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Archive: August 2016

Snow Uni Games 2016 explained

By CSU Snow Uni Games competitor, Rachel Baird The 2016 Australian Snow Uni Games are being held in Mt Buller, Victoria from 30 August – 3 September, and will bring together more than 400 students from universities across Australia to compete in a...

JST203 Punishment and the State students: L-R Danielle Hughes, Callum Cope, Cristine Unguroiu, Paige Fitzpatrick, Carly Elwin, Barrister Bill Walsh, Hywel Blake and Dr Kath McFarlane.

Linking justice, law and the community

A visit to the Bathurst Courthouse offered a group of CSU law and justice students a local insight into the criminal justice system and highlighted that movies aren’t always a true representation of what happens in the courtroom. We caught up with...

Students with coffee

Coffee. (Need I say more?)

by Jenna Verhoeven As a fellow university student who lives by late-night study sessions, assignment deadlines, and enduring some very dry readings, I love coffee. As a practicing naturopath, who has an understanding and respect for my adrenal...

What’s up with gluten?

by Jenna Verhoeven So you have just moved into a new share house. Gone are the days where you could stealthily ‘borrow’ a piece or two of your housemate’s toast until your next adventure to the local ALDI. You just can’t do it. Not out of a new...

Students studying

A recipe for brain and muscle power

by Jenna Verhoeven Sometimes being a student means falling into a bit of a cliché; long study sessions, fueled by lots of sweet treats, coupled with limited budget and time for eating healthy. I think it is high time we break the mould! In an...

Homecoming celebrations for Olympic champions

Our Olympic champions have touched down in Australia after a successful Rio 2016 Olympics campaign and congratulations are in order to all who participated in the games, including our very own CSU sport stars. If you’ve been keeping up with the...

The best shows to binge-watch

Now that the mid-session break is here, us students are free to indulge in all of our favourite activities, spending hours on end doing not much at all, but without the guilt of procrastinating. What pure bliss. Although the uni break could...

Praise for CSU paramedic students quick thinking

Four final year paramedic students have been praised for their efforts and skills at the site of a single vehicle crash on route to a weekend rugby match. CSU students and rugby players Mathew Schofield, Sam Rutley, Blayne Duncan and Tom Pegler came...

Japan trip

5 reasons I said ‘yes’ to Japan!

By Master of Clinical Psychology student Renee Brimstone Who would like to be sponsored by CSU Global and the Australian Government’s Asia Bound initiative to spend a spontaneous, neon light and ‘kawaii’ filled week in one of the most...

CSU social work students on the beach in South Korea

My social work experience in South Korea

By first-year Master of Social Work student Michelle Marshall I recently visited South Korea with my lecturer Dr Karen Bell and four other students for a two-week overseas study tour program. The trip was a great opportunity to meet people from all...

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