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Speaker 1: Now hundreds of Alice Springs locals are set to graduate

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Speaker 1: this week as a well at a graduation ceremony a

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Speaker 1: number of ceremonies, I believe at Charles Dooween University in

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Speaker 1: Central Australia. Now, according to CDU, nearly all of the

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Speaker 1: three hundred and fifty graduates are based in and around

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Speaker 1: Alice Springs and they're ready to take up work in

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Speaker 1: the area and fill much needed roles, which is absolutely

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Speaker 1: wonderful to hear. Now joining us on the line to

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Speaker 1: chat about it is Charles Dowen University's Central Australia Associate

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Speaker 1: Vice Chancellor Jay Walker.

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Speaker 2: Hi j hi kdie. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Really good, lovely to have you on the show.

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Speaker 1: J three hundred and fifty graduates, is that correct?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's correct. So we have over seventy five High

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Speaker 2: red students completing their degrees and crossing the stage, two

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Speaker 2: hundred and seventy one from BED and over four PhD students,

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Speaker 2: and fifty seven of those are our indigenous students. We're

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Speaker 2: really proud of the work that we've done with the

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Speaker 2: community and with our students to really pick things up

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Speaker 2: this year.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, that's amazing. Yeah, it's amazing. How do those

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Speaker 1: numbers compare to previous years, because they seem very high.

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Speaker 2: Look mon, we had around two hundred students completing qualifications

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Speaker 2: in the region, with thirty of those as Indigenous. We've

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Speaker 2: done a lot of work really trying to repair, well

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Speaker 2: develop and deep in our relationship with the community and

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Speaker 2: the surrounds, but also trying to have a deep understanding

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Speaker 2: of what workforce requirements look like and really supporting our students.

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Speaker 2: So we've had a real focus on leadership and our

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Speaker 2: quality and I think that's really paying off and our

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Speaker 2: students are seeing that you have.

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Speaker 1: Just mentioned obviously that you know there's graduates the majority

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Speaker 1: of them are local. Is that a normal outcome or

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Speaker 1: is that has there been work sort of underway by

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Speaker 1: CDU in Central Australia to try to make sure that

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Speaker 1: more locals are studying.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we put a lot of time and effort into

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Speaker 2: working with the community to get more people into the

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Speaker 2: lifelong learning journey of that cdo really try to develop

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Speaker 2: and foster. We've got a range of new programs which

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Speaker 2: have really been responsive to the need of the community,

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Speaker 2: but also we've got a lot of first and family

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Speaker 2: learners so we do a lot of work with, for example,

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Speaker 2: the Children's University and local high schools to really try

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Speaker 2: to develop a pathway into workforce qualifications. I guess you could.

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Speaker 1: Say, how awesome and what kind of professions do you

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Speaker 1: anticipate that some of these graduates are going to go into.

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Speaker 1: You know, I suppose we talk a lot about their

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Speaker 1: being nursing shortages. I mean, we talk so much at

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Speaker 1: the moment about their being job shortages in just about

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Speaker 1: every industry, jay any idea, you know what sort of

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Speaker 1: industries they're going to enter into.

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Speaker 2: Everything? So I guess you could say, I guess the

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Speaker 2: truism and hospitality space. A lot of work has gone

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Speaker 2: into that where we've just launched our Bachelor of Paramedicine

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Speaker 2: in the region. We have business qualifications which are taught here.

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Speaker 2: We've bought hairdressing back online, a much needed qualification for

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Speaker 2: our region. The list goes on and on, but really

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Speaker 2: we are trying to understand what are the workforce shortages

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Speaker 2: and how do we be responsive with our program delivery

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Speaker 2: to have appropriate products in case so that well, essentially

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Speaker 2: our Springs as the inland capital, I guess they call it.

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Speaker 2: You know, we maintain operation. I guess as a community.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's a fabulous thing. And you know

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Speaker 1: it's something that we've spoken about quite a bit with

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Speaker 1: Charles Dalwen University, you know in recent times. Is that

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Speaker 1: real growing our own and trying to keep our locals,

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Speaker 1: you know in the Northern territory, whether it's in Central

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Speaker 1: it's in the communities, and you know, sort of taking

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Speaker 1: that into account. Joy, how big a boost is this

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Speaker 1: graduation of three hundred and fifty students going to have

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Speaker 1: for a place like Alice Springs.

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Speaker 2: Look, it will help. However, I know personally when I'm

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Speaker 2: out and dealing in our springs there aus shortages everywhere.

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Speaker 2: We really struggle with the population challenge. So the liveability

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Speaker 2: the more complex it gets. But this will have a significant,

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Speaker 2: significant difference in our community. But we've just got to

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Speaker 2: keep going. We feel well on the right trajectory here.

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Speaker 2: We've got to keep going. It's all about linking jobs

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Speaker 2: to training, making sure that our students really understand what

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Speaker 2: those job outcomes can be and what future you know,

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Speaker 2: our students can have. We really want to see people

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Speaker 2: here as much as we can. You know, I'm a

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Speaker 2: For a lot of people, that's not possible. So for

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Speaker 2: whatever reason that is, whether they just don't want to go,

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Speaker 2: the list goes on and on, we've got to do

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Speaker 2: what we can. We're fifteen hundred klumbras from anywhere. We

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Speaker 2: should be having a really strong product offering ensuring that

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Speaker 2: we're the territories university in the region.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely well. The biggest congratulations, of course to those three

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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty students. Fantastic stuff. I know, it's such

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Speaker 1: an enormous effort. Whether you're talking about you know, a

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Speaker 1: unied degree, whether you're talking about your VET training, no

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Speaker 1: matter what you're talking about, it is such an enormous effort.

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Speaker 1: So huge congratulations to those three hundred and fifty graduates,

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Speaker 1: and wonderful to speak to you this morning. Jay. We

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Speaker 1: really appreciate your time.

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Speaker 2: Not a problem. Thanks Katie.

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Speaker 1: Keep