Two thousand young musicians from all over the world will march to the same beat for the first time when they come together as the Sydney 2000 Olympic Marching Band in just a few weeks.

Director, writer and choreographer Ira Hal Seidenstein has worked on many productions in 14 countries around the world - but until now has never been thrown the challenge of incorporating sport into any of his stageshows.

Just like finely tuned athletes, the horses training for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games need to keep their routines varied so they don't burn out.

Charles Sturt University has made an offer of 13.1 per cent salary increase over three years to its academic staff.

Graduates of Charles Sturt University's School of Visual & Performing Arts are celebrating a run of successes with accolades for its new filmmakers and an acting role in the latest Star Wars movie.

Charles Sturt University has increased its share of industry-linked grants, with a number of projects aimed to benefit regional Australia following the announcement of Australian Research Council funding for 2001.

A growing rate of offshore enrolments at Charles Sturt University is set to increase with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with China's Kingold Private University on 5 November.

Charles Sturt University will increase employment opportunities for graduates in science, mathematics and information technology with three new double degree courses to be offered next year.

The world's first clear sequence of images taken of a "near miss" space rock that zoomed past Earth this week were taken by Australia's first remotely controlled telescope at Charles Sturt University.