Learn together, study smarter
Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) are weekly student-led revision sessions that aim to deepen your understanding of unit content and facilitate your learning.
PASS sessions are offered in units that students may find unfamiliar and challenging initially. The sessions are held in small groups that are responsive to students’ abilities and needs. They do not replace lectures or tutorials but are designed to reinforce understanding of unit content and improve study habits and strategies.
The sessions are structured in a collaborative learning environment - feeding off input and needs from other students attending. They provide you with a chance to seek clarity on content in a safe, supportive student-led environment, and enable you to confidently develop the skills to find the answers yourself.
Student benefits
By attending PASS sessions, you will:
- improve your academic performance
- build self-confidence by learning how to review and question unit material in a supportive peer-based environment
- develop learning strategies and study techniques that can be applied to other subjects throughout your university experience
- improve your communication and group interaction skills
- Increases future employability outcomes for students
- make friends, network, and become part of a supportive learning community.
Timetable, Session 2 2024
PASS runs from Week 2 until Week 13 (excluding mid-session break and public holidays).
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Activating your Macquarie Zoom account
If you haven't activated your Macquarie Zoom account before, please follow the below instructions BEFORE attending your first online PASS session:
- Download the Zoom app on your selected device, or go to https://zoom.us/signin
- Click on 'Sign In'
- Select Sign In with SSO
- Enter Macquarie as the company domain
- Enter your OneID credentials
- Launch Zoom
Only Macquarie students with activated Macquarie Zoom accounts will be authorised to join PASS sessions.
PASS Leaders
The PASS program provides eligible students with on-campus leadership and employment opportunities.
To be eligible for a PASS Leader role, you must:
- be a current Macquarie undergraduate or postgraduate student
- have completed and achieved a Distinction or High Distinction grade in the nominated PASS unit
- be available for mandatory 14 hours (2 days) accredited PASS Leader training
- have excellent interpersonal skills and are friendly, approachable and open-minded
- have the ability to prioritise tasks, prepare materials for sessions and attend lectures (online or face-to-face) to keep up to date with course content
- be able to work effectively individually as well as part of a team.
FAQs
PASS is for any student who wants to:
- achieve greater academic success
- develop deeper understanding of course content
- build better study habits
- meet and learn from other students through group study
No, pre-registration is not required to attend a PASS session. However, it is required to have your attendance taken at the start of each PASS session to monitor engagement with the program.
The PASS program allows students to practice and develop a deeper understanding of unit content with their peers. This will help them complete assessments and homework on their own.
No, it is not compulsory to attend PASS.
Students will be provided with PASS session worksheets and answers only if they have attended the session.
All students are expected to attend lectures and tutorials to gain knowledge and understanding of their unit content. PASS does not replace them, instead, the PASS sessions build on them.