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The cost of fixing global warming
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Former US vice-president Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth, which details the affects of global warming, has become the third-highest grossing documentary in the United States to date. It seems the film’s message is not lost on Australian audiences either, according to Dr Mark Morrison from Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Marketing and Management, Bathurst Campus. He is working on a CSIRO project looking at the value the community has for reducing global warming.”We are measuring the community’s willingness to sacrifice future income to mitigate the affects of global warming. It is very interesting - we are finding that although about ten per cent of people don’t want to sacrifice any income, there is a very large proportion who don‘t care about the cost, they just want it fixed.” He says the preliminary findings were presented at a conference in New Delhi recently.CSU lecturer knows the drill
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Tennis lovers rejoiced yesterday when the Australian Open got underway in Melbourne. The Open marks the beginning of the tournament year for tennis players, so for the past eight weeks, they have been concentrating on reaching peak fitness, according to Dr Rob Duffield, lecturer in the School of Human Movement at Charles Sturt University (CSU). Once the frenetic pace of the tournament year gets underway, “It becomes quite difficult to find time for physical conditioning, so a lot of tennis coaches and tennis players do their fitness work on court using practice drills. The problem with these drills is that you don’t really know what’s going on,” said Dr Duffield, who spent part of last year quantifying the physical responses to popular tennis drills. His results will be published soon, and will be beneficial to tennis coaches. “Coaches can say well, this kind of drill is very aerobic and will improve physical fitness, while that kind of drill will increase shot velocity and shot accuracy,” he said.International agribusiness expert joins CSU
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Building relationships with local and international industry and institutions is the focus for new director of Charles Sturt University’s Asian Agribusiness Research Centre Dr Claus Deblitz. “I am convinced that investing in partnerships with experts and institutions pays off,” says Dr Deblitz. With 18 years experience in livestock and beef economics and conducting agricultural benchmarking in countries such as Argentina, China and New Zealand, Dr Claus has brought his wife and two girls from their home country of Germany to start a new life in Australia. “We like Orange. The people are so friendly and welcoming.” Dr Claus is keen to hold small workshops with farmers and businesses to develop ideas for future research aimed at farmers’ needs. “I will then know what research requirements are needed to make a contribution to Australian agribusiness.”
Study into impacts of closing rural maternity units
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Do you have recent experience in giving birth in rural or remote NSW? The Charles Sturt University (CSU) midwifery research team is looking to interview women who usually live at least an hour’s travel by road from their nearest maternity unit and who, in the last two years, needed to move from their local community to give birth. Dr Elaine Dietsch, senior lecturer in Midwifery at CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus, says that in less than a generation, many hospital maternity units in rural and remote NSW have temporarily or permanently closed, with many women no longer able to give birth closer to home. “We are keen to hear about the experiences of the women who are most affected by the closures of maternity units, because their experiences need to be understood to inform midwifery practice and influence health policy in rural and remote NSW, ” Dr Dietsch said. To contribute your experiences to this research, please contact Elaine Dietsch on 02 6933 2782 or send an email.
Regional Rail On Track
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Are we riding the rails of success or running off the track? That answer could be found at The Future Frameworks for Regional Rail symposium, hosted by the Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA). To be held on Thursday 1 February 2007 at the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, the symposium will examine what can be done to rejuvenate regional rail transport. CSU’s Associate Professor Ian Gray and speakers from Canada and across Australia will address representatives of the rail industry, regional communities, industry and government, sharing ideas on how to keep rail networks viable and on track in regional areas. CSU’s Professor Ian Gray says, “trains offer a huge carrying capacity, trucks offer flexibility, so it makes sense to combine the benefits of both”. Professor Gray believes, “rail could make a comeback by combining with road transport to create an integrated system, if planning and management was done at a regional level”.
