Archive
TAFE presents trauma car for CSU paramedics
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A specially constructed pull-apart vehicle to help train paramedic students to free victims trapped in motor vehicle accidents will be officially handed-over to CSU by representatives of TAFE Western Institute on Friday 19 July.
Teenage fast bowlers wanted for CSU research
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Researchers at CSU in Bathurst are seeking teenage cricket fast bowlers to help determine standards to minimise the risk of lower back injury.
Question Australia's role in global food security: CSU expert
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A CSU professor has cautioned that accepting without question what he has described as "some pervasive beliefs about rural Australia related to farming and land management" could lead to poor planning of Australia’s agricultural future.
Theatre keen on Colette
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Ms Colette Keen's play Windows on the World has been chosen over more than 1 000 entries received by Noah Wyle's The Blank Theatre Company in Los Angeles, to open their 21st season, with a benefit performance featuring a cast of well-known Hollywood actors.
Walkley Award for CSU graduate
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A CSU theatre/media graduate has won a prestigious Walkley Young Journalist of the Year Award for her online reporting of the recovery of the Grantham community in south-east Queensland following the devastating floods that swept through the town in January 2011.
Languages shouldn't be foreign in schools
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003In response to recent political discussions regarding the study of foreign languages in schools, Charles Sturt University's School of Teacher Education lecturer, Ms Maria Bennet says, "to remain competitive, Australian schools need to move beyond a monolingual base and engage with languages other than English in order to prepare Australians to live, work and compete in a global society".
Politicians don't understand science: Jones
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Iconic science, former politician and Australia’s longest serving Science Minister, The Hon. Dr Barry Jones, presented a public lecture on 15 August in Albury on the history of science in Australia.
'Rural youth mental health' wins CSU PhD thesis competition
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A presentation about research into mental health for young people living in remote and rural areas has won the Charles Sturt University (CSU) section of the Three Minute Thesis competition.
The controversy about parliamentary privilege: CSU expert
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A CSU academic has called for parliamentarians to show more caution when using the law of parliamentary privilege when naming individuals in parliament.
'What is physical education for?' - new human movement studies leader
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003With more than 25 years international experience, a lecturer and researcher who has been appointed as the new head of the CSU School of Human Movement Studies in Bathurst challenges the purpose of physical education in schools and society by asking, is it to promote physical fitness, or just a break from classroom routine?