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Charles Darwin University has responded to the recently announced Higher Education Relief Package with a suite of low-cost higher education short-course options aimed at helping support Australians impacted by COVID-19 to emerge with a new qualification.
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A Charles Darwin University (CDU) Lecturer has been honoured with an award for technical stage production for the performing arts.
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Katherine locals will be able to study hospitality courses such as Asian Cookery and Cake Decorating as part of a first time expansion into hospitality at Katherine Rural Campus.
Our graduates are prepared for a career in a variety of workplaces, including in acute care settings, government departments and to work in a variety of settings including rural and remote practice. You will be able to work with individuals, groups and communities.
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Emma Bell, recipient of Alumnus Award for Industry Excellence
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Alice Springs resident Mikey Boyce’s day job is to teach aspiring Centralians at Charles Darwin University the fine art of videography, but on Saturdays he puts his skills and knowledge to good use in another way.
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Cognitive flexibility is one of our behavioural functions that has been described as the “mental ability to switch between thinking about two different concepts.
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Charles Darwin University (CDU) has ranked in the top 100 universities in the world in six areas of the 2021 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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Paramedics will soon be able to train locally in the Northern Territory thanks to a new partnership between Charles Darwin University and St John NT.
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Sophie Verass recipient of Alumnus Award for Industry Excellence 2020