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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!

CSU online student.

Going back to study after a long, long gap.

Making a change in your life after being in the same career for 26 years is not easy. The journey to making a career change, and indeed going back to university, is usually a long road and there can be many paths. You may have been led here through...

CSU advertising grads at the Young Lions competition in Cannes.

First CSU, then the world!

Two recent CSU grads are already making their mark in their careers, taking out second place in advertising competition against teams from more than 30 countries. Charlotte Berry and Grace Espinoza, who graduated from CSU’s Advertising degree two...

Student finances.

Make your budget go further this session

When you’re studying, picking up extra shifts at work isn’t always the answer to improving your cash flow. It’s important to keep a balance between work, study and life. And you’ll need some ‘me time’ to relax or spend with family and friends too...

Day in the life of a placement student.

A day in the life of a placement student

My name is Nick and I’m in my final year of a Bachelor of Medication Radiation Science at CSU. I’m currently on clinical placement working with a private radiology company based in Canberra. There really is no such thing as a ‘typical’ day during...

My first session as an online student. Image: kaplanprofessional.com

My experience as a CSU online student

As you may have already guessed, I’m an online student at CSU! After graduating high school in 2013 I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to study. That was until I found a double degree in a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) / Bachelor of...

Front view of female sport women having electrocardiogram pads attached on a treadmill.

A day in the life of an Exercise and Sport Science student

My name is Tom Neely and I study a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science at CSU. I’m currently on my mid-year break, so I don’t usually get much uni work done! However during Session 1 I took some notes to give you an insight into what...

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