Students leaving the Territory for a different lifestyle rather than lack of quality courses
THE allure of life outside the Territory could be the greatest pull for young students, with many top graduates opting for interstate universities
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THE allure of life outside the Territory could be the greatest pull for young students, with many of our top graduates opting for interstate universities.
Australian Medical Association NT branch president Robert Parker said he didn’t think that was a blight on courses in the NT, despite two of Tuesday’s top 21 looking to study dentistry interstate, the highest scorer wanting to study occupational therapy interstate and several other graduates looking outside the NT.
“It’s a pity they are not pursuing their medical studies through the NT medical program, but there’s always the excitement of leaving town for something different,” he said.
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“The NT medical program probably offers a better medical course, there’s much more clinical study and experience.
“(Students) have a good experience of Indigenous health issues along the way up here in community as well.”
Charles Darwin University ranks 31st among 36 Australian tertiary institutions and between 701 and 750 in the world, according to global university analyser Quacquarelli Symonds.
A CDU spokesman said the university had focused on providing courses that would ultimately provide skill sets and promote careers that benefited the Territory.
“CDU is proud to be a university of and for the Territory, and that means running courses that Territory students want to study and that Territory employers need,” he said.
“We have a strong relationship with Territory schools, and work with young people in our Children’s University and Team Aspire programs to encourage them to think about tertiary study from a young age.”
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In order to retain even more local graduates, a new scholarship has been launched for the best 10 students.
“We think the Territory is the best place in the world to be right now, and we hope our high-achieving school leavers agree,” the CDU spokesman said.
Darwin High School graduate Hannah Kwon said she was hoping to study dentistry at the University of Queensland.
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