Health and education courses are a popular choice for commencing Charles Sturt University (CSU) students in 2006, according to the latest figures from the NSW Universities Admissions Centre.  “CSU continues to take large numbers of students into education courses. Intakes into health courses are up about a hundred up on last year – graduates in both areas provide direct benefit to rural and regional NSW and Victoria,” said Director of CSU’s Office of Planning and Audit, Col Sharp. High profile courses at Albury-Wodonga Campus in which entry was particularly competitive included physiotherapy, which also had success with early childhood and middle schooling teaching courses and occupational therapy and podiatry.