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Older employees could hold key to skills shortage: CSU researcher
SOCIETY  26 Sep 2006

Older employees could hold key to skills shortage: CSU researcher

With the nation focussing on skills shortages in the workplace, Charles Sturt University researchers maintain that older employees could hold the key to meeting these shortages.

Society and Community

Growing globalization and inequality – what can we do?
SOCIETY  18 Sep 2006

Growing globalization and inequality – what can we do?

The recent meetings of the world’s leading economic countries have attracted world leaders and their critics. A book edited by a Charles Sturt University academic and his British colleague attempts to address the motivations for protests against globalization – the growing gap between rich and poor countries as the world’s economy and trade becomes more integrated across national boundaries.

InternationalSociety and Community

Keeping health professionals in rural Australia
SOCIETY  11 Sep 2006

Keeping health professionals in rural Australia

Detailed examinations of how to train and retain allied health professionals in regional and remote areas of Australia are among topics to be discussed at an upcoming national conference in Albury, NSW.

Teaching and EducationHealthSociety and Community

Profiling the missing person
SOCIETY  23 Jul 2006

Profiling the missing person

"This is such an important area, there hasn't been anything like it done in the world. There are no profiles of missing persons at all. Having a tool where there are strong indicators or markers for what's happened to the missing person is a first." Dr Shaunagh Foy from Charles Sturt University is talking about her ground breaking research into who goes missing and why. The NSW Police Force hope it will help solve missing persons cases more quickly.

Society and Community

Orange joins CSU community
SOCIETY  5 Jun 2006

Orange joins CSU community

In an historic step, the Orange Campus has been formally transferred to Charles Sturt University (CSU) from the University of Sydney.

Charles Sturt UniversityTeaching and EducationHealthSociety and Community

Charles Sturt University honours Sir William Deane
SOCIETY  1 Jun 2006

Charles Sturt University honours Sir William Deane

Australia’s former Governor-General, The Honourable Sir William Deane, will receive an Honorary Doctorate (honoris causa) from Charles Sturt University this Friday, 2 June at the CSU School of Theology graduation ceremony in Canberra.

Charles Sturt UniversityTeaching and EducationSociety and Community

A step in the right direction
SOCIETY  22 May 2006

A step in the right direction

If you think the state's hospital waiting lists are shocking, have a look at the waiting lists for treatment in the public dental system. If you can afford a private dentist, a general shortage of practitioners threatens to create crisis in that sector as well.

Charles Sturt UniversityHealthIndigenousSociety and Community

Striving for international excellence in urban water use
SOCIETY  16 May 2006

Striving for international excellence in urban water use

International recognition of the city of Wagga Wagga as an urban centre, demonstrating excellence in water management is the goal of a new initiative launched during the week long water festival organised by Charles Sturt University and Wagga Wagga City Council.

Charles Sturt UniversitySociety and Community

The real picture of the digital divide
SOCIETY  1 May 2006

The real picture of the digital divide

Older people, lower household incomes and levels of education are major factors that have created a “digital divide” in regional Australia, according to Charles Sturt University research carried out in the regional city of Albury on the NSW-Victoria border.

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