September 2, 2025

Belinda's PhD - the final step

I was thrilled to receive a copy of Belinda Downey's bound PhD thesis today. What a significant moment - to hold the final product. Congratulations Belinda. Here is the link to the online version of her thesis titled "Staying in Early Childhood: Struggle, Hope and Connection": https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/staying-in-early-childhood-struggle-hope-and-connection


 

Welcome to The Treehouse Camilla

Today we welcomed Camilla Porsanger to The Treehouse. She is studying her PhD at Nord University and has a scholarship to visit Australia. She is a visitor of the School of Indigenous Australian Studies and the Children's Voices Centre.

Camilla and Prof Lynn Williams both were welcomed at CVC today

 

Welcome Prof Lynn Williams - Visiting Scholar to CVC

Today we welcomed Prof Lynn Williams our Visiting Scholar to the Children's Voices Centre. She will be based at The Treehouse in Bathurst during September. Today she met the CVC staff and students, discussed future grants and research, and noticed the arrival of spring on campus with the blossoms.  We look forward to a very productive month of collaboration.


 
Last week, Prof Williams met with Dr Kate Margetson at the Charles Sturt University North Sydney campus to discuss the Speech Assessment in Children's Home Languages (SACHL). 


 At the end of Lynn's first day on the Bathurst campus she was welcomed by a local kangaroo!