A leading Indigenous academic expects a conference in Darwin this week will spark a national conversation about ways to improve university study prospects among Indigenous Australians.
For Qiujianni Fan (Jenny), the Australian lifestyle was a big factor in her decision to study in Australia. But it was also Jenny’s lifelong ambition of becoming a teacher and the uniqueness of the Territory that gave her the push to study teaching at CDU and fulfil her dream.
A program has been providing educational opportunities and graduating Indigenous teachers for remote Indigenous schools in the Northern Territory.
Aspiring First Nations educators in regional areas can now access Charles Darwin University's (CDU) Introduction to University Program, with the successful course offered for the first time in Katherine and Alice Springs.
Charles Darwin University (CDU) will host the first scholarly conference to interrogate narratives surrounding Australian immigrants with African heritage, at CDU’s Casuarina campus on 24 and 25 October.