Archive
Space age material to aid "green" CSU building
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A ground-breaking material which helps regulate temperatures inside buildings will be used on the new academic offices to be constructed on Charles Sturt University’s Albury-Wodonga Campus in 2007.
A distinguished contribution to Forensic Psychology
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Professor Don Thomson from Charles Sturt University’s School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies is a Registered Psychologist and a Barrister-at-law. He was recently awarded the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Forensic Psychologists inaugural distinguished contributions award. He says the legal system is not loaded against the victim as often claimed. In fact, in trials where there are mulitple defendants, research shows you are more likely to be convicted with other co-defenders than if you are tried by yourself.
VC Column: September 2006
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003I was delighted to host the Federal Education Minister the Honourable Julie Bishop on her first visit to Charles Sturt University on 24 August. Her attendance at the University’s Wagga Wagga Campus saw her launch our state of the art Veterinary Science laboratory facility, as well as meet with our Senior Women’s network and launch important drought research in which CSU is involved.
Mitchell Link to benefit CSU in learning, teaching and research
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Sir Thomas Mitchell would surely approve of the Mitchell Link, a new high speed fibre optic link which will greatly benefit the Bathurst and Orange campuses of Charles Sturt University (CSU). For the first time, the regionally-based University campuses will connect into the Australian Research and Education Network (AREN), which was established in 2002 to provide large bandwidth capabilities to the country’s universities.
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.
DE nursing an Australian first
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Four years ago Dubbo resident Pauline Smith had never thought she would complete the training she began nearly 20 years earlier and become a registered nurse.
First CSU Ontario graduation
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003History will be made in Ontario, Canada on Friday 23 June at two formal graduation ceremonies for over 150 Charles Sturt University (CSU) graduates at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington.
Coal versus nuclear: the debate we have to have
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Should Australia have a nuclear industry? According to the Prime Minister John Howard, this is a debate we have to have. Dr Roderick Duncan is a lecturer in economics at Charles Sturt University (CSU). He says nuclear power is probably not economically feasible in a country like Australia.
Outstanding University teachers honoured
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University has some of Australia’s outstanding university teachers who were recognised last week for their dedication, professionalism and enthusiasm as winners of the 2006 Carrick Australian Awards.
The not-so-good old days
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Racial and religious intolerance is nothing new it might be hard for Generation X to believe, but it wasn’t so long ago that Protestants looked down on Catholics who were enemies with the Freemasons and they were almost all prejudiced against Chinese immigrants, according to Dr Robert Tierney, lecturer in the School of Marketing and Management at Charles Sturt University (CSU).