The paramedic course at CSU continues to grow as record student enrolments and new lecturers join the School of Biomedical Sciences in Bathurst.

The importance of independent living for people with intellectual disabilities will be highlighted during valuable training at CSU in Bathurst and Wagga Wagga for disability support workers in rural and regional NSW next week.

Legal action by tobacco giant Philip Morris challenging plain packaging of cigarettes in Australia comes as no surprise to the Director of the Centre for Inland Health at CSU Mr Tony Kolbe.

Mrs Audrey Hardman, OAM, Co-Chair of the Community Consultative Committee for Charles Sturt University's (CSU) proposed medical and health education precinct, will launch the Doctors4theBush website and Facebook page in Orange tonight.

As World No Tobacco Day looms, Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer in Marketing and Project Management, Mr Andrew Mashman sees the government's push for plain cigarette packaging as a missed opportunity to reduce the amount of cigarette smokers in Australia.

The generosity of the local region in its support of CSU in Wagga Wagga will be on display when the annual Scholarship Presentation Ceremony is held on Wednesday 18 May.

Around 4 600 rural Australians die unnecessarily every year due to poorer access to health services than their metropolitan cousins, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Dean of the Faculty of Science, Professor Nick Klomp, says CSU is ready to address the rural doctor shortage that contributes to this dire situation.

Proposed federal funding cuts in health research would seriously hamper current projects important to regional Australia, says one CSU academic.

The opening of the new office of the general practitioner training and placement organisation Beyond Medical Education Limited at CSU in Bathurst is an investment in the future of regional Australia, according to a senior executive.