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Dr Simon Moss is making time to walk in the shoes of CDU’s PhD candidates by living (as closely as possible) the experience the candidates share..

The Dean of Graduate Studies said he wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the issues faced by higher degree students who committed years of their lives to attain their post-graduate qualifications.

“There is a body of research that suggests when people discuss their problems, experiences and issues, researchers tend to underestimate their impact, in the absence of encountering the same experiences themselves,” Dr Moss said.

“The other reason I wanted to do this ties in with one of the major themes I’m trying to create in the PhD program, which is humility and equality – challenging the status quo, challenging hierarchy, and challenging the notion that simply because someone occupies a position they deserve greater privileges than someone else.”

Dr Moss said the project involved sitting with the students in the (Casuarina building) Red 6 area reserved for higher degree students, attempting to live from the same amount of money they received, and setting up a student account to get a feel for what support services were on offer.

“One thing I found out quite quickly is that the College administrators are fantastic,” Dr Moss said.

“But despite the talent the administrators have for navigating the day-to-day issues our students have, it’s not always easy working here.”

Dr Moss said discussions with the students revealed many creative suggestions about how to generate more appropriate levels of resourcing.

“In achieving humility and equality within the institution and among the cohort that makes such a positive contribution to the research profile of the university, we still have a way to go.”

Dr Moss’ inquiry into the life of post-graduate students is ongoing.

For the first time, Darwin audiences can view the diversity and splendour of Balinese art in an exhibition that will open to the public at Charles Darwin University (CDU) Art Gallery on Thursday, 24 October.

“Taksu: The Art of Bali – Recent Gifts to CDU Art Collection” profiles recent gifts to CDU by two of Australia’s most prominent collectors and connoisseurs of Balinese art, Christopher Hill (1944-2014) and Michael Abbott AO QC. Highlights include early 20th century sculpture, ceremonial textiles and painted temple cloths, performance masks, and shadow puppets and paintings, that demonstrate the inextricable links between Balinese ceremonial life and creativity.

Acting Curator Kellie Joswig said the Taksu: Art of Bali exhibition continued the long-held tradition at CDU Art Gallery of creating events that interrogated the meaning of art in the context of the cultures in which it was made.

“We are delighted and very grateful to the donors of these works for providing the CDU Art Collection and Art Gallery with the opportunity to preserve and display such significant and stunning artworks,” Ms Joswig said.

Enhancing CDU’s collection of works from the South-east Asian region, the first art from Bali was acquired in 2016 when 30 works were gifted by the family of avid art collector, curator and scholar Christopher Hill. Among them were three paintings by esteemed artist and healer I Ketut Liyer, who gained international celebrity when a character in the popular film Eat, Pray, Love was based on him.

A PALMERSTON dad missing half of his feet due to a rare genetic disease is gearing up to test his limits and pull a 12-tonne truck to raise money for kids with cancer.

James Toohey our exceptional territory young gun, just finished year 12 of high school and is torn apart with making a decision on his next move in life because he has so many options to pick from as top US colleges and basketball clubs down south are fast on the heels of Darwin’s next best export, he tells Deola D'brown about all these decisions in his corner and more.

World renowned Christie Jenkins, one of the fittest and most multi talented female athletes of our time, tells Deola D'brown all about her global success and how she has been the best Australian in 3 different sports trampoline, CrossFit and beach volleyball and has put on the green and gold in multiple sports, while she sets her sights on the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo.

Former world number 1 ranked 3x3 player from Ljubjana in Slovenia, who at 42 years of age is still one of the best players in the world, kicking goals and playing at the highest level of the game and will have his eyes set on the Olympics next year, Jasmine Hercegovac aka the Iceman, talks to Deola D'brown about the history of the game and how he can still play at the highest level at 42 years young.

A new approach to setting benchmarks for the return of fauna will allow rehabilitation managers to better assess the success of their restoration efforts on mine sites across Australia’s north.

The research, led by Charles Darwin University’s Professor Alan Andersen in collaboration with scientists from the Flora and Fauna Division of the Northern Territory’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources, provides a template for setting specific targets for the animals expected to be found on a rehabilitated site.

Mine rehabilitation standards specify exactly what needs to be achieved by a rehabilitation project, yet these standards rarely include specific provisions for fauna. In many cases, rehabilitation projects take a “field of dreams” approach to wildlife: it’s assumed that if you build appropriate habitat then the animals will come.

But Professor Andersen said there was evidence this may not be enough for wildlife to recolonise a former mine site.

Emanuel Siriotis former Australian number one 3x3 player and Titans basketball club player chats with Deola D'brown shedding some light in his journey to world tour in penang.

Monique Kenney the 5 time Australian body building champion will be telling Deola D'brown about life after competition and what she got going on with her shredded chef brand

One of the greatest team managers in Basketball Australia history, he has been to 2 olympics, 2 World Cups, team managed the Adelaide 36ers and now the Brisbane Bullets in the NBL, a brief stint with the San Antonio Spurs at the NBA level of the game in America and just recently the boomers incredible World Cup run as he witnessed first hand the historic team USA Basketball loss to the Australian Boomers at marvel stadium, Junior Albert will be chats with Deola D'brown about his first hand experience of that epic journey with the boomers.