The similarities, differences, challenges and opportunities for rural school education in Canada and Australia are the focus of a public lecture by a visiting Canadian rural teaching expert at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Wednesday 9 November.

On the eve of the Federal Government's inaugural National Safe Schools Week, Professor Paul Burnett, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Graduate Training at Charles Sturt University, talks about the damage caused by bullying.

Senior high school students in the Blue Mountains and Central West will get the chance to discover more about university life and potential career paths when the University Road Show comes to town on next week.

Staff, students and alumni of CSU are saddened to learn of the death of Professor John Carroll, the Professor of Communication at the School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst.

Eight computerised interactive whiteboards, cameras, microphones, and projectors, which simulate some present-day classrooms and those of the future, are features of the new Connected Learning Space at CSU in Bathurst.

CSU will initiate a pilot program in early 2012 to provide Aboriginal students who have the commitment and passion to improve education in their communities with the facilities and support to remain and study there to become fully-accredited teachers.

Alumni and community members are invited to attend the launch of the CSU Alumni 'Get Connected' Campaign in Bathurst on Thursday 28 July.

A human movement expert at CSU and the Western Region Academy of Sport have been honoured with a prestigious international award for strength and conditioning training provided to teenage athletes.

A unique collaboration between varied institutions and community stakeholders Australia-wide has successfully enabled a new set of educational resources to be developed through the Early Childhood Education Workforce Capacity Project (ECEWC Project).