A senior Telstra marketing director recently briefed CSU final year advertising students to develop a campaign to increase young people's use of the telecommunication company's mobile phone services.

A desire to influence his undergraduate theatre-makers to embody a positive attitude of lifelong learning has led to a national award for a CSU lecturer.

CSU is proud to announce a new scholarship dedicated to the memory of long-serving regional TV news journalist and former federal parliament Member for Calare, Mr Peter Andren, MP.

CSU's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Sue Thomas has been named as a new member of the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Advisory Council.

Professor Don Thomson from Charles Sturt University’s School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies is a Registered Psychologist and a Barrister-at-law. He was recently awarded the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Forensic Psychologists inaugural distinguished contributions award. He says the legal system is not loaded against the victim as often claimed. In fact, in trials where there are mulitple defendants, “research shows you are more likely to be convicted with other co-defenders than if you are tried by yourself”.

More CSU journalism students will be heading overseas thanks to a scholarship program funded by the Copyright Agency Ltd (CAL) Cultural Fund.

The Prime Minister John Howard flies to Fiji today for the Pacific Islands Forum, and once again the Solomon Islands is expected to be the focus of discussion. While relations between Australia and the Solomons becomes increasingly more strained, a CSU PhD student, Cliff Bird, described as “one of the prime intellectuals of the country” is preparing to address a Solomon leadership forum on conflict resolution.

Leading Charles Sturt University research ranging from addressing the scourge of cereal cropping in southern Australia - annual ryegrass - to developing a computer game to simulate a major national crisis has won major funding in the latest round of Federal Government grants.

Charles Sturt University is mourning the passing of Melanie Andreazza, the third year Journalism student who died in a tragic car accident this week (1 November).