"I believe it is a worse health problem than tobacco," says Professor Patrick Ball, from Charles Sturt University’s School of Biomedical Sciences, "for the first time in human history, Type 2 Diabetes is more common than Type 1."

The Gillard Labor government is due to bring down the 2011 federal budget next Tuesday 10 May. CSU has experienced commentators to provide considered analysis of the budget.

Leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Bob Brown, will officially open CSU's most 'green' campus at Thurgoona on the NSW-Victorian border at 11am on Wednesday 24 March.

While students preparing for their Higher School Certificate (HSC) may not have access to their teachers during the upcoming school holidays, they can rely on other forms of guidance online.

The School of Human Movement Studies at CSU in Bathurst has received recognition for its Bachelor of Exercise Science degree in strength and conditioning from the peak international body, the National Strength and Conditioning Association in the United States.

With schools across Australia likely to need 3 000 teacher librarians in the coming years, a CSU academic last week highlighted the growing shortfall when she addressed a Federal parliament committee in Canberra investigating the problem.

The inaugural veterinary science program at Charles Sturt University has been expanded with the recent appointment of two Professors, one from New Zealand, and the other an Australian returning from the United States.

Earlier this month, the OECD released a report which shows that Australia spends less on early childhood education than any other nation in the industrialised world. It prompted calls from both sides of federal politics for a national approach to early childhood education. Fran Press, Charles Sturt University senior lecturer in early childhood education, says “What we have at the moment is a dog’s breakfast".

The growing importance of international work experience for university graduates will be highlighted when CSU launches its new student mobility initiative, CSU Global, on Monday 23 February.