The Campus Experience with Josh Farr
Welcome to, The Campus Experience: With Josh Farr. This podcast explores the fascinating world of student leadership with a focus on clubs, societies, colleges, mentoring and leadership programs. I’m your host, Josh.
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#120 Making University Less Scary for Students AND Parents - Lisa Buchner & Tijana Ilic on First-in-Family Success + Students as 'Near-Peer Role Models' (opens the original)
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What if the best person to show a high school student that university is possible… is another student who’s already done it? Lisa Buchner leads outreach at Monash University, while Tijana Ilic went from being an Access Monash mentee in high school to becoming a mentor and mentor leader herself. Together, we explore first-in-family students, engaging parents in the university journey, near-peer role models and why student leaders can make university feel far less intimidating. “I wanted to suppor
#119 From Refugee to 2026 Young Australian of The Year (Victoria) - Abraham Kuol on Why Belonging Could Change a Young Person’s Life (opens the original)
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What if changing a young person’s life starts with simply making them feel like they belong? Abraham Kuol is the 2026 Victorian Young Australian of the Year, a criminology researcher, youth mentor and community leader whose family fled conflict in South Sudan before resettling in Australia. In this episode, we explore belonging, mentoring, volunteering, youth justice and the power of one trusted adult. “Sometimes all it takes is a trusted adult or a mentor, somebody who believes in them even whe
#118 Joo Kim: Why “Why?” Is the Key to Better Marketing, The 5x5 Strategy + GPA Method for Student Engagement (opens the original)
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On today’s episode of Better Student Leaders , Josh Farr sits down with Joo Kim, Communications Coordinator at the Griffith University Gold Coast Student Guild , to unpack practical marketing strategies student leaders and university staff can use immediately to get more students to notice, engage with and actually show up to what they create. “Start asking why. Why do you want to make this event? Why do you want students to come to this?” 3 Reasons to Listen / 3 Topics we have NEVER discuss
#117 Sophie Richardson: Team Principal (QUT Motorsport) on Leading 250 Students, Gratitude and "Starting Before You're Ready" (opens the original)
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In this episode of Better Student Leaders , Josh Farr speaks with Sophie Richardson, Mechanical Engineering student and Team Principal of QUT Motorsport, one of the largest student-led engineering teams in Australia. “Do not wait until you feel ready. You will never feel ready.” – Sophie Richardson Sophie went from being the only woman in a room of ~40 students and terrified to attend her first meeting, to Business Manager, and ultimately Team Principal of a 250-person team, all while maintainin
#116 Professor Andrew Martin: The 6 Cs to Bounce Back Every Student Leader MUST HEAR (opens the original)
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“If something good happens in your life, just hold onto it, enjoy the moment, ‘cause that’s the confidence booster moment.” Starting university brings deadlines, disappointing marks, competing priorities and inevitable setbacks. But according to Scientia Professor Andrew Martin (UNSW), the students who thrive aren’t those who avoid challenges, they’re the ones who develop academic buoyancy: the ability to bounce back from everyday adversity. In this episode, Josh sits down with one of Australia’
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