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‘HELLO!!!’ to all our existing ‘Resis’ and a BIG WELCOME to all of our new residents for Trimester 3. We are very happy to have you all on board and glad that you have decided to call Burwood Student Residences your home over the coming months. We hope you are settling in well and that you have a fantastic time becoming a part of the resi community!

There is always plenty going on at Res with many events and programs to get involved in. We will keep you well-informed of all that is happening so please, always read your emails from reception, check the notice boards and, of course, this newslet-ter on a weekly basis!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to come to the Resi Reception at MB anytime!!!(we are open 24hrs) or ask your Residential Leaders who are always more than happy to help!

All the best, have fun and we hope you enjoy your time here on res!!

BSR Team

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Reception

Our reception is open 24hrs and located in MB building. If you have any enquir-

ies, concerns or matters you would like to discuss, please feel free to approach

us in person, email us [email protected] or call 03 92517671

T3 Resident Leaders

Your Residential Leaders for T3 are as follows.

Level 2 – Tom Coleman

Level 3 – Kevin Wilson

Level 4 – Jordan Donaldson

C & E Block – Aimee Waring

Your RL’s will let you know soon when your next floor/block meeting will be to

meet your fellow residents and discuss upcoming events

Security Deakin Security is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be contacted on 1800 062 579 or via the SAFEZONE app. There is resident specific Security from 7pm to 7am every night. If your require a security escort to your car or any location on campus, this can be arranged by contacting security.

Guest Pass

Any guest staying overnight, after 11pm is required to sign in at reception and pick up a guest pass. This must be done before 11pm. A resident may sign in one guest, up to 3 nights a week. Guests must be accompanied by the resident sign-ing them in and must always carry their guest pass with them.

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PREVENTING FIRE

ALARMS

The fire safety system on res is incredibly sensitive and directly linked to the

fire brigade.

The resident responsible for a fire unit(s) calls out shall be liable for the cost

and in cases where no individual is identified the Residence manager reserves

the right to apportion the cost across all the residents of the unit involved.

Please take care with the following to minimise disruption and to ensure eve-

ryone’s safety

1. When cooking:

a. Open windows

b. ALWAYS make sure the extractor fan is on by pulling out the range

hood

c. Cook on the back two burners when using a frypan. (When us-

ing the front two burners, the smoke is more likely to set off the

alarm)

d. Use a small amount of cooking spray, not oil.

2. Do not use aerosol deodorant, hairspray or hair straighteners in your

bedrooms. Only use these in the bathrooms of your units

3. Do not smoke anywhere inside Village units or the MB building.

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If a smoke alarm is set off, it will make a high pitch sound. You then have 60

seconds to attempt to disperse the smoke by:

• Turning the appliance off (if applicable)

• Opening windows

• Putting extractor fan on

• Fanning the detector with a tea towel, book or folder

DO NOT open front doors or bedroom doors as this is likely to result in trig-

gering the hallway and bedroom detectors.

If you are successful, the alarm will reset, the beeping will stop and the fire bri-

gade will not be called.

If you are not successful in clearing the smoke, the system will go into full evac-

uation mode requiring the evacuation of all residents and triggering the auto-

matic attendance of the fire brigade.

If ever you hear the evacuation tones, DO NOT assume it is a false alarm. You

MUST VACATE IMMEDIATELY.

The evacuation meeting points are:

• Up on the grass out the front of Building LA (MB Stu-

dents)

• Gardener’s Creek (BSV Students)

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NEW

OPENING HOURS

Monday - Wednesday + Friday: 7am to 3pm

Thursday: 7am to 8pm - So don’t forget to come

dine with us on Thursday nights!!!

We will be open until December 11th.

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Burwood Student Accommodation project

Dear BSV Residential Students

Thank you for your continued patience during the construction of the new stu-

dent residence.

The following information outlines works scheduled for Burwood Student vil-

lage.

Power disruptions to BSV on Friday 6 November, between 8.30am-5pm.

- Works will be carried out by the Authorities and will affect power to all

BSV blocks.

- Security access will not be affected as the doors to bedrooms will operate

on battery.

- Arrangements have been made for facilities at MB to be accessible by af-

fected BSV residences eg. Shared apartment for showers

- We recommend that all sensitive electrical appliances such as computers,

entertainment units, DVD players etc be switched off at the power point before

the interruption takes place, and switched back on once the electrical supply has

been restored.

Free meal

Because of this disruption a free lunch will be offered to students on Friday the

6th November at the Diner (time details to come).

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Study Room

Even though exams are over, room EA 2.01 continues to be available as a quiet

study space exclusive for residential students use. I encourage you to have a

wander across and consider utilizing this room as an alternate to the library

(please see map attached). For after-hours access please request a security es-

cort to and from EA2.01 study room as you need.

Thoughts/ Concerns/ feedback

Please ensure you contact your RL with any questions or concerns you may

have so they can collate and bring to weekly RL meetings so we can together

come up with specific actions as needed.

Again, if you observe a specific issue regarding any safety/ security with our

current buildings or the new build work site, please do contact reception imme-

diately so we can take action.

While we will minimise the disruption as much as possible, thank you again for

your patience and understanding during project works.

Kind regards,

John Colley – General Manager

Pamelia Thng – Project manager

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Be the first to answer the following question

at resi

reception and win a movie voucher!

Q. Who is your RL and what is their room

number?

Are you living on res in T3 and want to get involved in the res community? We

are looking to form a social committee to assist the RL’s in organising some

great events for everyone who lives on res. Can you please

email [email protected] by 5pm Sunday 8th November if you are inter-

ested in getting involved to help out with res events.

Q. What did one ocean

say to the other?

A. Nothing, they just

waved.