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Home > Latest News > Society 06 Feb 2007
Late last week, the Federal Government’s Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released its report, Dementia in Australia: national data analysis and development, which shows the number of people with dementia is expected to increase to almost 465 000 by 2031. Although “there is a great fear out there about dementia, there are ways to improve the quality of life of patients with dementia,” according to Dr Elizabeth MacKinlay, director of The Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies at Charles Sturt University School of Theology. Social consequences of drought 01 Feb 2007
"The current drought is creating a generation of forgotten people. Young people are losing touch with education access," said Professor Margaret Alston from Charles Sturt University. 01 Feb 2007
The director of Charles Sturt University's Institute for Land, Water and Society has welcomed the Prime Minister’s plan for a $10 billion water reform for the Murray Darling Basin describing it as a "bold initiative". CSU researcher to help boost Wests Tigers 24 Jan 2007
Charles Sturt University (CSU) human movement lecturer Dr Stephen Bird has signed a three month contract to provide nutritional expertise to Sydney’s Wests Tigers rugby league team during the 2007 National Rugby League (NRL) season. 22 Jan 2007
A study comparing attitudes to prenatal genetic testing and abortion among university students in three countries including Australia has found the Australians were more likely to consider a pregnancy termination if a predisposition to alcoholism, cancer, or a short life expectancy was diagnosed than their counterparts. CSU Germany part of a broad international strategy 15 Jan 2007
An Agreement which could see significant numbers of European students studying at Charles Sturt University (CSU) by 2012 has been signed with the European Study Centre in Bretten (ESCB), Germany. CSU to help develop a 'skills passport' for Australian students 11 Jan 2007
Charles Sturt University will be part of the consortium that will help ‘internationalise’ Australian higher education. The Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop announced the 14 Universities that will make up the consortium yesterday. To bribe or not to bribe? That was AWB’s ethical question. 08 Jan 2007
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) Marketing lecturer and an Honours student have published an analysis of the ethical framework of international trade that has ensnared the Australian Wheat Board (AWB). CSU’s investment in early childhood education 21 Dec 2006
Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) commitment to high quality early childhood teaching has received a boost with the appointment of Dr Jennifer Sumsion, one of three new Professors in the Faculty of Education. Does Australia need a Bill of Rights? 20 Dec 2006
Australia is now the only major English-speaking country that has not adopted a Bill of Rights and this has led to suggestions that Australia is a human rights “backwater”. |
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