Endeavour College of Natural Health
Endeavour College of Natural Health is Australia's largest Higher Education provider of natural medicine courses.
The College is known as the centre of excellence for natural medicine and is respected for its internationally recognised academic teams and high calibre graduates. Endeavour offers higher education Diplomas in Health Science and Bachelor of Health Science degrees in Naturopathy, Nutritional and Dietetic Medicine, Acupuncture Therapies and Chinese Medicine.
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Endeavour graduate and former employee Jennifer (Jen) Osborne loves to support the natural health industry because, as she says, it has served her well.
Endeavour academic Patricia (Patty) Stuart-Macadam was stuck in a stuffy office during her summer holidays when she decided to apply for work on an archaeological dig in British Columbia, Canada.
Claudia Ioulianou is the first to admit she loves food and is passionate about feeding her family well. So much so that instead of returning to her law career, she’s pursuing her dream to study Nutrition.
Ashlea Howard had been in the Navy for more than four years when she stumbled across naturopathy. It drew her in, and she started gathering books about natural health. Having grown up around conventional medicine, Ashlea had no idea what a naturopath was.
When she was growing up, Annabelle Delir was puzzled by her relatives. They had various health complaints and took medications but just didn’t seem to get better. It got her thinking about why.
International student Emma van Leenen worked in kitchens for years and even ran her own small catering business in the Netherlands. But she also dreamt of learning to surf. That dream led her across the oceans to Australia and natural health study.
Naturopathy graduate Tristan Carter admits that he didn’t have a great understanding of what naturopathy was when he started studying it. He just knew he wanted to be eating better, feeling better and living better – all of which he has achieved and more!
Until recently, if you lived in a regional or remote Australian community, your higher education opportunities were limited unless you moved to a big city. Today, you can be 200 or 2,000 kilometres from a capital city and study exciting courses like Endeavour’s Diploma of Health Science.
During bike training, Briana Surkitt flew over her handlebars and face-first onto the road. The accident put an abrupt stop to triathlons and dancing. During her recovery from the accident, Briana discovered yoga. The philosophy of yoga and its grounding in Ayurveda led her to explore a natural health career.