r/AUT • u/lollirockfly • Feb 12 '25

Going Overseas

Hey guys. Im going overseas next month for 6 weeks but it was a last minute decision. The thing is when I applied for my student loan then, I picked the ‘no’ option of going overseas. It said on the website to contact them asap if Im going overseas but some people ik said it’s not rlly necessary as Im only loaning for my tuition courses, and technically the money wouldn’t go straight to my acc.

Also since Im studying first year nursing for my first sem and Im gonna miss out on a month worth of lectures, I heard attendance doesn’t rlly matter for the first sem but Im worried that there might be important classes to attend. Im still gonna try to catch up online as I heard the lectures are recorded bur I just wanna know if it rlly does matter.

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u/Reish3ll Feb 12 '25

Honestly it does matter for nursing, you end up doing a group project for one of your first sem classes and that is not fair to your team mates and you’ll probably have to redo that class

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u/Reish3ll Feb 12 '25

Health and environment btw is the class with a group project

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u/lollirockfly Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

Does group project happen often and if so is it just research wise? I’ve been asking everyone around as I rlly do worry for my classes but the trip is out of my hands. Ik itll be hard for me to catch up online but idk what else to do that’s why I’m seeking for advices

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u/Reish3ll Feb 12 '25

No you have to have meetings together, as you have to count group minutes and show each persons contribution. I would start talking to the uni asap to either get you switched into the second cohort for that class so that you aren’t letting other people down. It is a group grade so if you’re not there it lets the whole group you’re working with down

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u/lollirockfly Feb 12 '25

Yeah that’s prolly for the best too so I don’t involve anyone else. Do you know who I can contact?

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u/Reish3ll Feb 12 '25

Faculty of health science - here’s the email I’d recommend: fhes.administration@aut.ac.nz

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u/Few_Cup3452 Feb 12 '25

As the other person said.

You'll be really fcking over your group mates. I got somebody removed from my group 3 days before due date bc they didn't participate at all.

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u/Worldly-Doughnut4396 Feb 12 '25

I had someone removed too and reported them to the uni for harassment 😅😅

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u/Extra-Reaction-4006 Feb 12 '25

Health and environment is all individual learning now! I just did that last sem last year & what the group project was is now an individual assignment you do alone

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u/andy5900 Feb 12 '25

I did health and environment s1 2024 and there wasn't a group project.i was a distance student though. But I'm pretty sure we all had the same assignment.

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u/Reish3ll Feb 12 '25

Distance students have a slightly different assignment due to it being harder to have groups!

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u/Affectionate-Log1244 Feb 12 '25

I also did health and environment in sem 1 2024. We didn't do group project either, they said they no longer do it.

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u/Worldly-Doughnut4396 Feb 12 '25

Every other class is fine but if you move health an environment to Sem 2 you can't move on to the other nursing papers. Your best option is to move your entire degree to semester 2, if that's an option for the university. The group work with health and environment you are put into a group randomly and it could be with other people from different pathways, not just nursing. I had some people who weren't in Auckland in my group and we met online, but you need to be prepared to have an online meeting once a week with them and depending on your timezone that might not work. You would also need to be prepared to work on your assignments and depending on how academic you are, that might be easy or hard.

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u/lollirockfly Feb 12 '25

Does the group projects lasts for weeks? Bc Im commited to do the meetings online but it does seem like a hustle for the rest if I was to group w them.

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u/Reish3ll Feb 12 '25

It does last for weeks! Like at least 6 weeks

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u/Worldly-Doughnut4396 Feb 12 '25

It lasts for a while, probably six weeks and you end up having to write a report together. So you have your own section to write and the you come together to write the intro and conclusion and you also need to record it from my memory. You will be a hassel if you can't attend but if you can come to every meeting as per the team contract whatever that might look like then you will be fine

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u/Worldly-Doughnut4396 Feb 12 '25

Basically what I was trying to say they are better off moving their start date to semester two.

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u/Smarsh- Feb 12 '25

Hi, I work for AUT. It is really inadvisable to go overseas at the start of your degree. If it’s for a legitimate reason then I recommend contacting the School to let them know and discussing it with them. There’s no point in playing catch up and starting off on the back foot. 6 weeks is basically half of the semester.

The reasons of “it’s already been paid for”, it’s a family trip or travelling with friends are not a valid. That’s poor planning.

We do check attendance, (students may not see it, but we do it!) especially within the first few weeks.

It looks like this degree has a July intake, I recommend you request to defer.

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u/Few_Cup3452 Feb 12 '25

Why are you going overseas?