Student Skills

Student Skills is responsible for a range of functions that support students throughout the student lifecycle, starting with assisting students transitioning into university, supporting their engagement and skill development while at university, and guiding them as they transition into Industry.

Our team

Careers and Employability Learning

Supports Charles Sturt students with a range of resources and training opportunities to ensure they can find work and be career ready.

Academic Skills

The Academic Skills team helps students develop their academic literacy, learning, referencing, and numeracy skills through useful study guides, workshops, and individual appointments.

Study Success

We have developed a new online form - that supports our latest initiative to ensure fast, subject-specific feedback to students in selected first year undergraduate subjects.

Contacts

For assistance, reach out to our team members.

Director, Student Skills

Alice Coomans

Director, Student Skills

Manager, Careers and Employability Learning

Bianca Smyth

Manager, Careers and Employability Learning

Projects

Neil van der Ploeg

Project Manager, Student Success

Jemma Wilkins

Project Manager, Student Skills

Careers and Employability Learning Coordinators

Peter Doran

Employment Coordinator

Cath Finlay

Employability Learning Coordinator

Senior Manager, Student Success Services

Jason Seeto

Senior Manager, Student Success Services

Academic Skills Coordinators

Kathy Needham

Academic Skills Coordinator, Faculty of Arts and Education

Tara Johnson

Academic Skills Coordinator, Faculty of Business, Justice, and Behavioural Studies:

Jessica Rigby

Academic Skills Coordinator, Policing studies

Karen Davidson

Academic Skills Coordinator, Faculty of Science and Health

Study Success Coordinator