Charles Sturt University computer science student James Bekkema from Bathurst, NSW, has been awarded two Apple University Consortium Innovation Grants in competition with computing students from universities around Australia.

Student well-being at Charles Sturt University will receive a welcome boost with the appointment of nine student welfare coordinators to its main campuses at Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange and Wagga Wagga in coming weeks.

Charles Sturt University will be part of the consortium that will help ‘internationalise’ Australian higher education. The Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop announced the 14 Universities that will make up the consortium yesterday.

A new survey shows paid employment is now seriously impacting on university student’s study. Dr Bill Robbins, Charles Sturt University’s Acting Head School of Business says this has implications for life-long learning.

Listening to Associate Professor Tom Watson talk about his time as Head of the School of Communication at Charles Sturt University’s Bathurst Campus, the analogies with his favourite pastime – flying – prove too hard to resist.

The Council, staff and students of Charles Sturt University are saddened by the death of Mr Peter Andren, the Independent member for the former Federal electorate of Calare which included CSU's Bathurst and Orange Campuses.

The Federal Shadow Minister for Education and Training, Mr Stephen Smith, MP, will visit Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Bathurst Campus on Tuesday 13 November for talks with University executives, staff and students. He will be accompanied by Mr Bob Debus, Labor candidate for the new Federal electorate of Macquarie.

Promises from major parties in the upcoming Federal election for tertiary education will not address the growing skills shortage in regional Australia, says the author of the recently released report, Youth Allowance and Regional Young People: Access to Tertiary Education, published jointly by Charles Sturt University and Monash University.

A new senior academic position and a network for new veterinary graduates will benefit from a $600 000 financial commitment from the McCaughey Memorial Institute towards veterinary science programs at Charles Sturt University over the next five years.