CDU events

Presenter:  Tanya Karliychuk, Grants & Research Officer, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN)

Date: Jun 07, 2018

Time: 11:00am to 12:00pm

Contact person:  Northern Institute
T: 08 8946 6854
E: thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au

Location:  Northern Institute, Yellow Building 1, Level 2, Room 48 (Savanna Room)

Target audience:  Open to the Public - All Welcome - Please Share

Abstract: If you have a project idea for work in the area of telecommunications, the internet, broadcasting and new or emerging communications technologies, come and hear what the ACCAN Grants Program might be able to offer you. The ACCAN Grants Program seeks to enable consumers to navigate the communications market, and to establish a sound body of evidence for representation on behalf of the communications consumer.

This seminar will cover the types of projects eligible for funding, amounts available, and what you need to know ahead of the 2019 round opening. We’ll also look at the types of projects which have been funded in the past.

About Tanya Karliychuk: Tanya has worked with ACCAN since August 2015, bringing with her experience in both winning and delivering large grant-funded international development projects, plus roles in ethics and research development at a number of Australian universities. Tanya coordinates the ACCAN Grants Scheme, is responsible for the project management of commissioned research projects, and ensures outcomes from these two streams integrate into ACCAN’s policy objectives. Tanya holds a Master of International Affairs from ANU and a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) from Macquarie University.

RSVP by Wednesday, 06 June 2018 via Outlook or thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au

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Presenter:  Ms Tara Hawley - Australian American Fulbright Commission

Date: Jun 07, 2018

Time: 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Contact person:  Maryanne McKaige
T: 08 8946 6585
E: maryanne.mckaige@cdu.edu.au

Location:  Lecture Theatre Blue 5.1.01, Casuarina campus

Target audience:  This event is open to the public

Ms Tara Hawley from the Australian–American Fulbright Commission will give a presentation on the Fulbright scholarships available to NT residents, including the Fulbright NT Scholarship, and how to apply.

Fulbright scholarships are open to Postgraduate, Postdoctoral, Senior and Professional applicants from any discipline, as well as academics, public servants, business people and those from the not for profit sector. In addition to these categories there are scholarships available for Indigenous applicants, those working in the not for profit sector and VET, as well as sponsored scholarships in a variety of fields such as mining.

This year a suite of the most generous scholarship yet are on offer, the Fulbright Future Scholarships, which aim to improve the health, wellbeing, and prosperity of Australians by funding innovative, impact-focused projects.

For information on Fulbright Scholarship applications:

W: Fulbright website
T: +61 2 6260 4460 or
E: fulbright@fulbright.com.au

Download the Fulbright flyer (PDF 671KB)

Presenter:  Professor Jean Lau Chin, Adelphi University

Date: Jun 07, 2018

Time: 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Contact person:  Maryanne McKaige
T: 08 8946 6585
E: maryanne.mckaige@cdu.edu.au

Location:  Lecture Theatre Blue 5.1.01

Target audience:  This event is open to the public. No RSVP is required.

Visiting Fulbright Professor Jean Lau Chin will present the lecture "Global and Diverse Leadership: New models of leadership for culturally diverse communities in the 21st century".

This public lecture will be delivered by visiting Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Cultural Competence, Professor Jean Lau Chin. Professor Chin is visiting from the Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University USA.

Professor Chin’s scholarship on diversity, cultural competence, leadership, Asian American, and women’s issues includes 18 books and numerous publications and talks. Her research examines leadership and cultural competence amidst rapid social change and growing population diversity.

While in Australia, Professor Chin is also working on leadership development for indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

Download the Fulbright Distinguished Chair Lecture flyer (PDF 724KB)

Presenter:  School of Community & Children's Services

Date: Jun 19, 2018

Time: 9:30am to 12:00pm

Contact person:  Melanie Grant
T: 08 8946 7517
E: melanie.grant@cdu.edu.au

Location:  Blue 1.1.57

Target audience:  This event is open to anyone interested in a career in Community Services.

Come along to the Certificate III Community Services information session at Casuarina campus.

The first part of the morning will provide you with general information about the course. We will cover course content, timetables and study requirements. Enjoy some refreshments and a chance to chat with staff and other students before getting into the second part of the session which will cover all the information you need to enrol.

If you're ready to enrol now, our staff will be on hand to help you complete your enrolment on the day.

RSVP

RSVP required by Friday 15 June, 2018.

Please contact the School of Community & Children's Services.

T: 08 8946 7517

Presenter:  Engineers Australia Northern

Date: Jun 20, 2018

Time: 8:00am to 2:00pm

Contact person:  Engineers Australia Northern
T: (08) 8914 1702
E: nt@engineersaustralia.org.au

Location:  Charles Darwin University, Casuarina Campus

Target audience:  Year 9 & 10 Secondary School Students

The Science and Engineering Challenge invites grade 9 and 10 students to Charles Darwin University for a fun day of hands on science and engineering activities.  This competition allows students to compete against other schools by participating in activities such as; Grasping at Straws, where students are required to design and build a bionic hand from PVC pipe, string, straws and timber coffee stirrers.  This competition promotes innovation and teamwork.