Course the answer to rural health crisis
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
“This course will help solve the issues surrounding the rural health crisis,” says Charles Sturt University (CSU) Bachelor of Clinical Sciences course coordinator Dr Deborah Burton. Dr Burton is looking forward to the first week of university study on Monday 26 February when the Clinical Sciences course begins. The Bachelor of Clinical Science is offered from the Orange Campus of CSU and has been established in collaboration with the University of Sydney's Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine. “It’s the only course of its kind that provides a specific education pathway from the undergraduate CSU degree into the University of Sydney graduate entry programs for eligible graduates.” The Bachelor of Clinical Science has been developed with curriculum specifically designed to meet the expectations of graduate entry dentistry, medicine and other health programs across Australia. Places are still available for 2007 enrolments. For more information contact CSU on 1800 334 733 or visit www.csu.edu.au Prevention of Child Sex Tourism workshop at CSU Albury
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The problem of child sex tourism will be discussed at a workshop at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury on Monday 12 February. “The purpose of the workshop is to achieve some consensus on what Australia is doing to respond to this problem in the Asia-Pacific region, and how strategies and responses can be better focused and improved”, said CSU lecturer in tourism and workshop convenor Dr Sallie Yea. Invited speakers include representatives from the Australian Federal Police, AusAID, Australian Institute of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney, ChildWise, and CSU. The workshop will be held in the Administration Building boardroom at the CSU Thurgoona Campus in Albury between 9.30 am - 4.30 pm. The morning sessions of the workshop will be open to CSU staff and the general public, at a cost of $20 to cover catering, but places are limited. For more information please contact Dr Sallie Yea, Lecturer in the School of Business and Information Technology, on 0419 530 058 or (02) 6051 9921.
Brimming with success
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Ever wonder where those fabulous hat creations that adorn the heads of fashion leaders and socialites come from? Some of the world’s best known milliners gather at the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Convention Centre, Wagga Wagga this weekend for the 2007 International Millinery Forum ‘Brimming With Success’. Hosted by the CSU’s Community Education Unit, over 130 milliners from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Europe, Africa and America will attend. They will display their stunning collection of hats and share valuable millinery skills and knowledge during a series of workshops. The forum begins on Saturday 3 February 2007 and concludes on Thursday February 8 2007. CSU Community Education Manager Larry Buete says, “The forum has gained international attention with many delegates and tutors attending from all parts of the globe and across the nation". Buete says, “the ripple effect of this forum will be felt in the fashion industry and across the nation for the next 12 months".
Easing the Rural Nursing Shortage
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) is set to play an increasingly important role in easing the chronic lack of registered nurses in rural Australia.
Sixty enrolled nurses (ENs) will attend residential schools on CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus over the next two weeks to begin study in the Bachelor of Nursing by distance education course.
The program is part of a partnership between CSU, the Greater Southern Area Health Service (GSAHS) and Victoria’s Hume Health.
Those sixty nurses will be officially welcomed at 10am tomorrow, Tuesday 6 February, by Head of CSU’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, Professor Elaine Duffy and the GSAHS Area Director of Nursing, Ms Moira Lewis in the Wal Fife theatre, Wagga Wagga Campus.
Nursing course coordinator Heather Latham says “This is a significant partnership and initiative to address the shortage of registered nurses in rural Australia”.
The Russian connection
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
“It’s like Shane Warne giving spin bowling master classes to Canadian cricket players,” said Dr Ashley Wain, lecturer in the Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) about the forthcoming visit by theatre director Leonid Verzub. Mr Verzub will work with VPA students on the Australian premiere of Stars in the Morning Sky, a play made famous by the Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, Russia. “They are considered the greatest acting ensemble in the world. Leonid and [Maly director] Lev Dodin were classmates and are two of the major figures in world theatre. Both studied under Maria Knebel, who was an assistant to Konstantin Stanislavski and a friend and collaborator with Mikhail Chekhov, Anton Chekhov’s nephew.” Dr Wain said the visit will not only greatly benefit CSU’s VPA students, but anyone who would like to come along and observe the rehearsals. “Leonid’s mastery of the Stanislavski technique is unique in Australia.”