes valid, they can feel difficult to cope, especially in stressful times like the lead up to exams and final assignments.

It might be helpful though, to ‘get out of your own head’ and look at it from another perspective. Keep your eye on the bigger picture and know that one fail or low grade isn’t going to derail your plan. There are always options to re-take or re-do courses, or other pathways to get to where you want.

2. Manage your caffeine intake

A little bit of caffeine can be helpful for an extra boost, but too much can actually damage our memory retention and ability to sleep. So control your intake of coffee or Red Bull just so you can continue to cram all day and night!

3. Get enough sleep

In addition to reducing caffeine, make sure you’re getting enough shut-eye. Sleep replenishes your energy and helps you retain the information you’ve learned during the day. It also plays an important part in regulating our emotions and makes us better able to concentrate during the day.

Reach Out – Tips on how to get a good night’s sleep

4. Get active!

Exercising may seem difficult to do when you’re stressed, but work-outs are proven to help with stress and anxiety. So even if you don’t feel like it, take a gentle walk, do some stretching, play with your dog or whatever you can just to get your heart rate up and blood flowing. Aren’t you feeling calmer already?!

5. Take enough breaks

Make sure you take short, quality breaks every hour of study. This will help you remain on task. Studying for hours on end can cause you to lose concentration. Taking regular breaks can help us recharge and be more productive. It’s not the time you study, it is the quality of your hours.

6. Schedule time for things you enjoy

All work and no play makes everyone dull. Make sure you continue doing the things you enjoy outside of study. Chat with your friends, work-out or watch that latest Netflix show (within reason!). Try and give your brain a break so you can stay active, energised and happy. This will help you feel refreshed when you come back to study.

7. Remember, not all stress is bad

In some cases, when we need to get something done, a little bit of stress can be the push we need to get moving. It can make you more alert and motivate you to study when you need to or get your mind ready for an exam. The trick is to know when it is too much stress.

If you’re losing control of a situation, or you’re doing things to help the stress and it isn’t going away, then you might need some support. Reach out to the Health and Wellbeing Resource Centre to discuss options for short and long-term support! That’s what we’re there for!?

All the best for your upcoming exams!

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Pride Week at La Trobe | 18 – 22 August 

To make sure more students can get involved, we celebrate Pride Week later in the year. In 2026, Pride Week will run from 24–28 August, with events and activities held across our campuses. More details will be shared closer to the date.

In the meantime, here are a few ways to connect and get involved:

Find community

The La Trobe Queer Club is a student-run group that hosts weekly meet-ups at the Bundoora campus, along with online spaces and special events throughout the year. It’s a great way to meet people and find your community.

Share your voice
Private Lives is Australia’s largest national survey on the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ adults, run by La Trobe’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS). If you identify as LGBTIQA+ and live in Australia, you’re encouraged to take part. You can also join the ARCSHS mailing list to stay up to date with their research.

Happy Pride Month!

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National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’. National Sorry Day is a time to acknowledge the Stolen Generations, reflect on the ongoing impacts of past government policies, and stand together in recognition of Survivors’ enduring strength, resilience and courage.

What is Reconciliation Week?

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The dates for NRW remain the same each year, commemorating two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey: the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision.

Reconciliation is everyone’s business and National Reconciliation Week is celebrated in all walks of Australian life. The theme for 2026 is All in, which is a call for all Australians to commit to reconciliation every single day. All In reminds us that reconciliation and advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights is a shared responsibility for all of us.

Join us at events at Bendigo and Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus

Bendigo Campus (Dja Dja Wurrung)

Melbourne (Bundoora) campus (Wurundjeri)

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Located just steps from public transport in Broadmeadows and Epping, the hubs make studying closer to home easy. With free public transport across Victoria extended to the end of May, then half price until the end of the year, there’s never been a better time to leave the car behind and save time and money.

Open to students from any university and any course, the Northern Study Hub is completely free to register and use, with high‑speed Wi‑Fi, quiet study areas, private meeting rooms and access to academic and wellbeing support.

More than just a place to study, the Northern Study Hub is a place to belong.

Why you’ll love the Northern Study Hub

• Available for all: Students studying any degree at any university can use the Northern Study Hub. Have a friend at a different uni who you want to study with? Get them to register too! 

• Spaces designed to meet your needs: Each hub features free high-speed Wi-Fi, printers, quiet zones, group workspaces and more, all in an inclusive, student-friendly environment. 

• Centrally located with flexible access hours: Close to public transport, shops and cafes, these hubs help you save on travel costs while offering a safe, secure place to study with swipe card access (during opening hours). 

