Criminal defence lawyer Harita Sridhar is passionate about helping and engaging with Indigenous communities. She started her career with a law degree and is now working at the Northern Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA). Now, she’s going a step further with a postgraduate certificate in Indigenous studies at CDU.
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Sharni Woods knows all too well that being a mum is a full time job. With an active two year old, she has little time to herself. But that hasn’t stopped her reaching for her goals. Sharni’s currently studying an online nursing degree at CDU.
One in three women experience severe back pain during labour and birth. And now, a safe, simple and effective treatment to ease the pain is here, thanks research from Professor Sue Kildea at CDU and Dr Nigel Lee from The University Queensland.
Medical anthropologist, nurse and midwife, Sarah is an early career researcher, with expertise in cross-cultural qualitative research methods, especially collaborative approaches with Aboriginal people. Her research methodologies are informed by social justice, health promotion, decolonising theories, public health, gender, woman-centered midwifery, culture and human rights disclosure.
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.
For many Australians, COVID-19 has uncovered the possibilities of living life online - from shopping and socialising to working and studying. Before you jump into studying an online degree, here are five questions you should be posing to universities you’re considering for your course.
Peta's ultimate dream is to become the Mary Poppins of the postnatal world. And it's this commitment to excellence in maternal care that's motivating her to study a Bachelor of Midwifery online at CDU from thousands of kilometres away.
While Suzanne Van Engelenhoven has always been physically active, she'd never planned on turning her love for sport into a career. In fact, she never thought she'd go to university. Now, she's mid-way through an Exercise and Sport Science degree, with the goal of becoming a physiotherapist.
As the humanitarian aid and disaster management sector evolves, keeping up with best practice and new ways of responding to crises has never been more important. That’s exactly why Emma Kettle chose to return to uni to take on a postgraduate degree in Humanitarian, Disaster and Emergency Management.
It's your last year of high school. Maybe you know exactly what tertiary studies you want to pursue, or maybe you're still deciding or keen to take a break. The question is, to gap year or not gap year?