Personal Support
Head and Deputy Head
Union College encourages residents to pursue independent lives, but also provides help and support if it is ever needed or wanted. Unexpected upsets can occur, and residents have the reassurance that both the Head and Deputy Head have a wealth of experience in matters relevant to student welfare and academic life and are available to assist, or provide referral to nearby support services.
Resident Mentor Program
Resident mentors are older year residents who live on the floor with first year residents and are key persons in the College's Community Care Program. Resident Mentors are carefully chosen by the College to be reassuring and well informed, able to support first years as they work their way through the sometimes unsettling stages of transition to tertiary life.
Resident Staff
Both the Head and Deputy Head of College live at the college and are available to provide assistance for residents 'out of hours'. The Office is staffed on weekends and at nights, and a Duty Resident Mentor is just a phone call away.
Health and Welfare
UQ students have convenient and close access to medical (and specialist), optical, dental, and counselling services through the university. Private medical and physiotherapy services at the nearby 'Ville' are very student friendly.
Hospitals and emergency:
Union College is within easy reach of the Wesley Hospital and the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
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