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07 October 2008
Start off summer with a party!

To celebrate the upcoming summer semester, we're having a party, and everyone's invited to join in!

07 October 2008
University course takes to the Outback

Getting down and dirty in the Australian Outback isn't the usual route to a university degree, but for seven CDU students, it was a requirement of their course.

07 October 2008
Uni's rolling classrooms boost training in new shire

A new Northern Territory shire is boosting learning capacity using an innovative truck-delivered mobile active learning classroom.

07 October 2008
Colourful images help students learn about language, culture

Every year, more than 400 migrants and refugees attend free English classes conducted by the Adult Migrant English Program at CDU.

07 October 2008
Palmerston campus makes art of dining

Guests at Karawa Restaurant on CDU's Palmerston campus can now enjoy fine art inspired by North Australia as well as fine dining - in a congenial lakeside ambience.

07 October 2008
Trailer-makers hitch on the back of NT's boom

CDU's customised literacy and numeracy program is helping to forge the latest Indigenous-driven manufacturing success story in the bush.

07 October 2008
Medals all round for Palmerston cookery students

Two local cooking apprentices have made their mark at the national cooking competition held in Melbourne, collecting a gold medal and two silvers for their efforts.

07 October 2008
Hundreds to robe up for graduation

More than 250 graduands will robe up to receive formal recognition of the successful completion of their studies at CDU's end-of-year graduation ceremony on Friday night.

07 October 2008
Alice students model a slick future

Hairdressing apprentices and VET in Schools students flaunted their talents at an Alice Springs fashion show recently to a packed audience and plenty of admirers.

30 September 2008
Menzies seminar series

Steve Guthridge and Yuejen Zhao present 'Estimating chronic disease prevalence among the remote Aboriginal population in the NT using multiple data sources', on Monday 6 October from 12pm-1pm.

30 September 2008
A chance for students to have their say: Youth Round Table 2009

Youth Round Table 2009 is shouting out for members and CDU students are encouraged to apply now.

26 September 2008
Bush kids give trades taster the thumbs up

Many students from the far reaches of Central Australia are now more familiar with vocational careers thanks to a recent one-day trades taster in Alice Springs.

26 September 2008
$2.3 million in scholarships boost elite engineering course

Scholarships valued at more than $100,000 each are on offer to build the infrastructure of the Northern Territory.

26 September 2008
Silver lining in chef awards

Two up-and-coming Palmerston school students have made their mark at the International Secondary School Challenge cooking competition held at the Gold Coast, collecting a silver award for their efforts.

17 September 2008
CDU excels in 2008 NT Vocational Training Awards

CDU has enjoyed outstanding success at the recent 2008 Northern Territory Training Awards.

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