Education lecturers at Charles Sturt University have won a prestigious national award for university teaching excellence.

Charles Sturt University has welcomed the announcement by the Rudd federal government of 35 new Commonwealth supported early childhood education places at the University in 2009.

The misuse of communication technologies in cases of cyber-bullying highlights that while the tools may be changing, cruelty and insensitivity toward others is nothing new, according to one CSU researcher.

CSU has introduced a new course which aims to bolster the number of teachers in Technology and Applied Studies ahead of predicted shortages in the coming decade.

The first national curriculum framework for early childhood, recently presented to the Australian government by a Charles Sturt University-led consortium, is the product of extensive nationwide consultation with those working in the early childhood sector and a diverse range of other people interested in children's learning in early childhood settings, including parents.

The Faculty of Education at CSU will upgrade facilities to prepare teachers for the 21st century following receipt of $2.9 million from the recent Federal Government grant of $14 million to the CSU Teaching and Learning Infrastructure Funds.

The Dean of the Faculty of Education at CSU, Professor Toni Downes, has welcomed the announcement today, 30 September, by the NSW Minister for Education, Ms Verity Firth, of new partnerships between the University and schools in the State's Western and Riverina regions.

Two academics at CSU will have distinctive roles at the Australian Association For Research In Education 2009 International Education Research Conference in Canberra from Sunday 29 November to Thursday 3 December.

The English literacy skills of teenage refugees in regional NSW have been boosted in the first trial of an Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation program outside the Sydney metropolitan area.