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Do we look for the health messages?
ALBURY-WODONGA  1 Jan 2003

Do we look for the health messages?

Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers are investigating what rural and regional Australians know about common, everyday health risks and activities. “Health authorities across Australia are constantly sending out messages to help Australians make better health choices. But residents in Australia’s rural areas have been shown to have greater trouble understanding health messages than people in metropolitan areas,” said project coordinator Dr Andrea Crampton, based in the Faculty of Science at CSU in Wagga Wagga. “We want to see what people actually know about common activities that might pose short and longterm health risks.”  Dr Crampton is conducting the research with her CSU colleague and social scientist Dr Angela Ragusa.  The researchers are seeking metropolitan and rural participants and are especially keen to hear from those in more remote locations across Australia. See the online survey here. For more information on the survey, call Dr Andrea Crampton at the Faculty of Science on (02) 6933 4032 or send her an email.

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Collaboration in primary healthcare on show
ALBURY-WODONGA  1 Jan 2003

Collaboration in primary healthcare on show

Charles Sturt University (CSU) allied health and nursing students have undertaken an exercise to work together in a team on a complex health scenario through a new collaboration between CSU and Hume Medicare Local in Albury-Wodonga. Yesterday evening (Monday 12 August), final year occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, speech pathology and nursing students on CSU campuses in Albury-Wodonga and Orange, worked to gain a better understanding of local health issues. Acting Course Director Dr Caroline Robinson with CSU’s School of Community Health said primary healthcare aims to prevent health problems such as obesity, rather than cure problems after they occur. “Students worked in multidisciplinary teams to collaborate with and learn from health professionals already working around Albury-Wodonga,” Dr Robinson said. “The exercise aimed to increase the employability of CSU graduates, by exposing them to ‘real life’ multidisciplinary practice that is becoming more common in regional Australia. It also introduces our students to the services provided by Hume Medicare Local and enables them to meet local health professionals who can tell students about possible career options in primary health care.”

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Young minds for health and safety messages
ALBURY-WODONGA  1 Jan 2003

Young minds for health and safety messages

Exposing young school students to important health and safety messages is the focus of a cooperative effort between Charles Sturt University (CSU) and West Albury Primary School at the annual Health and Safety Education Expo. Around 70 students enrolled in CSU’s early childhood education degree will present hands-on learning experiences and displays to 70 children between Kindergarten and Year 2, who will practise snake awareness, healthy eating, escaping an imaginary fire, and will even discover how get a good nights sleep. "CSU students are involved in 'hands on' teaching and learning with the local community. The students researched their topics with the help of local community professionals and prepared interactive experiences for the young school children. The Expo emphasises the importance of giving young children support to promote their own wellbeing from a very young age," said early childhood education lecturer, Angela Fenton, from CSU’s School of Education. West Albury Public School will host the Health and Safety Education Expo between 9.30 and 11.00am on Friday 13 September.

Welcome to study at CSU in Albury-Wodonga
ALBURY-WODONGA  1 Jan 2003

Welcome to study at CSU in Albury-Wodonga

International students from around the world will be welcomed this week to Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga and, for some, to Australia. Approximately 35 students from South Korea, Canada, America, Ireland, Nepal, Zimbabwe, India and Malaysia will undertake undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in disciplines such as business, health and environmental sciences. CSU’s International Student Support Officer, Ms Rachel Ayton, said Orientation Week was an important time for international students, as it laid the foundation for their lives and studies at CSU and in the Border region. “I’m really looking forward to getting to know our new students and look forward to helping them settle into their new environment on the Border,” Ms Ayton said. On Friday 24 February, some of the group will visit the oz.e.wildlife Sanctuary to meet the ‘locals’, starting after 10.30am and leaving at 12.30pm. A second group of international students will arrive at 2.30pm.

