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.

A new book co-edited by CSU Adjunct Associate Professor Danny Hunter could help address some of the current problems of undernutrition in many parts of the developing world, as well as promoting healthier diets in developed countries where obesity is a problem.

A new agreement between CSU and the Army Recruit Training Centre Kapooka aims to enhance soldier recruit training in Australia.

The first of a new breed of NSW police officers will be sworn in as probationary constables by the NSW Police Commissioner, Peter Ryan, at the NSW Police Academy at Goulburn tomorrow, Tuesday 22 December.

Two CSU lecturers have been named in the annual UniJobs Lecturer of the Year Award top 10 .

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.

Senior representatives of CSU met with rural community stakeholders, representatives of the Coalition Opposition, and doctors in Cowra yesterday to lobby for the University's bid to establish a new rural medical school and present petition signatures.

A book outlining a vision for a new constitution for Australia will be launched by former High Court justice, the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby, AC CMG at CSU in Albury-Wodonga on Thursday 2 May.

The Head of CSU's School of Dentistry and Health Sciences, Professor David Wilson, has welcomed comments from rural health experts endorsing the University's approach to training rural dentists.