As one of the worst droughts in a hundred years continues its grip on Australia, inland communities large and small face the prospect of another very hot, dry summer. The national university of inland Australia, Charles Sturt University has specialist researchers available for comment on drought issues such as its effects on agricultural production and water use, access to services and impacts on families, regional businesses and communities.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) research that could assist children with reading difficulties, the learning of second languages and brain-injured patients recently received Australian Government funding.

Emeritus Professor C D Blake, AO was honoured with a Charles Sturt University 30 Year Service Medal last week at a special dinner in Wagga Wagga.

As Australia grapples with its mental health crisis, the parental experiences of fathers who suffer from mental illness will, for the first time, be the subject of a new study at Charles Sturt University.

The rich history of migration in regional NSW will be brought to life with the award of a $5 000 fellowship to a Charles Sturt University student for 2006.

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.

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.

More than one million dollars worth of Australian Research Council grants will be administered by Charles Sturt University from next year in a variety of new projects funded by the Federal Government.

Charles Sturt University’s establishment in Canada has been received positively, with the University registering more than 800 expressions of interest in its new teacher education program since its announcement in mid February.