Ashleigh's passion for media began at a young age when and remained. She went on to study an arts degree at CDU, majoring in communications. She was after action, and her degree has more than delivered. She’s putting her newly acquired skills to work as a social media producer at the ABC.
About to commence studying her master’s degree in occupational therapy, Malia’s set to fulfill her goal of becoming an occupational therapist, helping others live their healthiest lives. Study combined with personal life experience means she’ll be very well qualified. She has an exciting future ahead.
Research scientists from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO and Charles Darwin University used fishing rods and handlines to plumb the depths of underground aquifers in the Northern Territory revealing a diverse variety of tiny aquatic animals known as stygofauna, mostly between 0.3 and 10 millimetres in length.
When Brittany Hayward-Brown started studying a science degree after year 12, she wasn’t convinced it was for her. But a two-year travel stint changed that, and she's returned with a new-found awareness of the environmental issues we face, she returned to university to finish the science degree she’d started.
As a dietitian, Claire Bowditch has always been interested in helping others live healthy lives. So, it’s no surprise that studying a 6-month Graduate Certificate in Health Services Management 100% online was so appealing.
Professor Keith Christian did his PhD on the determinants of space use by Galapagos Land Iguanas at Colorado State University. He expanded his interests in tropical ecology while working at the University of Puerto Rico, before moving to Australia in 1985.
Originally from Western Australia, Professor Brett Murphy completed his PhD studies into the fire ecology of kangaroos at Charles Darwin University. Upon completion, he worked for Bushfires NT, before taking on postdoctoral roles at the University of Tasmania, South Dakota State University and the University of Melbourne.
Dr Berman is an Associate Professor of law at CDU with a longstanding interest in the regulation of hate crimes. He was one of a handful of academics invited to participate in the first White House Conference on Hate Crimes during the Clinton administration in 1997.
Charles Darwin University places great value on the knowledge, expertise and integrity of its research students and staff and on their commitment to conduct research with high standards of ethics and scholarship. The Charles Darwin University Human Research Ethics Committee (CDU-HREC) oversees all human research conducted under the auspices of Charles Darwin University.
CDU offers animal ethics training via a four-hour face-to-face workshop. These workshops are free of charge for investigators and animal carers associated with projects and for others by negotiation. The workshops are held several times throughout the year and are conducted in Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs.