CSU's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Sue Thomas has been named as a new member of the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Advisory Council.

New research by a CSU PhD graduate into the adoption of high-speed broadband by Australian households has found four key factors influence the decision to adopt the technology.

Nearly 2 000 students will graduate from CSU in Bathurst at six morning and afternoon ceremonies on Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 and Friday 13 May.

Four CSU television production graduates are living the dream, having successfully secured a highly sought after year-long internship with the Nine Network in Sydney.

Graduation time and celebrations are growing on the Border, with CSU this year holding four graduation ceremonies in Albury from Thursday morning, 28 April.

Thousands of family members and friends of graduates are expected to throng to the city when the annual graduation ceremonies are held at CSU in Bathurst next week. Approximately 1 195 graduates will receive their academic awards from Chancellor Lawrie Willett, AO, at six graduation ceremonies on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 and Friday 7 May with a combined guest attendance expected to be about 4 000. A further 838 students will graduate in absentia.

CSU will hold three graduation ceremonies in Albury from Thursday morning, 22 April, with 730 graduates eligible to receive their doctorates, degrees, diplomas and certificates.

In a teaching and academic career spanning more than 45 years, CSU Emeritus Professor Bob Perry has nurtured the next generation of educational researchers.