<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>December 2012</title><link>http://ext.cdu.edu.au/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&amp;web=/newsroom/a/2012&amp;page=d31a052a-4783-45ad-89de-1389faecb473&amp;wp=f28ab2e8-1fbf-4fe3-b4c1-4c5f033ce740</link><description></description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Empowering women leaders to improve PNG’s food security</title><link>http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2012/Pages/EmpoweringwomenleaderstoimprovePNG’sfoodsecurity.aspx</link><description>18/12/12 - A new capacity development project will assist the women of Papua New Guinea working in agriculture to develop their leadership skills and education to improve their community’s food security.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:30:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Population research in rural and remote towns tunes into local voices</title><link>http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2012/Pages/Populationresearchinruralandremotetownstunesintolocalvoices.aspx</link><description>13/12/12 - A Charles Darwin University academic says an innovative research project is assisting small towns in the Northern Territory and elsewhere to understand the impact of demographic and economic change at the local level.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:00:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Maluku culture lives on in CDU’s Indonesian garden</title><link>http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2012/Pages/MalukuculturelivesoninCDU’sIndonesiangarden.aspx</link><description>7/12/12 - Two new statues installed in Charles Darwin University’s Indonesian Garden represent the rich culture of Yamdena, part of the Taninbar Islands in the southern part of the province of Maluku.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:49:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Advanced welding testing facility opens for business at CDU</title><link>http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2012/Pages/AdvancedweldingtestingfacilityopensforbusinessatCDU.aspx</link><description>11/12/12 - A major upgrade of Charles Darwin University’s welder test facility will now provide access for all NT companies to improve competency and certify welders against specific national and international standards.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:37:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rehabilitated turtle gains new lease on life</title><link>http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2012/Pages/Rehabilitatedturtlegainsnewleaseonlife.aspx</link><description>7/12/12 - A 50 kilogram Flatback turtle rehabilitated at Charles Darwin University’s Aquaculture Centre will be released into the wild today, fitted with a satellite transmitter to monitor its progress.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:00:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CDU research ranks among world’s best</title><link>http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2012/Pages/CDUresearchranksamongworld’sbest.aspx</link><description>6/12/12 - The quality of research at Charles Darwin University has again been recognised, through the Federal Government’s Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative in 2012.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:22:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scholarships encourage NT students to start uni</title><link>http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2012/Pages/ScholarshipsencourageNTstudentstostartuni.aspx</link><description>06/12/12 - A scholarship program that encourages more NT high school students to go to university has emerged from a partnership between Charles Darwin University and secondary schools.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:08:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CDU students win national award for Vietnam project</title><link>http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2012/Pages/CDUstudentswinnationalawardforVietnamproject.aspx</link><description>05/12/12 - A trio of Charles Darwin University students has won a national competition that promotes innovative solutions to issues faced by the world’s poorest nations.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:38:46 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>