A senior CSU Indigenous academic says news of the first Indigenous Australian to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship will inspire current Indigenous students at CSU and everywhere to aim high and study hard.

With the help of a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic, a new $7.8 million national project will ensure future teachers can provide every Australian student with the best learning opportunities in an increasingly online world.

Coherent statements on education policies by the major parties during the current election campaign are nearly impossible to find, says leading education commentator and senior CSU academic, Associate Professor Ros Brennan Kemmis.

CSU in Ontario, Canada, is consolidating its presence as a leading higher education provider with news of the renewed consent for an existing education program and approval for a new forensic biotechnology degree.

A subject that successfully combines traditional teaching and online interactive tools to enhance student learning has earned its CSU creators an international award for innovative teaching.

CSU will hold three graduation ceremonies in Albury from Thursday morning, 22 April, with 730 graduates eligible to receive their doctorates, degrees, diplomas and certificates.

High school science students in Manitoba, Canada, were the first to enjoy the enhanced operation of the CSU Remote Telescope in Bathurst when they took control of it on Friday 9 April following a recent fibre optic link upgrade.

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.

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.