• Read more about CDU receives funds to survey people in the NT on their experience with gambling

A new Charles Darwin University (CDU) survey will seek to obtain an accurate snapshot of the experience of gambling in the Northern Territory.

CDU and independent behavioural scientists, who specialise in understanding bad habits, received almost $750,000 last month from the NT Community Benefit Fund to survey gambling patterns.

The survey, which helps inform problem gambling reduction strategies for governments, support networks, and gambling companies, is conducted every three-to-five years in each state and territory in Australia.

• Read more about CDU lecturer recognised with prestigious service award

Teaching accounting to students as far afield as Zambia, Botswana and Vanuatu has helped see a Charles Darwin University (CDU) Lecturer receive a prestigious national award – the first person from the Northern Territory to be awarded it in over a decade.

Dr Simon Morris has been recognised for his outstanding contributions and professional achievements with a Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) Meritorious Service Award.

He is the first member of the CA ANZ Northern Territory branch to receive the Meritorious Service Award since 2012.

• Read more about CDU IT students take part in Data Science Challenge

IT students from Charles Darwin University (CDU) have recently tested their technological talents at the 2022 CDU IT Code fair by entering the Data Science Challenge and tackling a complex task. 

The challenge asked students to propose, model and demonstrate a computerised solution to automatically assess the complexity of Australian domestic violence legislation which differs in each Australian state and territory and is often seen as quite complex.

• Read more about CDU passage to top job and traditional culture

On a remote stretch of tropical coastline shaped by the Northern Territory’s Gove Peninsula, Joelene Puntoriero, 28, and her four-year-old daughter Darcy are living the dream in Nhulunbuy in North East Arnhem Land.

There, Ms Puntoriero, a First Nations woman of Jaru and Arrernte heritage is making the most of her Charles Darwin University (CDU) Bachelor of Environmental Science degree and, in turn, she has been embraced by the local Yolŋu people.

• Read more about CDU Automotive student recognised for standout contribution to industry

A Charles Darwin University (CDU) Automotive student has been recently recognised for his outstanding contribution to industry, winning Automotive Apprentice of the Year at the TIO Automotive Apprentice Awards held in Darwin on Friday, November 30 last year.

• Read more about CDU students hone critical OT skills to prioritise client-centred care

Charles Darwin University (CDU) students studying Occupational Therapy have honed their critical skills to enhance practice of client-centred care in the future NT allied health sector.

• Read more about CDU makes over 1,900 offers for students to study in 2023

Charles Darwin University (CDU) has made 1,951 offers to students to study undergraduate and postgraduate courses at CDU in 2023.

This year, there were restrictions on the number of Nursing places available. Excluding Nursing from the data, CDU has increased offers from 1,784 in 2022 to 1,835 in 2023.

In the January round over 500 offers were made, with students receiving the good news that they have been offered a place at CDU for 2023.

A total of 1,399 undergraduate and 552 postgraduate places have been made for entry in semester one, 2023. 

• Read more about CDU graduate hits the right notes to improve First Nations language and literacy

A Charles Darwin University (CDU) graduate has used the power of music to help improve language and literacy skills in children across Australia, including First Nations children in remote NT communities.

Over three years, Master of Education  graduate Chris Aitken, from Melbourne, produced a collection of songs and stories written by children living in 50 remote communities across Northern Australia – including Peppimenarti, Barunga, Ngukurr and Belyuen in the NT.

• Read more about CDU student publishes single-author research paper

A young Charles Darwin University (CDU) Bachelor of Education student has achieved academic success by publishing a single-author research paper in an international peer-reviewed journal.

Territory local Axel Milne, who is studying a Bachelor of Education (Secondary) majoring in Chemistry and Biology at CDU, recently published his own research in the American Chemical Society.

• Read more about New Bilateral Skills agreement to increase CDU’s training capacity

Charles Darwin University (CDU) will receive hundreds of fee-free TAFE places, as part of a new skills deal made with the Northern Territory and Federal Governments to develop the NT’s workforce.

This investment provides immediate support for up to 1500 Fee-Free TAFE and Vocational Education and Training (VET) places, which will be offered in the hospitality and tourism, care sectors including aged care, agriculture, technology and digital, construction, sovereign capability, and other priority sectors including foundation skills.