Archive
Evaluating the ethics of the New Media
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003"Increasingly, people are accessing information from the internet as their first primary source. So instead of people going and buying newspapers, they log onto the internet. But how credible is this information?" asks Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Dr Edward Spence, senior lecturer in moral philosophy and applied and professional ethics in the School of Communication.
Celebration time in Albury
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003CSU will hold three graduation ceremonies in Albury from Thursday morning, 22 April, with 730 graduates eligible to receive their doctorates, degrees, diplomas and certificates.
CSU sits with the best for graduate outcomes
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) has maintained the highest possible five-star ranking for graduate employment and graduate starting salaries in the 2007 edition of the Good Universities Guide. The highest ranking of five-stars was also secured because of the large number of international enrolments at the University.
CSU honours loved local yes
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The vision of a university education for students in the Orana region long held by the late Tony McGrane will be recognised by the Tony McGrane OAM Memorial Scholarship Fund, recently established by the Head of Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo, Dr Beverley Moriarty.
Thousands expected for CSU graduations in Bathurst
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Thousands of family members and friends of graduates are expected to throng to the city when the annual graduation ceremonies are held at CSU in Bathurst next week. Approximately 1 195 graduates will receive their academic awards from Chancellor Lawrie Willett, AO, at six graduation ceremonies on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 and Friday 7 May with a combined guest attendance expected to be about 4 000. A further 838 students will graduate in absentia.
CSU iDay at Powerhouse Museum
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003"Being able to chat to the course coordinator and hear about his experience and what he has done in the field had a huge influence in my choosing Charles Sturt University (CSU)," says CSU first year Communication student Mitchell Shaddock. CSU will again showcase courses in advertising, commercial radio, journalism, public relations and theatre media at the second-ever iDay at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney on Saturday 26 August.
Shaking up the gender mix
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003"My advice was to give two votes per farm, initiate time-limited leadership positions, and introduce gender awareness training for industry bodies. The most radical recommendation I gave was bodies that do not represent gender equity should not be given government funding. Now that is the one that will really shake them up." Professor Margaret Alston, Director of Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Centre for Rural Social Research is talking about her recommendations to the Federal Government’s Inquiry into Women’s Representation on Rural and Regional Bodies of Influence.
CSU takes on all essential Student Association services
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003In a move that will see all CSU students benefit, Charles Sturt University (CSU) will take over all essential Student Association services with the introduction of Voluntary Student Unionism occurring in July this year.
Researcher supports need for efforts to protect paramedics
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The proposed NSW legislation to protect paramedics (ambulance officers) from assaults is an important and symbolic action by the State government but it should not be the only protective intervention, according to a visiting Fulbright Scholar at CSU.
Lawyer confidence is no reliable predictor of case outcome
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Research by a CSU academic and her international colleagues shows that lawyers overestimated or inflated the chances of achieving goals set for their clients in civil and criminal cases.