![Professor Helen Verran](/files/styles/medium/public/2023-09/Helen.jpg?h=e0ee6803&itok=ye6KNED0)
Over a long career in academia, I have helped many research students formulate and chase down their puzzles into a thesis. For me supervision of graduate students is the most important and certainly the most rewarding aspect of a career in academia.
![CDU Art collaborations and engagement](/files/styles/medium/public/2023-05/arts-engagement-collaboration.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=lcxYbTvr)
The Academy of the Arts is open to engaging with the community, the creative industries and academic partners. Please contact us if you’d like to discuss ideas for collaboration.
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School children from Northern Territory schools got a taste of university graduation at the Children’s University graduation ceremony at Charles Darwin University (CDU) on November 11.
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Special Projects Manager and former Chief Financial Officer at Charles Darwin University (CDU), Ken Suter, has recently won the President’s Award in the 2021 NT Architecture Awards.
A new simulation game is helping Indigenous rangers, landowners, children and more to learn about fire behaviour and how they can mitigate the increasing threat of infernos.
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It can take months – or years – to decide whether to study at university, especially if life is busy with work, socialising and family commitments. Hear from these five students at Charles Darwin University on what motivated them to take the final step and start studying.
![Bharanidharan Shanmugam](/files/styles/medium/public/2019-04/Bharanidharan_Shanmugam1%20-%20Copy.jpg?h=a02ce990&itok=AwJNuUW0)
Bharanidharan is an information security expert with more than ten years' experience in risk assessment, penetration testing, vulnerability research and pedagogic activities.
![Dr Sue Erica Smith](/files/styles/medium/public/2023-10/Dr%20Sue%20Erica%20Smith.png?h=4e599bbd&itok=2XIey7-X)
Dr Sue Erica Smith is currently a Senior Lecturer in the College of Education at Charles Darwin University in Australia. Her research interests are in meditation, social and emotional wellbeing, spirituality, Asian studies and Buddhism
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Dr Jon Mason, Associate Professor in Education at the College of Indigenous Futures, Education and the Arts, has recently shared his insights into the impact of digital technology on education through an international publication.
![Alexander Engel](/files/styles/medium/public/2020-04/Alexander%20Engel_web.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=TIcwSrkU)
The better children can run, jump, kick, catch, throw and roll, the more active they will be in later life, according to research.