A CSU health researcher does not believe the latest round of health reforms will address the difference in health services available to rural and metropolitan residents.

CSU will hold three graduation ceremonies in Albury from Thursday morning, 22 April, with 730 graduates eligible to receive their doctorates, degrees, diplomas and certificates.

The vision of a university education for students in the Orana region long held by the late Tony McGrane will be recognised by the Tony McGrane OAM Memorial Scholarship Fund, recently established by the Head of Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo, Dr Beverley Moriarty.

Thousands of family members and friends of graduates are expected to throng to the city when the annual graduation ceremonies are held at CSU in Bathurst next week. Approximately 1 195 graduates will receive their academic awards from Chancellor Lawrie Willett, AO, at six graduation ceremonies on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 and Friday 7 May with a combined guest attendance expected to be about 4 000. A further 838 students will graduate in absentia.

The proposed NSW legislation to protect paramedics (ambulance officers) from assaults is an important and symbolic action by the State government but it should not be the only protective intervention, according to a visiting Fulbright Scholar at CSU.

Research by a CSU academic and her international colleagues shows that lawyers overestimated or inflated the chances of achieving goals set for their clients in civil and criminal cases.

A senior CSU regional economist hailed the 2010 Federal Budget as fiscally responsible, but believes it does not recognise the contribution of regional businesses to the current sound financial position of the nation.

A subject that successfully combines traditional teaching and online interactive tools to enhance student learning has earned its CSU creators an international award for innovative teaching.

Research by a CSU academic has identified 15 recommendations to address a range of shortcomings in the professional development of health services managers in rural New South Wales.