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

For the second consecutive year, a lecturer at Charles Sturt University has been awarded a NSW Minister for Education and Training and the Australian College of Education, NSW Chapter, Quality Teaching Award.

In just seven days, vacant land near Ganmain will become a meeting place for Australians of all cultural backgrounds, in an environmentally friendly gesture from volunteers from around the world.

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.

The talents of commercial radio students from Charles Sturt University will be heard throughout the Central West town of Bathurst this week, as they broadcast 24 hours a day from the top of Mount Panorama.

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.

The push to bring nuclear medical professionals to regional areas is gaining greater industry support, with the donation of a high-tech gamma camera to Charles Sturt University’s nuclear medicine laboratory.

The Vice-Chancellor of Charles Sturt University, Professor Ian Goulter, said today the University is deeply concerned for the health and welfare of the students involved in the recent bushwalking incident and rescue in the Blue Mountains.

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.