Charles Sturt University (CSU) has welcomed a Nationals 2013 Policy Platform commitment to support the establishment of a Murray Darling Medical School at CSU's campuses in Orange and Wagga Wagga, and La Trobe University's campus at Bendigo.

For 18-year-old Stuart Dundas, of Faulconbridge, NSW, starting university this month will be particularly exciting.

Does language and cultural background affect how we detect lies and deception, and make judgements about credibility? Studies by a CSU PhD graduate found that research participants were not only generally poor at classifying lies and truths from individuals of their own culture, but also in a cross-cultural context.

A new course developed by CSU is offering students from government and private industry an opportunity to tackle corruption in the workplace.

Ms Leteah Mitchell has a lot to say about the transformational power of education.

A book by a CSU lecturer and former lecturer about NSW colonial Governor Lachlan Macquarie has been short-listed for the 2011 National Biography Award.

Yesterday the Education, Science and Training Minister, Julie Bishop, announced the federal government will hold a National Music Workshop in August, in response to the National Review of School Music Education findings. Dr Christopher Klopper has taken on board the findings of the Review and in just a few months reinvigorated music teaching at the Charles Sturt University.

"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).

Vice-Chancellor of Charles Sturt University (CSU) Professor Ian Goulter today congratulated the new leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, The Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP. Mr Rudd is a member of the Board of CSU’s Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACCC) in Canberra.