Archive
Popular film as a teacher
Monday, 5 Mar 2012Challenging the predominant view in the media about popular culture affecting young people only in detrimental ways, the research of a PhD recently awarded to a CSU lecturer argues that popular culture engages young people in complex and multiple lessons about identity and their place in the world.
Let's play maths
Friday, 2 Mar 2012A senior CSU education expert recommends parents, grandparents and early childhood educators should use play time to help develop mathematical concepts in young children.
Taking the isolation out of social media for regional communities
Wednesday, 29 Feb 2012Using smart phone applications to order food from a local café, book a motel or to ‘read’ roadside posts for tourist information are all ways regional communities could lift their profile and visibility to give their economies a competitive edge.
Call on agricultural industries to address graduate decline
Wednesday, 29 Feb 2012A leading academic has appealed for a ‘concerted effort for change’ within the agricultural industry to turnaround the significant decline in agricultural graduates from Australian universities.
CSU races ahead in drug studies for horses
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2012There is a clearer picture for veterinarians of how performance horses absorb, metabolise and excrete a dozen common therapeutic drugs following a four-year federally-funded research project involving CSU.
Working together for rural health
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2012Prospective health professionals have seen the value of teamwork in rural and remote Australia in a project led by CSU.
Small business seminar series
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012The common challenges facing small businesses in marketing, finance and human resources will be addressed in a new seminar series to be held in Wagga Wagga in 2012.
Use rescued health dollars for new CSU rural medical school
Monday, 20 Feb 2012Projected health budget savings from the federal government's proposed introduction of means testing for health insurance rebates should be re-directed to establishing a new rural medical school at CSU, according to a leading medical expert.
CSU recruits local knowledge for new campus in Port Macquarie
Friday, 17 Feb 2012When CSU needed a leader to establish and build a new university campus in the centre of Port Macquarie they chose to Dr Muyesser Durur.
Keep 'tweens' fashion free from seductive adult moves
Friday, 17 Feb 2012A CSU academic says the release of web-based videos of child models for a brand of clothing targeting 'tweens' (aged between child and teenager) has surprised child protection and child health advocates with what they consider to be 'a new low in the history of advertising in Australia'.