Delegates from around the world will gather in Bathurst next week for a major international conference hosted by Charles Sturt University.

Charles Sturt University’s international reputation continues to grow, with confirmation that the Malaysian Government has accredited its food science degree.

In recognition of its world-leading research in biological weed control, Charles Sturt University has won a bid to host an international conference in Wagga Wagga in September 2005.

With hundreds of millions of soccer fans in Brazil ready to toast their World Cup team if they win on the weekend, you'd expect that plenty of bottles of champagne are being put on ice.

Certain countries have become renowned for specific capabilities: Germany for excellence in engineering, Japan for assembly of electrical appliances, France for style.

A kiss on the lips is said to be “quite continental”, and Charles Sturt University’s International Office Director, David Hatherly, would have to agree.

Four Japanese nursing students from Dubbo’s sister city of Minokamo, are the envy of their peers, having spent the past nine months in Australia while they upgrade their qualifications through CSU.

A clinical scientist from Charles Sturt University who is leading research on both sides of the world into sudden heart attack deaths has been appointed Honorary Professor of Medicine at one of China’s largest teaching hospitals.

While Australian soap operas such as Neighbours and Home and Away remain popular in the United Kingdom, journalists in Vietnam are learning how to write their own.