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Home > Latest News > Society Advertising students sold on The Gruen Transfer 08 Apr 2009
The next generation of advertising whiz kids from CSU's School of Communication is switched on by The Gruen Transfer, the successful ABC TV show about advertising. Underbelly - entertaining, enjoyable and literature 26 Mar 2009
The ratings success of the current Underbelly television series proves it is entertaining, even enjoyable, but is it literature? Writer and former documentary filmmaker, Associate Professor Jane Mills at the CSU School of Communication, thinks so. Agricultural productivity and research investment decline 25 Feb 2009
Re-emerging concerns about food security is just one symptom of the declining trend in Australian agricultural productivity and in investment in agricultural research, according to Dr John Mullen, adjunct professor at the CSU Faculty of Business. Indigenous academics back call to 'change Australia Day' 11 Feb 2009
Indigenous academics at CSU wholeheartedly support the call by 2009 Australian of the Year, Professor Mick Dodson, for a national 'conversation' about changing the date and name of Australia Day. 11 Feb 2009
The horrendous fires that have razed many parts of Victoria have highlighted issues surrounding bushfires in Australia, especially in the increasing threats posed by climate change. As Australia's national inland university, CSU has a number of researchers and commentators regarding various issues surrounding bushfire. Protégés celebrate Darwin bicentennial: Albury 10 Feb 2009
CSU scientists in Albury-Wodonga will celebrate the 200th birthday of the 'father of evolution', Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution is one of the most significant advancements in our understanding of the natural world. Should we take obese children from parents? 05 Feb 2009
Two lecturers at CSU argue that the recent suggestion that 'extreme' cases of obese children should be taken from their families for therapeutic intervention is fraught with problems for the child, the family and ultimately for health professionals and authorities. Australia Day change: Let's hear the arguments 29 Jan 2009
The Professor of Public Ethics at CSU has backed the call by the 2009 Australian of the Year, Professor Mick Dodson, for a national debate over the meaning of and date for Australia Day. Government's climate change announcement disappoints 16 Dec 2008
Despite optimistic expectations for significant action, the Rudd government announcement on Monday 15 December of its long-awaited climate change targets, including a five per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2020, has been met with scepticism and disappointment. Farmers more optimistic than 'lifestyle' landholders 09 Dec 2008
A CSU study looking at how rural landholders are responding to climate change or variability has found landholders who are traditional farmers are more optimistic about their ability to respond to future market and climatic conditions than 'lifestyle' landholders. |
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