As Australian and New Zealand ministers meet in Canberra today to discuss food-labelling options, Charles Sturt University's Centre for Applied Ethics lecturer Dr Andrew Brien believes the development of genetically modified food products has created a Frankenstein mentality and is perverse.

Childhood education expert Dr Tom Lowrie is concerned by the dominance of electronic toys overshadowing traditional toys such as building blocks - a trend reflected by toy making giant Lego recording its first ever loss of $40 million.

A specialist research centre to promote the role of cooperative societies in regional development has been awarded as a joint venture to Charles Sturt University and the University of Technology, Sydney.

Charles Sturt University Vice-Chancellor Professor Cliff Blake, will be in Dubbo on Monday to make a major announcement about plans for the Dubbo Campus when he addresses a meeting of the Dubbo Campus Advisory Committee.

The capacity for detailed research into business and industry developments in western NSW communities will be enhanced with the launch of the Western Research Institute to be based at Charles Sturt University.

Touchdown, Sydney Airport, 8.45 am Friday 19 February. For 12 Russian students from the University of Ekaterinburg, located just on the edge of Siberia, this is their chance to see what life is like on the other side of the world.

Charles Sturt University is exporting its air video system technology, with a three-week tour of New Zealand set to fly out of Wagga Wagga this week.

The level of population that can be supported by Australian ecosystems is dependent on how well modern agriculture works within the boundaries set by soil productivity and climate variability.

Youth suicide and how it is viewed by urban and regional communities is the focus of a joint study including Charles Sturt University.