The Federal Minister for Education, Dr Brendan Nelson has reaffirmed his commitment to the importance of regional universities in a speech to Charles Sturt University staff and researchers from the Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre.

When Charles Sturt University’s Orientation Week starts on Monday 11 February, 2 500 new students will be discovering right away why CSU is a leader in online education.

Since taking on the role of Foundation Chancellor of Charles Sturt University in 1989, David Asimus has been a passionate advocate for the benefits it has brought to regional NSW.

Charles Sturt University has maintained its leadership in providing flexible access to higher education for a wide variety of people, according to the 2003 edition of the Good Universities Guide.

Environmental education at Charles Sturt University will receive a major boost from the Rotary Club of Albury this month with the donation of $30 000 to be used over the next five years by the University.

A desire to have a career, rather than ‘just a job’ was the motivation for Joanne Cox to join the police. It’s a decision she will be sharing with others at this Sunday’s NSW Police Career Day.

For a student studying two degrees simultaneously, Laurence Ioannou believes his Mitchell Foundation Trust scholarship means the difference between working part-time or devoting time to his studies during holidays.

A Federal Government issue paper on regional engagement in Australian higher education has been criticised for its “failure to defend seriously … the necessity to respond to, and to meet, the needs of regional Australia”.

Charles Sturt University has called upon the Commonwealth Government to provide an additional pool of funding for multi-campus regional universities, as part of overall reform to the higher education funding system.