Charles Sturt University and Mission Australia have signed an agreement to train Mission Australia staff in business and management skills.

A new report into the impacts of drought on young people’s access to education in rural and remote Australia has prompted an urgent call for a review of financial support to overcome the tyranny of distance at all levels of education.

Charles Sturt University will solidify its position as a national institution for education for the professions following the unveiling of a new University Strategy.

Frailty is regarded as a knife-edge condition, like a waiter balancing an overloaded tray. As long as the tray stays balanced, it may be carried safely but if one plate falls off and the balance is upset, it is likely the plates will fall says Professor of Rural Pharmacy Patrick Ball from Charles Sturt University.

More than 110 students have started the second semester of their Bachelor of Primary Education Studies with Charles Sturt University as new staff join the University’s teaching team in Burlington, Ontario.

A group of Charles Sturt University students saw theory in practice as part of their studies late last year when they visited Fiji to assess eco-tourism businesses run on the islands.

The different perspectives held by young and old Australians on multiculturalism was the subject of an award winning story, Melting Pot Burns Low by Charles Sturt University communication student Yuko Narushima who was awarded the 2005 Student Journalism Award by the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Council of Australia and SBS Television.

Australia’s peak wine research and funding bodies will join in a leading $30 million dollar research collaboration called the NWGIC Winegrowing Futures Initiative.

Charles Sturt University has renewed its ties with Australia’s largest police force with the signing of a new contract to provide the NSW Police recruit education program.