The Federal Minister for Education, Science and Training, Dr Brendan Nelson, will make his first visit to Charles Sturt University next Tuesday 9 April for two events at the Wagga Wagga Campus.

A state wide surge of interest in teaching and health industry careers has contributed to an overall increase in preferences to study at Charles Sturt University on previous years. 

The new NSW HSC Online website has achieved record results for the 2001 school year, with more than four million page downloads for the year to the end of November.

The impact of economic pressures in rural and regional Australia is increasing strains on our schools, according to Professor Bob Meyenn, Dean of CSU's Faculty of Education.

Skilled professionals with a genuine desire to begin a teaching career will be able to achieve that goal after just 18 months of study as opposed to the normal four years, under a new program being offered by Charles Sturt University.

Tens of thousands of schools students in Australia and 14 countries around the globe will sit the Australian National Chemistry Quiz next week, which is sponsored by Charles Sturt University.

Large conferences such as the Career Education Association of Victoria conference to be hosted next week by Charles Sturt University bring extensive financial rewards for the Albury-Wodonga region.

Teacher education programs at Charles Sturt University's Dubbo campus are set to expand in 2002.

Providing quality education and training for rural Australians is the driving force behind rural and remote educators meeting in Wagga Wagga this Sunday 8 to Wednesday 11 July for the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia annual conference.