"My advice was to give two votes per farm, initiate time-limited leadership positions, and introduce gender awareness training for industry bodies. The most radical recommendation I gave was bodies that do not represent gender equity should not be given government funding. Now that is the one that will really shake them up." Professor Margaret Alston, Director of Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Centre for Rural Social Research is talking about her recommendations to the Federal Government’s Inquiry into Women’s Representation on Rural and Regional Bodies of Influence.

"Being able to chat to the course coordinator and hear about his experience and what he has done in the field had a huge influence in my choosing Charles Sturt University (CSU)," says CSU first year Communication student Mitchell Shaddock. CSU will again showcase courses in advertising, commercial radio, journalism, public relations and theatre media at the second-ever iDay at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney on Saturday 26 August.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) has maintained the highest possible five-star ranking for graduate employment and graduate starting salaries in the 2007 edition of the Good Universities Guide. The highest ranking of five-stars was also secured because of the large number of international enrolments at the University.

"Increasingly, people are accessing information from the internet as their first primary source. So instead of people going and buying newspapers, they log onto the internet. But how credible is this information?" asks Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Dr Edward Spence, senior lecturer in moral philosophy and applied and professional ethics in the School of Communication.

Australia’s first veterinary science course developed to meet the needs of rural practice will unveil its state-of-the-art teaching centre at an official opening by the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Honorable Julie Bishop MP at Charles Sturt University's Wagga Wagga Campus this week.

Extensive research by Charles Sturt University academics into the deficiency of iodine in human diets has spread to the Pacific island country of Fiji.

A hundred years ago, Sydneysiders were concerned about a lack of water, congestion in the CBD, the problems caused by public-private development and a severe skills shortage. Sound familiar? According to Dr Clive Beauchamp, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Social Sciences and Liberal Studies School, "in some ways, public expectations never seem to change".

Charles Sturt University’s academic excellence and work within the Orange community will be celebrated and highlighted this week with a series of events culminating at a special Community Day to be held at the University’s new Orange Campus on Saturday 9 September.

Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop will re-launch CSU's Senior Women's Network and launch a major report on education options during drought in regional Australia during her visit to the University's Wagga Wagga Campus visit.