The first fires of the latest bushfire season have already affected several regions in NSW and Victoria. The combination of unseasonally hot weather and very dry conditions have combined to create serious to extreme conditions.

"Instead of learning a new language, you could have the information downloaded into your brain. It sounds like science fiction, but a lot of work is being done in these areas at the moment." Professor John Weckert of Charles Sturt University’s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics is talking about the ethical issues surrounding 'human enhancement'.

Charles Sturt University’s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics is the recipient of two prestigious National Science Foundation grants from USA.

Advertising students at Charles Sturt University’s School of Communication have won the 2006 International Advertising Association Australia Chapter ‘Big Idea’ student advertising competition.

New research by Charles Sturt University and the Heart Research Institute in Sydney suggests a beneficial new use of ‘waste’ from the production of olive oil that could be good for heart health.

Charles Sturt University’s Professor of Library and Information Management has been awarded a top industry accolade for his outstanding contribution to international teaching and research in library science.

With the nation focussing on skills shortages in the workplace, Charles Sturt University researchers maintain that older employees could hold the key to meeting these shortages.

The recent meetings of the world’s leading economic countries have attracted world leaders and their critics. A book edited by a Charles Sturt University academic and his British colleague attempts to address the motivations for protests against globalization – the growing gap between rich and poor countries as the world’s economy and trade becomes more integrated across national boundaries.

Charles Sturt University has been recognised as a leader in workplace productivity receiving more than $3.1 million in competitive funding from the Federal Government’s Workplace Productivity Programme.