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Budget highlights fiscal responsibility: CSU expert
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A senior CSU regional economist hailed the 2010 Federal Budget as fiscally responsible, but believes it does not recognise the contribution of regional businesses to the current sound financial position of the nation.
Innovative teaching earns international award
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A subject that successfully combines traditional teaching and online interactive tools to enhance student learning has earned its CSU creators an international award for innovative teaching.
Childcare whose responsibility?
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Australia’s most influential players in childcare will debate Childcare - whose responsibility? in Sydney on Wednesday 9 August. The event will explore ways of improving access to quality childcare, and features a panel of some of Australia's leading childcare providers, experts and commentators, including Fran Press, Charles Sturt University (CSU) senior childhood education lecturer.
CSU research aims to improve rural health service management
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Research by a CSU academic has identified 15 recommendations to address a range of shortcomings in the professional development of health services managers in rural New South Wales.
Study of rural Canadian psychologists' ethics - implications for Australia
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Research about the professional ethical issues faced by psychologists working in rural Canada has implications for psychologists in rural and remote Australia, according to a CSU PhD graduate.
CSU historian to address Oxford Round Table
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Professor Lyn Gorman is among a select group of international scholars invited to address the annual Oxford Round Table in the United Kingdom in August.
Immigrants endorse Australian country life
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Immigrants to regional and rural Australia report high levels of satisfaction across a range of indicators, and say that they tend to immigrate to Australia mainly because of non-economic reasons, according to a researcher from CSU.
Playing to our strengths
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The future of Charles Sturt University was further secured recently when the CSU Council re-appointed Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter, Chancellor Lawrie Willett AO and Deputy Chancellor Ian Macintosh AM. It is this team that recently unveiled CSU’s new five-year corporate strategy that Professor Goulter says will "focus on what we do well; deliver distinctive and quality educational programs for the professions, concentrate on our research on agricultural and regional sustainability, and lead the nation in distance education".
Positive CSU evaluation for NSW Police Force new mental health program
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The NSW Police Force's new Mental Health Intervention Team training program for its front-line officers received endorsement from the CSU program evaluation team before its extension across the service.
Commentators on Water recycling
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003After the recent rejection of water recycling from sewerage by Toowoomba residents in southern Queensland, a Charles Sturt University expert in the social impact of water management says the no vote reflects public perceptions of risk in public health and environmental issues.