Australia, especially inland Australia, faces catastrophic shortages in information and communication technology professionals unless there are major changes in government policies and business models, says a leading CSU information technology academic.

Human resource management courses offered by the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Faculty of Business have been accredited by the National Accreditation Committee of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI), the peak industry body.

An innovative CSU Indigenous mental health training course and six CSU inspirational academic staff are celebrating after gaining prestigious national awards in teaching excellence.

Charles Sturt University has submitted its response to the Bradley Review of Australian Higher Education, which urges the Commonwealth Government to support the establishment of a major 'University System' serving inland Australia, while ensuring Australia has a world class, viable university sector into the future.

A leading indicator of climate change - the total area of sea ice in the Arctic region - has been declining in recent years, according to a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic.

Charles Sturt University has achieved some high ratings in the 2009 edition of The Good Universities Guide.

A CSU academic says the federal Government's green paper on carbon emissions trading will force Australia to grapple with new concepts that will change the economy and the way we live.

Leading international and Australian scholars will join academics at the CSU Faculty of Education to explore a new era of research in teacher education at a symposium to be held on the University's Bathurst Campus from Sunday 13 to Tuesday 15 July.

CSU has been celebrated as being among the first universities worldwide to offer an integrated Masters program in managing data storage at EMC World, an EMC Corporation global conference held recently in the US.