Presenter:  School of Community & Children's Services

Date: Jun 21, 2018

Time: 9:30am to 12:00pm

Contact person:  Melanie Grant
T: 08 8946 7517
E: melanie.grant@cdu.edu.au

Location:  Blue 1.1.57

Target audience:  This event is open to anyone interested in a career in Community Services.

Come along to the Certificate IV Community Services information session at Casuarina campus.

The first part of the morning will provide you with general information about the course. We will cover course content, timetables and study requirements. Enjoy some refreshments and a chance to chat with staff and other students before getting into the second part of the session which will cover all the information you need to enrol.

If you're ready to enrol now, our staff will be on hand to help you complete your enrolment on the day.

RSVP

RSVP required by Friday 15 June, 2018.

Please contact the School of Community & Children's Services.

T: 08 8946 7517

Presenter:  Penny Szybiak Director, Planning and Performance, Charles Darwin University

Date: Jun 25, 2018

Time: 2:30pm to 3:30pm

Contact person:  Northern Institute
T: 08 8946 7468
E: thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au

Location:  Northern Institute, Yellow Building 1, Level 2, Room 48 (Savanna Room)

Target audience:  Open to the Public - All Welcome - Please Share

Abstract: In a new Indigenous HE funding environment, where program funding is increasingly being linked to the delivery of student outcomes, universities, like Charles Darwin University, will need to broaden the evidence base available to help measure and formulate support programs, to ensure they are delivering the desired outcomes.
Student surveys of their teaching and learning experience are one piece of evidence that could be used in this context. However, Indigenous student’s cohorts are small in comparison the broader university student body, and the extent to which the sub-set of students who most need support to succeed and/or be retained are represented within the survey data.
Therefore, this research aims, via an analysis of CDU MyView data from 2015 to 2017, to understand whether Indigenous students are adequately represented in the survey when whole of University data is being analysed. It also aims to understand if there are enough Indigenous student responses in the survey data to allow for statistically reliable analysis and decision making focused on just the Indigenous student cohort. And finally whether the same can be said for the Indigenous student cohort that is un-successful or not retained through to completion.

About Penny Szybiak: Penny is the Director of Planning and Performance at Charles Darwin University (CDU) and a student in the Master of Public Policy also at CDU. Her team is responsible for administering and reporting on the MyView survey of a student’s teaching and learning experience. Her team is also responsible for providing CDU’s community of policy and program managers with the evidence base required to measure and formulate programs which improve student outcomes at the University. She has more than 10 years’ experience in the Higher Education sector in an Institutional research capacity, and is a member of the Executive Committee for the Australasian Association of Institutional Researchers (AAIR). 

RSVP by Friday, 22 June 2018 via Outlook or thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au   

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Presenter:  Fiona Shalley Research Fellow - Northern Institute (CDU) and Anita Maertens Research Associate - Northern Institute (CDU)

Date: Jun 27, 2018

Time: 5:15pm

Contact person:  MCSCA Office
T: 08 8952 8776
E: info@mcsca.org.au

Location:  MCSCA Office, Youth & Community Centre Complex, 5b Wiils Terrace, Alice Springs, NT 0870

A Multicultural Northern Territory – Statistics from the 2016 census

The Demography and Growth Planning team at the Northern Institute (CDU) have been working with the Northern Territory Office of Multicultural Affairs to provide a compendium of information based on the 2016 census about the multicultural profile of the people of the Northern Territory. The work identifies the growing demographic, economic and social importance of our diverse cultural background. In this seminar we provide a research-based overview of key developments and trends in our multicultural and overall population make-up, as well as examining some detailed data to provide further insights on Alice Springs.

Presenters

Fiona Shalley, Research Fellow - Northern Institute (CDU)

Fiona worked for more than 20 years with the Australian Bureau of Statistics before joining CDU’s Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor – Indigenous Leadership as a researcher. She is an experienced data practitioner having worked in Census and survey leadership roles. She is passionate about helping people access and use the extensive ABS data holdings and has run workshops aimed at encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers to gain quantitative data skills.

Anita Maertens, Research Associate - Northern Institute (CDU)

Anita has been studying a Master of Public Policy at Charles Darwin University’s Northern Institute and has recently joined the Demography and Growth Planning team as a population researcher. Anita has also worked in the NT public sector over the past decade, primarily in policy, research, data analysis and information management roles. Prior to moving to the NT, she completed her postgraduate degrees in Berlin and London.