Daryl Manzie and Territory Talk broadcasted live from the premises of Worksense in Berrimah on Friday 16 June.

The contest was fiercely alive during one of the more unusual events held at CDU's Casuarina campus recently. Find out more...

Seven Spirit Bay Wilderness Lodge extends its special offer to all CDU employees and their friends on accommodation at the lodge. Find out more...

The skies above Darwin will be the focal point for dedicated star gazers this week, as a magnificent alignment of Mars, Saturn, Mercury and the Moon takes place in the western twilight skies.

An outstanding exhibition of rare limited edition prints by some of Australia's most celebrated artists will open on Thursday 29 June at 6pm at CDU's Northern Editions Gallery.

"The student to teacher ratio at Charles Darwin University (CDU) allows increased contact time in comparison to other larger universities" Joshua Martin, former CDU student.

Commencing 26 June 2006, paving repairs will take place outside buildings 18, 22, 28 and 29, on CDU's Casuarina Campus.

Casuarina Campus parking permits are now available for semester two at $55.

2006 Darwin Festival, August 10-27, is calling for volunteers to provide their invaluable assistance to this year's amazing program of events. Find out more...

Expressions of interest are now open for the Biodiversity - balancing conservation and production conference, to be hosted by The University of Tasmania from 26 to 28 June 2007.

CDU will hold VET enrolment days on 13 and 14 July 2006 - this is your chance to come to our Casuarina or Palmerston campuses and enrol into a VET course.

Robert Cairns presents 'On Accounting for Sustainable Development and Accounting for the Environment', on Wednesday 28 June from 1pm.

In keeping with CDU's proactive approach to asbestos management, Finance and Asset Services will be updating our existing Asbestos Register. Find out more...

CDU's People Management Division has unveiled the new Staff Professional Development Course Calendar for 2006.

VET in Schools and evening class students at CDU's Alice Springs Campus showed off their handiwork on Wednesday night.

We've made it faster for students to enrol in one of the 220 VET courses CDU offers, at the VET enrolment days.

The Multilingual Broadcasting Council of the NT (MBCNT) is celebrating 25 years of multilingual broadcasting in the Northern Territory this weekend.

Students from CDU will soon be off to the Sunshine Coast to participate in the 2006 Northern University Games, the precursor to the Australian University Games, Australia's largest annual multi-sport event.

The School of Creative Arts and Humanities presents 'Inwardly Outbound' from June 23 to July 7, an exhibition of works made entirely from newsprint folded into strips and woven into refined sculptural forms.

This Saturday, 24 June, the Centre for Youth Music at CDU will present a special concert showcasing the talents of young musicians from Darwin and Melbourne.

This Wednesday, 21 June, CDU is hosting an exhibition of decorative metalwork and carpentry projects by students at the Alice Springs Campus.

CDU will host a symposium on new music as part of the 'sounds unusual - NT festival of new music' on Saturday 24 June from 10am to 2pm.

Carole Kayrooz presents 'The role of autonomy in social science research: The view from UK and Australian universities', on Friday 23 June from 1pm to 2pm.

Established in 2001 to provide services to training organisations that require project assistance, training, assessment and business diagnostics, BiZnorth also provides support to CDU students through the BiZnorth Location Scholarship.

The University publisher, CDU Press was founded in 1989 It publishes books which have a north Australian or Southeast Asian focus, and/or are often written or edited by staff or students of the University.

CDU third year law student Marisa Whitington will be heading to France later this month as part of an exchange program to study international law for one semester.

CDU has been discussing a new agreement for the provision of training and assessment services with mining company Energy Resources of Australia. Find out more about Jabiru Centre's recent activities...

Some of CDU's leading academics and researchers are featured in the latest Journal of Northern Territory History. Find out more...

The achievements of CDU students were celebrated en-masse last Friday with prize giving and graduation ceremonies held in Alice Springs on the same day.

CDU deans headed to Central Australia this month to get first hand feedback on the delivery of training programs and activities in remote areas.

The NT Teacher Education Reaccreditation Summit held in March 2006 was a forum for wide stakeholder consultation regarding the direction of the future of the CDU Teacher Education degree.

Over 50 first year education students had their teaching models on show at an exhibition recently launched by CDU's Head of School of Education, Professor David Lynch.

David Bowman presents 'The ecological logic of Indigenous landscape burning', on Thursday 22 June from 1pm.

Four months may not seem like a long time for most of us, but for Edward and Janine, refugees from Burundi in Africa, it has been the beginning of a new life.

Two new research associates have recently joined the School for Environmental Research.

Several CDU VET coordinators and lecturers will be able to impart their new found knowledge after attending a two-day VET training forum held in Perth last month.

ER Mapper will provide low-cost licences of its flagship image processing software to key land and natural resource management agencies in eastern Indonesia and possibly East Timor, through CDU project activities in the region.

Soccer fan and player Jack Langcake is getting ready for a month of sleepless nights.

Dr Allan RB Skertchly graduated in 1991 with an Honours degree from the Northern Territory University (now CDU). Find out more about this CDU alumni...

The highlight of the past month at the Nhulunbuy Campus has been the presentation of scholarships to two inspiring CDU students.

Three CDU staff members attended 'The Australian Women and Leadership Forum' in Darwin on 16 June. Find out more...

The quality of life of many Sri Lankan children with hearing difficulties will be greatly improved over the next few weeks as part of a visit by two CDU staff members.

There is no doubt that Daniel Costa is proud his passion for art has driven him all the way to CDU.

NT Deputy Administrator Pat Miller and Central Australian Historian Dick Kimber will be awarded honorary doctorates at a graduation ceremony in Alice Springs tonight, Friday 16 June.

