Date: Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
Time: 10 am - 12 pm
Location: Online Via Zoom

Ready, Set, Succeed includes many practical activities and ready-to-use information that will:

• Introduce students to UOW systems and communication platforms (Moodle, SOLS, UOWmail).
  This will make sure that you are ready to function as soon as trimester starts, and you can focus on course content and assignment without having to worry about administrative or practical processes.
• Provide you with useful research and referencing tips.
  Universities in Australia have specific research and referencing requirements that may differ from what you are used to. Ready, Set, Succeed will introduce techniques and practical skills you will need to access quality research material to complete your UOW assignments.
• Introduce you to common assessment types and structure.
  UOW expects students to write, present and structure assignments in specific ways. Ready, Set, Succeed will teach you how to meet these important requirements, so that you do not lose precious marks when submitting your work.
• Equip you with academic reading, writing, and speaking skills.
  Central to this program is the aim to develop commencing students' formal academic English. Ready, Set, Succeed will provide students with many opportunities to practice academic language expected to be found in the assignments written during the trimester.
• Provide you with all the necessary support services to make a successful start at UOW.
  The University offers international students access to many support services. Ready, Set, Succeed will present each of these services and provide all the links to access them, so that students are able to seek help as early as possible during the trimester if they require assistance.

Location: Online via Zoom

Date: Thursday, 14 May, 2026
Location: Online via Zoom

Session/Time:

1. Introduction to Excel (9.30 am - 11 am)
   This workshop in the Excel seminar series, introduces beginner users to MS Excel. Users will learn how to input data, perform basic operations and how to use some basic inbuilt functions. This work will be performed in the context of a casual worker who is tracking their weekly and annual income, calculating taxation, determining tax debt/refund and tracking living expenses. Students will learn some basic visualisation techniques.
    
2. Basic Data Analysis in Excel (11.30 am - 1 pm)
   This workshop in the Excel seminar series will explore how MS Excel can be used to collect, organise, visualise and analyse data. At the end of this workshop, students will be able to use MS Excel to calculate central value of tendency and dispersion and identify outliers. Students will learn how to create box and whisker plots as a means of visualising and characterising the spread of a data set. This workshop will give students the tools required to analyse and evaluate data.

The content delivered in these workshops will be particularly relevant for students studying:

• Master of Business Analytics
• Master of Financial Management
• Master of Marketing
• Master of Professional Accounting

Please note that these are optional workshops that are available to you to support your start at the Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong.

These will run as individual workshops with limited spaces, please register for each workshop that you would like to attend.