Win a $250 gift card just by telling us how you’ve found the start of uni!
At Deakin, your student experience means everything to us. One of the most important phases of your uni journey is the very start – offer, enrolment, Orientation and those first few weeks of study.
As a student who’s commenced in 2025, you’ve recently experienced this for yourself and we’d love to hear about it – the good, the bad and everything in between.
We value feedback from our students, and we’re especially interested in your experience of Orientation, so we’ve put together a short survey where you can tell us about your Orientation experience.
Did our Orientation program help you settle into uni life and make you feel like a member of the Deakin community?
Do you feel more informed about what’s on offer at Deakin, academically, socially and culturally?
Has it set you up for study success and shown how you can make the most of uni?
You will receive an email from Deakin via Qualtrics (one of our survey platforms) that will include information and a unique link to the Starting Out at Deakin survey. This is a Deakin-approved email and is safe to open.
The survey should take about fifteen minutes to complete. Your responses will help enhance our Orientation program and provide positive outcomes for other commencing students. You may receive reminder emails up until the survey closes.
Have your say to win!
As a thanks for your time and invaluable feedback, everyone who completes the survey by 5pm Sunday 13 April will go into the draw to win one of two $250 e-gift cards.
The promoter of this competition is Deakin University ABN 56 721 584 203 of 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong VIC 3220.
Information on how to enter forms part of these Terms and Conditions. By entering, entrants agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, and entries must comply with these Terms and Conditions to be valid.
This competition is governed by the laws in force in the state of Victoria, Australia.
The competition
The competition is free to enter and is strictly open only to current Deakin students who commenced their studies in Trimester 1, 2025.
Staff employed by Deakin and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter the competition.
Competition period
The competition period is from Monday 24 March to 5pm, Sunday 13 April, 2025.
Winners will be drawn at random on Monday 14 April and names will be published in this blog.
Prizes
There will be a prize pool of two A$250 e-gift cards.
The total prize value is A$500.
How to enter
Students must complete the online survey accessed via their unique email link.
Selection and notification of winner
Prize recipients will be emailed the e-gift card to their Deakin email address.
Prizes are not transferable and are not redeemable for cash. Deakin’s decision is final and binding – no correspondence will be entered into. Deakin accepts no responsibility for late, lost or misdirected entries or other communications. Entries will be deemed void if forged, manipulated or tampered with in any way.
Privacy collection, use and disclosure statement
Personal information provided to Deakin University by entrants will be used to notify the winner of the competition. A photograph of the winners may be published on Deakin University’s social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, WordPress and Instagram and other digital channels such as the Deakin Life blog.
Deakin University complies with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic.) in its treatment of personal information. Entrants have a right to access their personal information held by the University. Requests for access to personal information are managed under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic).
