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Indigenous youths experience university life at CDU
Kade Green, 19, from Tennant Creek, finds out about exercise and sports science courses at CDU. Image supplied
by Katie Weiss 17 September 2015
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ndigenous youths from the Barkly and East Arnhem Land have experienced university life in the Top End during a recent program at Charles Darwin University. The 13 teenagers from Yirrkala and Tennant Creek discovered career pathways offered at CDU’s Casuarina and Palmerston campuses and toured Darwin to familiarise themselves with the area
during the program. This was the first week-long “Yirrkala Community Education Centre and Tennant Creek youth visit” run in Darwin by the Whole of Community Engagement Initiative, funded through the Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education Participation and Partnership Programme. Participants stayed at International House Darwin and learned about Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training courses at CDU, including
nursing, digital media production, music, exercise and sports science, engineering, horticulture and aquaculture, hairdressing and beauty. They met CDU’s Indigenous student ambassadors and toured facilities including the CDU Library and the Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education. They also visited the Batchelor Institute. The visit was facilitated by the CDU Office of the Pro ViceChancellor Indigenous Leadership.
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