Regional Australia is in the grip of a chronic shortage of health workers. Charles Sturt University, as one of the nation’s fastest growing providers of rural health professionals, could hold some solutions to this problem.

A new approach to teacher training has led to the offer of up to 35 scholarships and subsidies from government and non-government agencies to students studying teacher education at Charles Sturt University’s Dubbo Campus.

When Wodonga South Primary School in north east Victoria trialled a different mode of teaching and learning, they turned to Charles Sturt University to evaluate its success.

Dialogue between the major religious faiths, especially Christianity and Islam, is crucial to building understanding and reducing tensions in the Australasia-Pacific region, according to Charles Sturt University Professor of Theology, Reverend James Haire.

"A passion to make a difference" is where Professor Toni Downes says her commitment and drive come from. Professor Downes is Charles Sturt University’s new Dean of the Faculty of Education.

Employers may need to reconsider the mathematical skills they seek from young employees, says a senior Charles Sturt University academic after some groundbreaking research in the Australian workplace.

Without hesitation, Bob Meyenn gives a firm yes when asked if he would take up teaching if he had his time again.

Gold stars, assessments and job skills maybe viewed as essential ingredients of good practice in teaching and learning but a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic prefers terms like generating positive energy and increasing emotional capacity as integral to the teacher-student relationship.

The mysteries of the universe are being revealed in classrooms around the country through a new project from Charles Sturt University which allows school students to study and photograph planets, stars and even galaxies.