The students from the School of Tourism and Hospitality - Hair and Beauty are showcasing their skills and expertise on Monday 19 June from 6pm at Palmerston Campus.

Territory FM will broadcast live from the premises of Worksense on Friday 16 June. Find out more...

The key educational forum of the annual Garma Festival (5 to 7 August) this year will focus on 'Indigenous Education and Training' and is taking great shape.

Registrations are now open for the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand National Conference, to be held in Adelaide from 17 to 20 September 2006.

Don't miss your chance to be a part of the action in at the Royal Darwin Show in 2006. Entries close 16 June. Find out more...

Visiting artist/printmaker, Susan Groce, from The University of Maine, USA, will provide a seminar on non-toxic printmaking at Northern Editions on Thursday 15 June from 12.30pm.

Got something big... or even small... happening at CDU? An event, conference, workshop, short course, seminar, exhibition, concert... Why not promote it through What's On? - the University's events calendar.

Nominations are now open for the VETnetworker Awards (for Vocational Education Trainers and associated groups) which will be presented at the upcoming VETnetwork Australia Conference to be held in Cairns 11-13 October 2006.

Excavation and replacement of sewer mains between the boundaries of # 48 and # 50 Lakeside Drive has been scheduled to take place on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 June 2006.

The Darwin Youth Orchestra performs their end of semester concert, 'North and South String Together', on Saturday 24 June from 7.30pm, and will be joined by the Melbourne String Ensemble.

Budding engineers will be competing for top honors at one of the most fun filled events on the CDU calendar on 20 June at the Casuarina Campus.

The Centre for Youth Music will perform their end of semester concert on Saturday 17 June from 10am. Find out more...

Applications are now open for the 2007 Fulbright Senior Scholar Awards to support Australian academics undertaking four to six months of research in the United States.

The artistic talents of Eric Pokela have been unearthed and were a focal point at the 2006 Orchid Spectacular at Marrara last weekend.

Darwin residents are being encouraged to donate unwanted hearing aids as part of a joint project between staff at the Psychology Department at CDU and a child welfare organisation in Sri Lanka.

Senior UN consultant, Carlos Rispatron, will present a public lecture today on the current situation in East Timor on June 8 from 1pm.

CDU Press released 'The UN in East Timor: building Timor Leste, a fragile state' in November 2005. It is an insider's account of the East Timor liberation struggle.

CDU Council recently met on Alice Springs Campus, hosting a reception for community and business leaders at the Alice Springs Convention Centre during their visit - just one of the many activities over the past few weeks at the Campus.

CDU has been successful in its coordinated approach to a funding submission for Reframing the Future grants.

PMD's Roanne Ramsey was recently honoured as the National Institute of Accountants most outstanding student at CDU's School of Law and Business prize giving night on 22 May.

CDU's Casuarina Campus is a long way from where a group of Arnhem Land students completed their VET studies under a bush shelter in their homelands.

Menzies School of Health Research's new director, Professor Jonathan Carapetis, takes up his position this week.

CDU Bookshop staff spent a busy four days at the recent Wordstorm 2006 Writer's Festival held at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory from 18-21 May.

A unique museum based at CDU was under the spotlight at a major conference in Brisbane recently.

Terry Pailthorpe commenced in the position of Executive Officer with the School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems on 15 May.

Suzanne Wilson completed a Master of Business Administration at CDU in 2004. Find out more about this Alumni.

Students from Sanderson High School were recently involved in a project to build benches for Henbury School as part of the VET in Schools program.

The phrase 'You can't teach old dogs new tricks' does not apply at CDU, say University of the Third Age members learning how to use a computer for the first time.

CDU students have been rewarded for their skill and talent, scoring several wins at the annual Fred's Pass Show.

The Australian Federation of University Women NT has recently extended its scholarship program to include women studying at Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosae.

A group of students from the United States has swapped their regular lecture theatre for the wide expanse of the Australian outback this week as part of a study abroad program facilitated by CDU.

If anyone had told local Darwin girl, Tracy Sariago, ten years ago, that she could tackle raising two small children, working full time and taking the big step into tertiary education, she'd probably have said they were mad.

Delean Holtze, second year Bachelor of Arts and Education student, has been announced the 2006 recipient of the CDU four-year Higher Education cadetship for Indigenous students worth $60,000.

Accounting at the Top 2006 (7-9 June), will offer professionals opportunities to network with 17 presenter experts and over 200 finance, accounting and business professionals from all over the Territory and interstate.

Elizabeth Shenton was awarded the University Medal at graduation last month, becoming the first Information Technology graduate to be afforded the honour.

CDU's Mid Year Courses and Career Night tonight will be an interactive event for all to explore the study options available at CDU.

Grant Williamson commenced as a research associate with the School for Environmental Research at CDU on May 1.

In May CDU welcomed 19 students from Indonesia in true Aussie style by having a beach BBQ at East Point.

A number of recent activities have kept CDU's Tennant Creek Centre busy.

In a tangible outcome of the NT Government's partnership with CDU, the Government today took receipt of a study into its Remote Workforce Development Strategy (RWDS).

The sooner you start - the sooner you finish. This is the tag line behind CDU's current mid-year intake campaign which is running on radio and in the print media until mid June.

Applications for the 2006 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry are now open!

The 4th Australian Library and Information Association Top End Symposium will be held at CDU's Palmerston Campus from 13-14 October 2006.

Registrations are now open for the Desert Knowledge Symposium and Business Showcase: Global Desert Opportunities, to be held in Alice Springs from 1 to 3 November 2006.

Registrations are now open for the 2006 Tertiary Education Management Conference, being held in Sydney from 27-30 August.