Alisha has always dreamed of becoming a teacher and she wasn't about to let remote living stop her from studying a teaching degree. Rather, she embraced the opportunity to study teaching online, while building a fulfilling career - and life.
With a passion for improving the mental health outcomes for people living in remote and rural communities, Rachel Ashton has proudly completed her last two clinical placements in the Northern Territory as part of her Bachelor of Nursing degree with CDU. We asked Rachel about what motivated her through her study journey as well as her experiences on placement, and the challenges she faced along the way to become a Registered Nurse.
Whether you have come to university straight from school or after many years out of a classroom you may find some aspects of life as a university student unfamiliar or strange. Whether you grew up in Australia or in another country, you may wonder how to tackle different learning activities or what your lecturers expect from you. All students, regardless of background, go through a period of adjustment, while learning how to learn at university.
Academic integrity is the core set of five values and principles that are the foundation of the University’s mission. Plagiarism is presenting, without any form of acknowledgment, the ideas or words of another writer as if they were your own. The diverse cultural backgrounds of our students bring different understandings of scholarship and academic practice; this may lead them to unwittingly commit plagiarism.
Unlike many schools, universities expect students to be autonomous learners. That means you must take responsibility for much of your learning. One way you do this is by reading outside of class. Some new students feel unsure how best to manage their reading. Therefore, this page aims to help you to:
• use a range of skills and strategies to maximise your reading efficiency
• read with purpose
• read critically
• manage your reading challenges.
A critically endangered Hawksbill turtle, who was found weighing just 16 grams, has been nursed back to health at Charles Darwin University’s Turtle Rehabilitation Centre and is set to be released back into the wild near Gove today.
CDU is seeking feedback on a draft Change Proposal to unify Vocational Education and Training and Higher Education across the university. The draft proposal provides $10m in savings through financial efficiencies across the university and positions CDU for growth - with better pathways for more VET students.
Ruth McConigley’s journey to academic and entrepreneurial success has taken as many turns as a barrel rider. Ruth has transitioned from teacher to student to successful businesswoman—all while juggling married life, two young daughters, and a stable full of horses. Now living in the small town of Denmark on the south coast of Western Australia, Ruth reflects on how it all came to be.
After 15 years as an event manager, Sallie decided it was time for a change after her second daughter arrived. She took the plunge and applied to study a teaching degree online at CDU, which she'd been thinking about for a while. Here's how she's putting her creativity, organisational and time management skills to task as she juggles her teaching degree, family and three jobs.
As an NT local, Shannon always had her sights set on CDU. Shannon has graduated with great memories from her time at uni: she travelled to Indonesia on a humanitarian research trip, made lots of new friends with social clubs, and studied hard to finish a Bachelor of Engineering/Master of Engineering (Civil & Structural).