Research into how Charles Sturt University students use the Internet has dispelled popular beliefs about what type of person goes online to study.

Claims that Charles Sturt University could lose more than 2 500 student places under proposed higher education reforms have been firmly rejected by CSU Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) Professor David Battersby.

The NSW Government has expressed confidence in the spatial science program at Charles Sturt University through a $100 000 investment in student scholarships.

Developing ways of using modern technology to improve learning about Indigenous cultures has earned a Charles Sturt University academic the Microsoft Outstanding Educational Leader Award for 2003 from the NSW branch of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders.

Students and teachers from Ajisai Nursing College in Japan are sampling Australian life in Dubbo as part of a partnership with Charles Sturt University.

Continuing strong demand for health industry careers has contributed to an eight per cent increase in first preferences to study full-time at Charles Sturt University in 2003.

Charles Sturt University Pro Vice-Chancellor (Public Affairs) Dr Peter Hodgson will preside over the awarding of almost $300 000 worth of scholarships to students of the University’s Bathurst Campus.

A new program developed collaboratively by five Australian universities to combat the continuing decline in science learning will be launched by Federal Minister for Science, Peter McGauran.

In assessing the impact of the higher education reforms on Charles Sturt University (CSU), the University will stand by its regional communities and equity groups, and the development of heartland Australia, said CSU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter.