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Archive: December 2018

How to level up your CV over summer

by Jenna Verhoeven Summer is the perfect time to get a foot in front of the crowd. While our qualifications will show our knowledge, future employers also want to see our experience and how we apply that knowledge. I’ve put together a list of three...

How I study with kids

I love studying online because of the flexibility it offers me. I live by the beach, can be on the road for work and study whenever it suits me. It’s also a great way to fit uni into raising kids. For those of us with little ones, study can be...

Burn off the Christmas feed

I do not know about you but during winter I always think that it’s the time to get my summer body started, however the months pass and I am still a slump. Then it’s Christmas, which means so much food and not a lot of exercise. Well...

How to return home after your first year away

by Jenna Verhoeven It might feel as though it was yesterday you were starting a new chapter in your life. You were moving into your dorm on Res and wondering how you would do laundry, how you would feed yourself and where the nearest gym was. Fast...

Top 10 things to do as a First Year!

Are you about to start your journey as a CSU student? No matter if you are studying on campus, online or internationally, here are some tips to help you in your first year! 1. Socialise and find your people online: No matter how you are studying;...

It’s time to leave the nest

It’s to some bird’s advantage to leave their nest before they can even fly. While this blog isn’t about birds, it is a perfect analogy for the daunting task of moving out of home for the first time. While the lead up to moving away...

5 things you didn’t know about studying Paramedicine

by Katrina Daly 1. The practice room Our paramedic practice room is under Cottrell, Towers on Bathurst campus. This room is available for those of us living on campus and studying Paramedicine. It has all the equipment we need to practice for...

Last minute Christmas hacks

Christmas is always fun to celebrate but it is also a very expensive holiday. And for us, Uni students, the struggle really does become real! So, here are my hacks for when you’re running last minute and don’t have the dollars to spend...

4 things you didn’t know about studying Health Science

by Jenna Verhoeven Check out the five key things you never would have picked about CSU’s unique Bachelor of Health Science (Complementary Medicine) degree that is tucked deep into the science faculty! 1. First rodeo For most of us studying this...

Why participate in ALLaN workshops?

Have you ever considered going to an Academic Literacy, Learning and Numeracy (ALLaN) workshop? Well, I’ve finally had my first complete and interactive ALLaN Workshop! In the past, I used to watch the workshop recordings but I would never finish...

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