Conservation biology fuses many fields from pure biology through to social science, law and ethics. Our research grapples with this complexity through collaboration with skilled and committed people from across the world.
Our graduates are prepared for a career in a variety of workplaces, including in acute care settings, government departments and to work in a variety of settings including rural and remote practice. You will be able to work with individuals, groups and communities.
Our graduates are prepared for a career in a variety of workplaces, including in acute care settings, homeless shelters, government departments and to work in a variety of settings including rural and remote practice. You will be able to work with individuals, groups and communities using occupation centred practice.
The occupational therapy programs are highly competitive courses with limited places available each year.
In the seminar ‘Inclusive research at RIEL: examples from fisheries’ we will hear from two researchers from Charles Darwin University’s Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL) whose work focuses on gender and fisheries in the Northern Territory.
In an Australian first, Charles Darwin University (CDU) is introducing a nationally accredited course in Therapeutic Horticulture, bringing an alternative therapy technique to complement a range of health and social services.
It’s an expression we use every day, so it might surprise you that the term ‘mental health’ is frequently misunderstood. Meagan Miskin is the Health, Wellbeing & Injury Management Consultant at CDU and she shares the importance that good mental health plays when it comes to work, study and life.
A study into the social response of Māori during the COVID-19 pandemic has found the interconnectedness of Indigenous communities could be key to developing greater and more effective public health policies.
Each year, one high-achieving Law student from CDU is selected to travel to Harvard Law School and work as as a legal intern at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic. Paul Larder is one of the students who went on this four-week, life-changing trip.
Traditional Owners, along with many other stakeholders, will work together on developing the Integrated Report Card. Over the next few years, the Report Card will track the health of Darwin Harbour to allow informed decision making towards a sustainable future for all those living in the surrounding area.
Is being vulnerable to the forces of nature entirely due to our social, economic and political decisions? This is a question Dr Jonatan Lassa, a senior lecturer in Humanitarian, Emergency and Disaster Management at CDU, explores in his research and teaching. Read on to see what he's discovered about saving lives, having examined 40 years of critical disasters.