New Student Guide
This guide will give you essential information about the various systems and programs that you will need whilst you are studying with us. Each section contains information about the application and may give you an animation on how to use that application. Some section just gives you a link to the application as you may receive further training in the use of that application. Some sections are applicable to a certain profession and will state that in the introduction. Midwifery, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy have extra information accessible from the menu on the left.
Please look at each section and get to know:
1. What the system does or why you need to use it.
2. How to access that program or application.
3. Look at any help that comes with it.
You also need to know how to get help from the support team when you need it.
1. The myUWE Portal
The myUWE portal delivers a single point of entry to a full range of University services online. This is the most important area that you will access whilst you are here. Please look at all the information about myUWE that can be found on this link
2. Blackboard
You can access Blackboard via the myUWE portal. Look at your courses that you are registered on in Blackboard, Remember, usage may be tracked and monitored! Extra help and support for students about using Blackboard can be found online from this link
3. E-Feedback
Most assignments are now submitted online through the e-feedback system (formally known as esubmissions).Your tutors will tell you if this is not the case. The e-feedback system uses the web to submit your essays as a single file. You will need to login to the system using your UWE username and password.
You can obtain more information and see the guides that are available from this link
4. UWE Live Mail
As from 1st August 2008, the UWE student e-mail system is called UWE Live Mail and is based on the Windows Live Hotmail system. All new students will automatically get a UWE Live Mail account, accessible through the myUWE portal. Students who started their studies prior to September 2008 have the option to switch to UWE Live Mail or stay with UWE Webmail until the service is decommissioned in Summer 2010.
UWE Live mail is accessed through the myUWE portal.
More information about UWE Live Mail may be obtained from this link
5. Printing with the Pharos system
We offer a student printing system called Pharos. The main advantages of the Pharos system is that it gives students full flexibility for printing. Print stations can be found in the Library at Glenside and at various locations throughout the University. A list of the print station locations is available on the ITS Web pages. Help can also be obtained from this link.
6. Numeracy Skills
All healthcare professionals require a reasonable level of numeracy for the safe administration of medicines and fluids, budgeting and the interpretation of statistics. This course is designed to allow you to work through it on your own.
The Course Material includes technique and application topics and forms the main part of the numeracy skills course. The sections can be worked through independently. The tasks within the course can be completed as many times as you wish.
Here is a link to the Numeracy Skills website. There is a help link on the Numeracy Skills site that gives you further information.
7. ARC
ARC is a Management Information System designed to cover all aspects of Student Management. This web-based system provides access for HSC Students to their placement details and attendance record. Students using ARC will complete their practice evaluations online on ARC.
More information can be found here
8. Manual Handling
Manual Handling (often referred to as Moving and Handling) is an integral part of a nurses everyday life, 24 hours a day.
Here is a link to help you to access the Manual Handling site. Please read the instructions carefully on the first page as you will have to 'sign in' to access the material.
9.Basic Life Support
You will need to access the Basic Life Support website to be able to undertake your Basic Life Support clinical skills.
You can access the website by clicking on the Clinical Skills link in the left hand menu and then selecting Resuscitation or click this link
9. EU Packs
The 3 EU packs Child, Maternity and Mental Health are required for all Adult Nursing pre registration students in the School of Health & Social Care.
The packs are not intended to make you an expert in these areas, but to give you enough insight to apply them to your practice and identify when there may be areas in which you need to ask for further help.
Here is a link to the EU packs website to help you access the information you need about the packs.
10. Information about the Computer Labs
Information about the computer labs opening times can be found under the Computer Suite link on the left.
11. I need help and support
You can access a lot of help online which is available to you 24 hours a day more information is available from this site and linked from this site.