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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!

Sorca Hubbuck

Scholarship process ‘a humbling experience’

With scholarship ceremonies being held at CSU this month, we sat down with Sorca Hubbuck from the Bathurst Campus to talk about the process of applying and what it means to be receiving a scholarship. What are you studying and what year are you in...

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Yoga for stress

By Vicki Ruehmkorff Vicki is a CSU student and certified yoga teacher There are many things that come with being a student, and from time to time, stress is likely to be one of them. This can lead to anxiety, depression, muscle pain, high blood...

$3.5 million bequest by Carole and Stan Droder, $3 million donation by Charles Sturt University. These donations will allow $360,000 each year for student scholarships. 36 students will attend university each year who would otherwise not have been able to. Nearly 200 more graduates every five years who will have secured qualifications and can embark on careers they once thought impossible.

Largest-ever personal bequest means more scholarships

In an act of overwhelming generosity, CSU has been bequeathed more than $3 million by the late Carole and Stan Droder. CSU will use the money to fund scholarships for on campus, undergraduate students in perpetuity. While Carole and Stan were unable...

Pharmacy students in workplace setting: Highest graduate employment rate in the country

CSU graduates come out on top

Let’s be honest, nobody really wants to grow up and become a “proper adult” (whatever that may be). But if you’ve enrolled in a uni degree, chances are at least part of your motivation is to get a new or better job at the end...

Are you paying for your banking?

Are you paying for your banking?

There are a numerous ways financial institutions could be charging you for services. The amounts might seem small and not worth worrying about, but added together could represent a spending leak that creates a hole in your budget. And let’s...

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Get close to the Uni Games action!

If you want to be involved in all the fun of the Eastern Uni Games, but actually taking the field is not your thing, here’s your chance! CSU Sport is looking for students to take on the roles of University Games Media Assistant and University...

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Calling all budding multimedia journalists!

If you’re a natural story-teller, have excellent communication skills and love being involved in every aspect of a project, then we want you! CSU’s Division of Marketing and Communication is searching for students to help deliver an exciting project...

Port Macquarie Campus courtyard

Students settle into new campus

CSU students in Port Macquarie have a place all of their own now, after moving into the purpose-built campus on Major Innes Road after the mid-session break. After a couple of weeks to settle in and explore, Port Macquarie SRC Vice-President Danni...

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Learn more using your mobile

If you use or would like to use your phone, iPad or other device while you’re on work placement, this one’s for you. CSU’s Education For Practice Institute (EFPI) is working with a number of other universities on a research project all about...

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