In recognition of the growing cost for university students and their parents in tertiary education, for the first time Charles Sturt University is offering financial assistance to students in accommodation on CSU campuses.

Charles Sturt University's Thurgoona campus is a living, growing model of how a neighbourhood in the next century could address environmental concerns and community costs.

Charles Sturt University's Thurgoona campus received a top award for its innovative water management system from the Australian Water and Wastewater Association (AWWA) last Friday 6 August.

Evaluation of the Outback Satellite Education trial, launched by Education and Training Minister John Aquilina in Sydney this week, is being conducted at the Charles Sturt University.

Dubbo has received official status as a full campus of Charles Sturt University with the appointment of a new Advisory Committee announced at the inaugural meeting of The University Council in Bathurst.

A major new report by the Western Research Institute at Charles Sturt University has put forward a strong case for regional airlines to be encouraged to move to an upgraded Bankstown Airport.

The Gilmore Centre for Rural Health Improvement has won a $210,000 funding boost awarded in recognition of innovation and excellence in health and medical research.

Budding researchers will be heartened by a $100, 000 injection by Charles Sturt University into funding for research into science, agriculture and information technology.

The productive partnership between Charles Sturt University and the Department of Education and Training to create HSC On-line, has been recognised with a bronze award in the Premier's Public Sector Awards for 1999.