The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields who are at the cutting edge of advancement and innovation, and are navigating and developing solutions to critical challenges in IT and artificial intelligence, agriculture, social work, law and justice, and paramedicine.

The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields who are at the cutting edge of advancement and innovation, and are navigating and developing solutions to critical challenges in IT and artificial intelligence, agriculture, social work, law and justice, and paramedicine.

The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields who are at the cutting edge of advancement and innovation, and are navigating and developing solutions to critical challenges in IT and artificial intelligence, agriculture, social work, law and justice, and paramedicine.

The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields who are at the cutting edge of advancement and innovation, and are navigating and developing solutions to critical challenges in IT and artificial intelligence, agriculture, social work, law and justice, and paramedicine.

The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields who are at the cutting edge of advancement and innovation, and are navigating and developing solutions to critical challenges in IT and artificial intelligence, agriculture, social work, law and justice, and paramedicine.

Cyber attacks are increasingly happening on a global scale.

In this episode, we’re speaking with cybersecurity experts at the top of their game, who have extensive experience in preventing cyber attacks and all things vicious when it comes to online security - Associate Professor in Computing in the Charles Sturt School of Computing, Mathematics and Engineering, and Leader of the Cybersecurity Research Group, Dr Rafiqul Islam, and Lecturer in Computing and Deputy Leader of the Cybersecurity Research Group, Dr Arash Mahboubi.

Find out what it’s like to work in the cybersecurity space in 2022 and hear all about the career options that help prevent some of the biggest cybersecurity attacks our world has ever seen!

In this episode, we’re speaking with Charles Sturt’s Associate Professor in Social Work and Human Services, Dr Cate Thomas. Cate is an expert in human services, leadership and management and has extensive experience in social inclusion, diversity and intersectionality.

Cate talks to us about how some of the deep seeded issues in workplaces such as discrimination and misunderstanding can be overcome through an appreciation of these concepts.

In this episode, we’re speaking with two highly senior professionals in nursing who together have extensive experience in primary healthcare, perioperative care, aged care, emergency care, and on how to teach these skills to new nurses – Charles Sturt’s Head of the School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Associate Professor Linda Deravin, and Course Director (Nursing, Midwifery) Ms Louise Wells.

With the mass exodus of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic Linda and Louise shares insights on what can be done to save this sector that is experiencing a critical workforce shortage.

In this episode, we’re speaking with two highly esteemed experts in agriculture who together have over 70 years‘ experience in farming, farming systems, agricultural research, and the latest technology and career opportunities in agriculture – Charles Sturt’s Research Professor of Agriculture Mr Jim Pratley and Senior Research Fellow in Spatial Agriculture Mr Jonathan Medway.

We hear all about how far the sector has come, including the exciting, diverse, and lucrative career opportunities that are available for those considering a career in the sector.

Charles Sturt’s Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Dr Libbey Murray talks to us about a ground-breaking new course at Charles Sturt that is helping to fill critical shortages in the teacher workforce - the Collaborative Teacher’s Aide Pathway.

We also chat with a teacher’s aide who is one of the first students to be studying the course - Ms Sharon Andrews. Sharon has been a teacher’s aide for more than ten years.