Archive
Empirical legal research in Australia: career or dead-end?
Friday, 29 Oct 2010A CSU legal academic challenged early career legal scholars to broaden their horizons when she delivered a keynote address to a post-graduate law conference in Sydney today, Friday 29 October.
Little evidence for 'CSI effect' in trial outcomes
Friday, 29 Oct 2010Viewing television shows based on crime scene investigations is unlikely to negatively influence jurors and court case outcomes, according to researchers at CSU who say there is little evidence for the existence of so-called 'CSI effects' in court trials.
New novel explores How It Feels
Tuesday, 26 Oct 2010A new novel by Australian actor and playwright Mr Brendan Cowell draws in-part on the author's experiences as a student at CSU in the 1990s. His novel, How It Feels, tells the story of the development of a young man in modern-day Australia who comes from one of Sydney's southern beach-side suburbs to study at the University in Bathurst.
Bali Memorial Fellowship aids student research
Tuesday, 26 Oct 2010A CSU distance education student in Western Australia has been award the prestigious WA Department of Health Bali Memorial Fellowship to assist his research to improve the planning of mass medical evacuations during a crisis.
National radio award for CSU journalism student
Tuesday, 19 Oct 2010A CSU student has won a national award at the 2010 Australian Commercial Radio Awards ceremony on Saturday 16 October following the industry conference on Friday 15 October in Melbourne.
Countering terrorism: the psychology of small groups
Tuesday, 19 Oct 2010Social psychology theory can be applied to the investigation of terrorism by the small groups or 'cells' that form to carry out terrorist attacks, according to a CSU lecturer in policing psychology.
Notorious bushrangers led to rural education experiment
Monday, 18 Oct 2010The impact that the Australian bushrangers, the Clarke brothers, had on a public education experiment in the 1860s east of Canberra has enthralled a CSU researcher.
Social developments in Australia and internationally
Thursday, 14 Oct 2010The state of ever-changing rural societies in Australia and overseas are topics for three books being launched at CSU on Monday 18 October.
Low wetland targets breach international law
Monday, 11 Oct 2010New collaborative research shows that the Australian Government risks breaching international law if it does not fully protect wetlands listed under an international treaty in its forthcoming Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Starting School for Albury and Australia
Monday, 11 Oct 2010Starting school is an exciting and challenging process for children, families, educators and communities.