• Support to help you succeed: Learning Support Advisors will be available to help you settle into study and show you the tools you’ll need to succeed while at uni. 

• Make yourself at home: You’re welcome to bring your own device and use our charging points while you study. You can even make yourself a coffee or tea in the kitchen. 

• Connect with a new community: On top of meeting other students, you can join workshops, meet employers and get career ready with local industry events and personal support from our expert advisors. 

Register now to visit the Northern Study Hub

The Northern Study Hub is now open at two locations:

• Broadmeadows – 1/1079 Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows
• Epping – Cnr Cooper St & Dalton Rd, Epping

Ready to experience the space yourself? Both locations are staffed each business day (in line with opening hours), so feel free to pop by during staffed hours or register now via the Northern Study Hub website. Once you register your interest, the team will be in touch with details on how to complete your registration and collect your access card.

To stay up to date with everything happening at the hub, make sure you follow the Northern Study Hub on Instagram.

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It’s Friday evening. After a long week, you open the webpage for a new takeaway place your friend recommended.

You’re ready to choose your meal, but the page is hard to use. The colours are distracting, images are scattered between blocks of text, and there’s no clear way to tell which description matches which dish.

After a few minutes of zooming, scrolling and trying again, you give up. Not because you don’t want the food, but because the page makes it too hard.

Now imagine that happening when you’re trying to access a reading, watch a lecture recording, submit a form or take part in online learning.

For some people, this is not occasional – it is part of everyday life online. That is what GAAD asks us to notice.

What is GAAD?

GAAD is a global day to think about how accessible our digital world really is – and who might be left out. For students, digital accessibility can affect how you:

• access readings and lecture recordings
• use the LMS
• complete online forms
• work on group assignments
• take part in online learning.

When digital content is accessible, it’s easier for more people to use. This includes people with a disability, people using assistive technology, people studying in noisy spaces and people learning in a second language.

Tools and support at La Trobe

There are a range of tools and support at uni to help you access content in ways that work better for you.

You can:

• Join the Assistive Tech Teams Channel via Teams to access a current list of available technologies, guides for each tool, a chat forum to discuss options and regular updates about new technology.
• Register with Accessibility to get tailored support for your accessibility requirements during your studies.
• If accessibility requirements are impacting your wellbeing, reach out to the Wellbeing team.

Small changes can help everyone

Digital accessibility is often discussed in relation to disability, but accessible design choices can make study better for everyone.

For example:

• Captions and transcripts support deaf and Deaf students, students with auditory processing needs and students learning in a second language. They also help when you’re watching a video somewhere noisy, or somewhere you can’t use sound.
• Clear headings help people using screen readers or keyboards move through a page. They also help you skim readings and find what you need.
• Alt text describes important images, graphs and tables for people who use screen readers. It also helps make sure key information is not missed.

What you can do

You don’t need to be an accessibility expert. When you create slides, documents, videos or group assignment materials, try to:

• use clear headings
• add captions or transcripts where you can
• describe important images, charts and tables
• check your content is easy to read on a phone or laptop.

These changes can help your classmates, your group members and your future self.

Learn more this GAAD

Each year, the GAAD community hosts free global events about digital accessibility. This includes the Accessible does not equal equitable webinar on 20 May and GAAD Conference 2026 on 26 June. Sessions will be recorded if you can’t join live due to the time difference.

You can also check out Deakin University’s Everyday Accessibility Basics for simple changes you can make to your digital content or use WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool) to check webpage accessibility and learn how to improve your pages.

This GAAD, the aim is not perfection. It’s noticing what gets in the way, making small improvements and helping to create digital study spaces that work for more people.

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Some health services you can access

• Mental health support and referrals
• Sexual and reproductive health information and advice
• Check-ups and health screening
• Pain relief, feeling unwell or specialist referrals
• Vaccines, special immunisations and travel medicines (Some of these services may attract fees. Contact the clinic to find out what you will need to pay.)

Fees…no out-of-pocket!

The clinic offers a bulk-billing service to students, children under 16 years and Concession card holders.  A practice fee may apply for other patients or for consultations not eligible for a Medicare rebate. International students with valid Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) card can also use this service at no additional cost.

Location and hours

La Trobe University Medical Centre’s GP Clinic is operated by Latrobe Community Health Service and open to La Trobe Uni students, staff and the general public. The clinic is located at Level 1, Health Sciences 1 Building, La Trobe University Budnoora and is open from Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 5:00pm, and on Saturday from 9:00am to 1:00pm. To make an appointment phone (03) 9473 8885 or book an appointment online. 