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The future of agriculture and wine
ALBURY-WODONGA  1 Jan 2003

The future of agriculture and wine

A public seminar highlighting current research in the Australian agriculture and wine industries will be presented by three Charles Sturt University (CSU) experts in North East Victoria on Wednesday 18 September. The seminar aims to encourage conversation about these significant industries and identify future research opportunities, and is part of the University’s engagement with regional community and industry. Dr John Harper, who is also with the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, will speak on Food for Thought: Agriculture in the 21st Century; Professor David Falepau, with the Graham Centre, on Rethinking Agribusiness education; and Professor Chris Steele, with the National Wine and Grape industry Centre, will speak on Grapes and Wine in Australia: our past and our future. The seminar will start at 4 pm on 18 September in the CSU building on GOTAFE’s Rural Industries Campus, 218 Tone Road in Wangaratta.

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Physiotherapy building on the rise
ALBURY-WODONGA  1 Jan 2003

Physiotherapy building on the rise

A $7.7 million dollar development at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange will see the campus with restructured roads and a brand new Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Science teaching facility constructed for the School of Community Health. With the Bachelor of Physiotherapy course established at the Orange Campus this year, CSU will continue its development of the campus with a new purpose-built facility including academic offices, and simulated health spaces such as a rehabilitation gym and practice clinic. Head of the School of Community Health, Associate Professor Julia Coyle says, “Both the students and academics are very excited about the construction beginning in September, and the introduction of the Bachelor of Health and Rehabilitation Science degree which starts in Orange in March 2011.  The new Health Rehabilitation students will learn in the new facility alongside the Physiotherapy students.”

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Equipping young people for life
ALBURY-WODONGA  1 Jan 2003

Equipping young people for life

A unique educational program for young people will be revealed during a public lecture hosted by Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga on Thursday 8 July. The ‘Putting Youth in the Picture’ (PYP) program was created by Queensland lawyer, Mr Adair Donaldson, to help local communities deal with issues confronting youth. “Our program uses a series of authentic but confronting movie scenarios to show how young people can become involved in life altering incidents as a result of poor decision making,” said Mr Donaldson. “The issues presented and discussed include sexual assault, a bar-room fight, illegal recreational drugs, binge and underage drinking.” Mr Peter Bell, Manager, Residential Operations with the Division of Student Services at CSU in Wagga Wagga said, “Charles Sturt University is extremely fortunate to be one of only two universities outside Queensland to deliver this impressive program.”

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Bio-pesticides for the Australian grain industry
ALBURY-WODONGA  1 Jan 2003

Bio-pesticides for the Australian grain industry

The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has invested over $1 million in the research and development of commercial bio-pesticides at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga. Heading the research team is Associate Professor Gavin Ash from the School of Agriculture and Wine Sciences  at CSU in Wagga Wagga and acting Director of the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation  – an alliance between CSU and Industry & Investment NSW. “Integrated pest management programs that reduce the reliance on chemical pesticides are likely to provide better management strategies to ensure a sustainable future for the Australian grain industry,” said Professor Ash. The current project, which focuses on the management of aphids, has been funded for three years until middle 2013.

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Learning from international law enforcers
ALBURY-WODONGA  1 Jan 2003

Learning from international law enforcers

It has been a busy few months for Ms Amanda Davies, a lecturer with the School of Policing Studies  at CSU in Goulburn. The award-winning lecturer recently published a book and conducted research in the United Kingdom (UK) and Canada. The CSU academic visited the UK to research the use of simulation in policing training. “I am interviewing police in the field who have undertaken training through simulation and reflecting on how this has impacted on their professional practice. The research seeks to inform the design, implementation and educational benefits of using simulation in the future training of police.” Ms Davies then moved onto Canada for the implementation of Problem Based Learning in policing. “In Canada, I travelled between the Durham Regional Police Service and Sudbury Regional Police, meeting training officers, field offices and recruits to understand how they have implemented the Problem Based Learning concepts into their recruit training.” Ms Davies’ new book evaluates the impact of delivering fire investigation studies using a CD-ROM with virtual fire scene scenarios.

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