Two CSU staff and a team have received citations in 2009 from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council for excellence in learning and teaching at the University.

The smell of smoke and the feel of ash, heat and water may be absent but virtual fire scenes have been given the thumbs up in improving the fire investigation skills of CSU students.

Recent changes to New South Wales legislation indicate shifting priorities in philosophies around juvenile justice, according to CSU research.

At a time when police forces around Australia are increasing their media and communications budgets, and demand has never been greater for reality-style television productions focusing on policing, there is evidence of a growing trend for police public relations work within policing agencies.

Despite operating in a volatile part of the world, a CSU led project to drive efficiencies in Pakistan’s dairy industry has achieved results and has been re-funded for a further four years.

In a first for CSU, a husband and wife have received individual awards for their separate outstanding work in the same Faculty and School at the University.

Does living close to Nature really make a person feel better and improve their well-being? Does it matter what your local neighbourhood environment is like?

The creative and technical skills and talents of television production students at CSU have gone global.

Reflecting on her long career in higher education at CSU on the eve of her retirement, Associate Professor Leonora Ritter, the Head of the School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies, says her career has encompassed many changes, but her training as a historian has helped her to put those changes into perspective.