Love as a universal constant is the means for bringing philosophy to public attention through a play by a Charles Sturt University academic which is coming to Sydney’s famous Opera House.

The renewed political debate about abortion laws in Australia has been condemned by Professor Margaret Alston, a leading social researcher at Charles Sturt University.

A leading social researcher has been appointed to a new professorial chair established at Charles Sturt University to study the social and economic impacts of water and its regulation in the Murray Darling Basin.

A grim picture of stress, isolation, declining health and job losses in farm families, small businesses and rural communities has emerged in new research into one of Australia’s worst droughts.

Computing and philosophy may at first appear entirely separate disciplines but a forthcoming conference in Canberra aims will reveal that the two fields have much to contribute to each other.

Pre-conference Workshop: Friday 19 September 2003Main Conference: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September 2003 Theme: Qualitative Research as Interpretive Practice.

The future of research into complex social and health issues is being threatened by the backlash of conservatism in government policy and funding arenas in developed countries, according to leading US international researcher Professor Yvonna Lincoln.

Australia’s first indigenous pharmacy graduate is continuing her pioneering work by participating in the Pharmacy Academic at University Departments of Rural Health project to promote the profession in rural and remote communities.

Dates: Thursday 13 November 2003 Venue: C D Blake Lecture Theatres, Charles Sturt University Thurgoona Campus, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona.