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Charlie – Your Student Voice

Hi! Welcome to Charlie – Your Student Voice. Here you will find meaningful stories, common ground and an array of guidance or advice to support you at uni. Charlie is a space for students, by students which you're able to share simply by reading along or joining our community of student contributors. The Charlie Team are just a click away if you ever wish to reach out. Happy reading!

Bethsaida international study experience

By Steven Parker-Hill, Bachelor of Theology I was blessed to have the opportunity to spend two weeks participating in active archaeological excavation in Northern Israel as part of the Bethsaida excavations project. I was able to work alongside...

My CSU Global experience took me to Malaysia

By Amanda Nichols, Bachelor of Social Work The CSU Global program Delivery of Services to Vulnerable Populations in Malaysia was such an amazing experience and really worth doing. Over the two weeks I learned so much about social work in the broader...

The faces of the new CSU Online Study SRC 2016-2017

CSU makes history with SRC elections

The results are in and CSU’s 2016-17 student representative committee (SRC) elections have made history with the election of Australia’s very first SRC dedicated to online study. In another first, the nomination process and election of all SRC...

Agricultural students CSU Global EuroTrip

It seems to be the time of year for students to be escaping the cold Australian weather, and enjoying sunshine in the warmer parts of the world, and we can’t blame them! Twenty seven of CSU’s Agricultural students have arrived home to Australia...

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...

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