What’s in the new Foxtel / Optus deal for regional Australia? Charles Sturt University’s Manager of CSU Online and regional communications commentator, Mr Les Burr, says the new pay TV deal between Foxtel and Optus mostly benefits Australia’s metropolitan areas.

A new drought resources listing on the Charles Sturt University website will bring together resources, assistance advice and information links to a broad range of agencies, at one online point.

Less than a quarter of general practitioners in rural and remote Australia are women, yet women make up more than 60 per cent of all GP registrars and half of all medical students.

The public debate that has been sparked by the National Australia Bank’s decision to close 56 bank branches, and its impact on rural and regional Australia is a topic close to the heart of an upcoming public seminar.

The role of schools in rural NSW is attracting attention as part of a major new study that brings together rural communities and government agencies to find solutions to their shared challenges such as attracting and retaining quality teachers, professional and geographical isolation and loss of confidence in both the public and the rural sectors.

A Federal Government issue paper on regional engagement in Australian higher education has been criticised for its “failure to defend seriously … the necessity to respond to, and to meet, the needs of regional Australia”.

The Federal Government’s proposed reform of higher education in Australia must allow universities such as Charles Sturt University to realise its potential to be a great regional university.

Ethical and moral problems over cloning and stem cell research lie in our understanding of when human life begins, according to a leading Australian scientist who will speak at an international science and religion workshop in Canberra on Monday 28 January.

Dancing and teaching have much in common if you want to do either well, according to the 2001 Charles Sturt University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence winner, psychologist Dr Paul Casey.