Archive
News alert: CSU expert commentators on drought in regional Australia
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Leading inland higher education provider Charles Sturt University has specialist researchers available for comment on drought issues such as agricultural production and water use, access to services and impacts on families, regional businesses and communities.
Wine forum presents to industry
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A two day wine industry event on Monday 13 and Tuesday, 14 November at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus will bring together researchers, winemakers and representatives of the peak wine research and funding bodies. Together, they will discuss the future of winemaking and winegrowing in New South Wales.
Project finishes as school begins
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Those ‘first day at school’ anxieties won’t be a problem for young children in the Dubbo region thanks to a project coordinated by six Charles Sturt University (CSU) students which concludes this Friday.
Could you be on a no fly list
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003In America, they are called "no fly lists" a list of people that government and the airlines consider to be security threats. But how is such a list compiled, and how does someone like Senator Edward Kennedy end up on a "no fly list"? Professor John Kleinig recently received a prestigious American National Science Foundation grant worth US$243 000 to look at the way increasingly advanced surveillance technologies impact on privacy and autonomy.
Eminent Australians appointed to ACCC Board
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACCC) has announced the appointment of two eminent Australians to the Board of the ACCC. They are Lieutenant General (Retd) John Sanderson AC, and the newly installed Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Mark Coleridge.
Beyond Emergency Response
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003It is no secret that inland Australia is suffering from a chronic shortage of health workers. Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers have found that in some regional areas, rural ambulance paramedics are already evolving innovative practises to becoming front line primary health care providers.
Here today, gone tomorrow
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003"One of the issues is how quickly digital information can disappear. We all know the frustration of coming across a dead link on the Internet. The life cycle of digital information is much more volatile than a printed book. We need to be pro-active about trying to preserve this kind of information," says Jake Wallis, Lecturer in Library and Information Management at Charles Sturt University (CSU).
How safe are obstetric ultrasounds?
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003"I am not saying they are not safe. None of the professional bodies ever say ultrasound is unsafe, but I would say, if there’s a medical reason to have an ultrasound, have it, but if it’s purely for curiosity, don’t." Ms Karen Pollard, lecturer with the School of Clinical Sciences at CSU's Wagga Wagga Campus, talking about the issues surrounding the use of routine or screening scans in pregnancy.
Charles Sturt University mental health researchers head to Ontario
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A keynote address to mental health professionals in British Columbia on the risks facing children whose parents have a mental illness has marked the arrival of new Charles Sturt University staff to its teacher education program in Burlington, Ontario.
Wednesday is World Press Freedom Day
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003How can there be a correlation between free speech and the eradication of poverty?