'We all want the best teachers we can get for our kids.' This was the sentiment expressed by CSU Executive Dean of Education, Professor Toni Downes, as she welcomed the announcement by NSW Minister for Education and Communities, The Hon. Adrian Piccoli, that the Government will focus on enhancing teacher quality in NSW schools.

The federal government announcement yesterday of increased funding for childcare centre staff is a good first step, but the sector requires further and greater investment to attract and retain qualified professionals, according to CSU academics.

The similarities, differences, challenges and opportunities for rural school education in Canada and Australia are the focus of a public lecture by a visiting Canadian rural teaching expert at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Wednesday 9 November.

AusAID, the national aid agency of the Australian Government, has funded a CSU researcher to explore how best to identify and use cultural mathematical proficiencies to assist young students to transition to school mathematics in Papua New Guinea.

A leading CSU speech and language acquisition researcher explained her research into children's multilingual speech when she delivered the Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture at the Speech Pathology Australia national conference on the Gold Coast this week.

With more than 25 years international experience, a lecturer and researcher who has been appointed as the new head of the CSU School of Human Movement Studies in Bathurst challenges the purpose of physical education in schools and society by asking, is it to promote physical fitness, or just a break from classroom routine?

A controversial figure in the Australian legal sector will speak on 'Public education and the third great principle of secularism' in the 2011 Bob Meyenn Lecture this week at Charles Sturt University.

A new study led by CSU will define what it means to be an excellent early childhood educator.

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