Archive
Student Experience Conference at CSU
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Creating the best possible learning experiences for students at Australian universities and other tertiary education providers will be scrutinised when academics and specialist staff are brought together at Charles Sturt University from Monday 5 to Wednesday 7 September.
Graduate becomes Australian Youth Ambassador
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Most tourist posters portray the Pacific Island kingdom of Tonga with happy people swimming in crystal clear tropical waters that lap on white sandy shores.
Wednesday is World Press Freedom Day
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003How can there be a correlation between free speech and the eradication of poverty?
Top CSU researchers heralded
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Research addressing Australia’s future water resources and heart disease has lead to two researchers receiving the 2006 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence at Charles Sturt University.
CSU commentator on water flows in the Murray Darling Basin
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003In light of the national emergency summit on the current poor state of water storage in the Murray Darling Basin to be held today, Tuesday 7 November in Canberra, Charles Sturt University has researchers who can comment on the problems facing irrigators and communities in the region.
Fat and sugar: Worse than tobacco?
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003"I believe it is a worse health problem than tobacco," says Professor Patrick Ball, from Charles Sturt University’s School of Biomedical Sciences, "for the first time in human history, Type 2 Diabetes is more common than Type 1."
We need a national approach to early childhood education
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Earlier this month, the OECD released a report which shows that Australia spends less on early childhood education than any other nation in the industrialised world. It prompted calls from both sides of federal politics for a national approach to early childhood education. Fran Press, Charles Sturt University senior lecturer in early childhood education, says What we have at the moment is a dog’s breakfast".
Young school-leavers not at risk: CSU research
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Earlier this month, a senior federal Labor MP put forward a proposal to make Year 12 compulsory for all Australian students. The proposal attracted widespread opposition, and for good reason, according to vocational education researcher Associate Professor Erica Smith from Charles Sturt University (CSU).
Cooperative agricultural research showcased during Cambodian Prime Minister’s Wagga Wagga visit
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Cooperative agricultural research projects between the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Charles Sturt University (CSU) was a feature of the Cambodian Prime Minister’s visit to Wagga Wagga yesterday (Thursday 12 October).
What has happened to the pollen count?
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003"Frankly, it’s been so low this whole season so far, that we haven’t started reporting it yet!" says Dr George Car of CSU’s School of Biomedical Sciences. He says the pollen count is the lowest ever in the ten years he has been monitoring it in the Wagga Wagga area. "In previous years, the grass pollen count would have been well into the moderate or even into the high range by mid-October."