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CSU wins national environmental sustainability award
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003CSU has won fresh acclaim for its long-term commitment to environmental sustainability by winning a major award at the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability conference in Melbourne last night, Thursday 30 September.
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).
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".
Adding up the numbers
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Having completed a degree in accounting and finance at Charles Sturt University (CSU) only three months ago, Ms Kate Sheringham is the perfect example of how a tertiary degree can take you places you only dreamed of going.
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."
Uncertainty and more uncertainty
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A senior CSU business researcher says the release of the Guide to the Murray Darling Basin MDB Plan marks the start of a process by which we can put things right in the Basin.
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.
New CSU Peter Andren Memorial Scholarship
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003CSU is proud to announce a new scholarship dedicated to the memory of long-serving regional TV news journalist and former federal parliament Member for Calare, Mr Peter Andren, MP.
Checklist to identify victims most at risk of stalker violence
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A CSU lecturer in policing psychology and a colleague have developed a checklist to assist in the identification of stalking victims most at risk of serious violence in order to minimise or prevent victims' injury or death.
CSU’s greater collaboration with Chile
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003"South America has been neglected at large by Australia," says Charles Sturt University (CSU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter. Australia and Chile in particular will build closer ties this week when the Chilean Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Mr Jose Luis Balmaceda, visits the Wagga Wagga Campus of CSU (Tuesday 26 September).