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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!

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CSU student set for New York Marathon

CSU student Zane Sparke has his sights set on the New York City Marathon after his success in a 30km desert run in Central Australia. Zane recently finished the Alice Springs run as a member of the Indigenous Marathon Project, qualifying him for the...

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CSU Student Senate supports equality

Statement from the Student Senate: CSU’s Student Senate, which comprises representatives from each campus’s SRC, have over the past few months canvassed the views of each SRC regarding marriage equality. Given the returned majority view in...

Five ways to stress less

by Loren Howarth With exams and final assessments just around the corner, it’s time to get into serious study mode. This time can be quite stressful with assessments and exams looming. But don’t freak out too much, here are our top tips...

The power of social media to boost your career

The power of social media to boost your career

by Amy Carlon Social media can be a powerful platform for communication with others, especially those you have not met yet. For example, CSU’s group CSUSocial that was started up this year is amazing for connecting with people all over who are...

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Recorded lectures are getting better!

If you like to watch your recorded lectures online, this one’s for you. CSU is releasing a new lecture capture and replay system. While it will still be called CSU Replay, the existing Echo 360 system is being replaced with a new tool called Panopto...

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Seven tips for a winning scholarship application

Every year CSU receives more than 8,000 scholarship applications. That’s a lot, right? So within that enormous pile of scholarship applications, how do you make yours stand out from the crowd and get you those well-needed dollars? Well, you don’t...

Going Green

by Jenna Verhoeven When I was growing up, ‘going green’ meant that you sorted your trash and took your recycling to the depot yourself. After that, “going green” meant switching to unleaded petrol, then no longer using CFCs. This then led to buying...

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