Despite several hurdles, Port of Townsville database applications administrator Ms Amanda Cox has completed the Master of IT Management with Charles Sturt University.

The Kony 2012 campaign devised by the not-for-profit organisation Invisible Children is a powerful demonstration of the potential of social media as a political campaign tool, according to a CSU academic.

While the incidence of serious violent crimes against individuals remains relatively stable in the community, it is concerning that the clearance rates for the same crimes are also stable, a CSU academic said.

A constitutional challenge to the new Federal mining tax by mining magnate Mr Andrew Forrest is highly likely to fail, according to a CSU constitutional law expert.

A CSU politcal expert believes Bob Katter's Australia Party is now a third force in Queensland politics with the LNP's landslide victory in last weekend's election.

Seeking to expand its health and human services programs to address chronic shortages of health professionals in rural and regional communities, Charles Sturt University (CSU) has submitted an application to the Regional Priorities Round of the Education Investment Fund (EIF) for $63.6 million.

With more than 25 years international experience, a lecturer and researcher who has been appointed as the new head of the CSU School of Human Movement Studies in Bathurst challenges the purpose of physical education in schools and society by asking, is it to promote physical fitness, or just a break from classroom routine?

A study by CSU researchers has found that people often experience social disconnection, loneliness, and desperation when residential aged care is inaccessible to them in their rural communities.

The spiralling rise in shooting crimes in Sydney's western suburbs requires strong and sustained political, community and police action to make suburbs safe for the public, according to a CSU senior policing lecturer who lives in one of the affected neighbourhoods.