Looking for other bulk billed clinics?

It’s now easier than ever to find GP clinics that offer bulk billing or no-cost services https://www.health.gov.au/bulk-billing

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Not only is riding fun and good for you, it’s also a more sustainable transport option. As a little extra motivation, anyone who rides to uni on the days listed below can enjoy breakfast on us – just show your helmet at the collection point to pick up your café voucher.

No registration required.

2026 Bikers’ Brekkie dates

• Wednesday 4 March
• Thursday 16 April
• Tuesday 12 May
• Wednesday 5 August
• Thursday 10 September
• Tuesday 6 October
• Wednesday 14 October (Ride 2 Uni Day)

Bikers’ Brekkie details

Melbourne (Bundoora) campus

Simply show your helmet and collect your voucher from the Sustainability representative stationed at Caffeine Café between 8.00am and 10.00am.

All food and drinks will be served on Reusable Revolution crockery, supporting La Trobe’s commitment to reducing waste.

Albury–Wodonga campus

Show your helmet and collect your voucher at La Moka Café between 8.00am and 10.00am.

Bendigo campus

Show your helmet to the on‑site bike mechanic behind the LSU building (near the flag poles) between 9.00am and 11.00am to collect your JD Café voucher. You can also get a free bike check while you’re there!

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We are expanding our existing services to support you with your studies.

Financial and academic support 
Depending on your circumstances and course there are several supports available. If you’re feeling the impact, we may be able to support you with financial bursaries and scholarships to ease financial pressures. For students who are currently on, or about to begin placement for your studies, we are increasing our support as we recognise that placements for students can add pressure and uncertainty at this time.

If you’re unsure where to start, Student Advising or Wellbeing Services can help point you in the right direction and provide advice about your study options as you approach Census date.

La Trobe is continuing to monitor the rising cost of living and may make additional services available.

This is a difficult period, and you are not expected to manage it on your own. Please reach out and make use of the support available to you—we are here to help.

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Family violence is not always obvious. It could affect someone you see every day – a friend, classmate or family member. If something doesn’t feel right, it’s worth paying attention to that feeling.

You don’t need to be an expert to support someone. This May, start the conversation.

Check in with yourself

Ask yourself:

• Do you feel safe where you live?
• Do you feel pressured, controlled or fearful in a relationship?
• Do you feel like you are constantly managing someone else’s reactions?

These questions can be difficult to think about, but you deserve to feel safe at home and in your relationships.

Are you worried about someone else?

You might notice a friend becoming withdrawn, anxious or uncomfortable talking about home. They may seem isolated or be constantly checked up on by someone else.

Sometimes, simply checking in can help someone feel less alone.

One simple question can help

Asking “Are you safe at home?” can feel awkward, but it can open the door to support.

If you ask someone:

• choose a private and safe moment
• listen without interrupting
• believe what they tell you

You do not have to fix the situation. Simply being there can make a difference.

Student Wellbeing Connect is here to support you

If you’re worried about your safety at home or in a relationship – or you’re concerned about someone else – Student Wellbeing Connect is here to support you. Student Wellbeing Connect can provide help in situations where seeing a counsellor might not be enough or you might need something slightly different.

Our team includes social workers and psychologists who can listen, help you explore your options and connect you with other support options when needed.

What you can expect

When you connect with us, we can:

• listen to what matters to you
• support you with personal and study-related concerns
• talk through practical support options
• connect you with La Trobe and community services
• respect your privacy and confidentiality
• work with other university services when helpful and with your consent

How to get support

Student Wellbeing Connect is here to help. You can get in touch by:

• submitting an online enquiry form
• emailing wellbeing.checkin@latrobe.edu.au if you have previously connected with Wellbeing Services
• visiting the Health and Wellbeing Centre at our Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus

More support and resources

There are many internal and external support options for anyone experiencing or witnessing domestic, family or intimate-partner violence.

La Trobe support options

• Emergency support: Call 000 in an emergency, then contact La Trobe Security on 9479 2222.
• Safer Community: Support for concerning, threatening or inappropriate behaviour, including sexual harm and family violence.
• Wellbeing Services: Free and confidential counselling and wellbeing support for students.
• Crisis Line: Out-of-hours mental health and wellbeing support. Call 1300 146 307 or text 0488 884 100. Available 5pm–9am weekdays, and 24 hours on weekends and public holidays.

External support options

• Lifeline: 24/7 crisis support – call 13 11 14.
• Switchboard: LGBTIQA+ peer support and referral services.
• Beyond Blue: Phone, online chat and mental health support services.
• Headspace: Mental health support for young people aged 12–25.

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