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Charles Sturt Stories

by The Charles Sturt Uni Podcast

Stories from our people and theirimpact around Australia.

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Episodes

  1. Health – Remote scanning technology lifts regional healthcare barriers

    Featuring PhD student in the Charles Sturt School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences and founding director of TeleMed Mr Peter Tually.

  2. Engineering – Smarter homes for healthier living

    Featuring Director of Engineering in the Charles Sturt School of Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Professor Timothy Anderson.

  3. Psychology – Setting boundaries with robot relationships

    Featuring Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the Charles Sturt School of Psychology Dr Rachel Hogg.

  4. Education – Maximising AI for more equitable learning

    Featuring Lecturer in Inclusive Education in the Charles Sturt School of Education Dr Natalie Thompson.

  5. Energy – Minimising waste, maximising power

    Featuring Senior Research Fellow in Energy and Circularity in the Gulbali Institute Dr Simon Wright, and Director of Renewables in the Agriculture Centre of Excellence, Innovation and Impact, and Lead at Food Agility Mr Stephen Summerhayes.

  6. Law – Informing law through First Nations culture

    The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields...

  7. Paramedicine – A new age of emergencies

    The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields...

  8. Social Work - Disasters generate jobs in social work

    The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields...

  9. Agriculture - Food, fibre and a fight against climate change

    The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields...

  10. Artificial intelligence - Balancing risk and reward

    The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts across a range of fields...

  11. Call the help desk, we’re under attack - cybersecurity

    Cyber attacks are increasingly happening on a global scale. In this episode, we’re speaking with cybersecurity experts at the top of their game, who have extensive experience in preventing cyber attacks and all things vicious when it comes to online security - Associate Professor in Computing in...

  12. Stereotypes sting. Understanding intersectionality, diversity and inclusion.

    In this episode, we’re speaking with Charles Sturt’s Associate Professor in Social Work and Human Services, Dr Cate Thomas. Cate is an expert in human services, leadership and management and has extensive experience in social inclusion, diversity and intersectionality. Cate talks to us about how...

  13. Helping nurses save lives

    In this episode, we’re speaking with two highly senior professionals in nursing who together have extensive experience in primary healthcare, perioperative care, aged care, emergency care, and on how to teach these skills to new nurses – Charles Sturt’s Head of the School of Nursing, Paramedicine...

  14. More AI than RMs: lucrative careers in agriculture

    In this episode, we’re speaking with two highly esteemed experts in agriculture who together have over 70 years‘ experience in farming, farming systems, agricultural research, and the latest technology and career opportunities in agriculture – Charles Sturt’s Research Professor of Agriculture Mr...

  15. Fast-tracking teachers

    Charles Sturt’s Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Dr Libbey Murray talks to us about a ground-breaking new course at Charles Sturt that is helping to fill critical shortages in the teacher workforce - the Collaborative Teacher’s Aide Pathway. We also chat with a teacher’s aide who is…

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  16. Addressing the Aged Care Crisis

    Charles Sturt University’s Associate Professor of Nursing, Maree Bernoth is a revered expert in aged care, with more than 37 years’ experience in caring for and educating others on how to take care of some of our most vulnerable citizens - the elderly. Maree shares how rewarding and empowering it...

  17. Storytelling as activism - how First Nations groups are tackling hard topics. Alumni Podcast Ep 5

    In this episode we’re introducing you to Toby Finlayson, a digital storyteller, songwriter and filmmaker who uses his skills to tackle hard topics and foster important dialogue for social change. He is the CEO and Creative Director of Desert Pea Media (DPM), a charitable organisation that...

  18. IT in disasters - how IT creates the basis for life-saving decisions. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 4

    In this episode we're taking you to the frontlines of some of the world's largest natural disasters. Our Interim Vice-Chancellor is joined by IT expert and Disaster Responder, Andrej Verity. For more than a decade, the United Nations has deployed Andrej to support with its relief operations for...

  19. Using business for good - its role in protecting people and the planet. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 3

    Two decades ago, Alison Michalk was a student environment officer at our Bathurst campus who was fiercely passionate about saving the planet. Not a lot has changed. More than twenty years on Alison now inspires and educates the business world, where she puts her passion for environmental and…

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  20. Solving world problems - how creative ideas and brands can help. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 2

    From studying at Charles Sturt, to landing the United Nations as his first client, to going on to work with some of the most influential organisations and names in the world – including Google, Amazon, Ban Ki-moon and Beyoncé! In this episode we're talking to global marketing and communications...

  21. Kids and communication - answers from the experts. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 1

    Join two leading speech pathology experts for a discussion about language development and communication disorders. Dr Sarah Verdon and Dr Kate Crowe answer some of the most common questions about kids and their speech development and share their top tips for parents, teachers and speech...

  22. Ep 7: Melanie Massaro, how to preserve at-risk species impacted by predator introduction

    "Usually when you have humans arriving on these islands, they often bring with them unfortunately a suite of predators like rats, cats…and they wipe out lots of native species. And we know that introduced species, especially rodents, have been the major cause of losses of island biotas.” Dr…

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  23. Ep 6: Amy Targett, the impacts of humans and bushfires on animal populations

    “Before I did this course I worked at the RSPCA in Canberra. A lot of the time I was the first person people would see when they brought in injured wildlife. So I became really interested in how to reduce human impact on wildlife.” Amy is a Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management student...

  24. Ep 5: BONUS CONTENT: Lee Baumgartner, 2019, Death in the Darling

    BONUS EP: Professor Lee Baumgartner discusses the Death in the Darling: the fish kill event in Menindee in early 2019. Episode recorded: 2019 Host: Wes Ward, Charles Sturt Media Production: Adam Thompson, 2MCE Due to our many regional locations, Charles Sturt’s podcast recordings range from…

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  25. Ep 4: Lee Baumgartner, from fish kills to bushfires to COVID-19 - what's next?

    “You might not have realised but there’s a war between the northern basin and southern basin. There’s already people talking about ‘Why should they get more water than we get water?’ If I look overseas, I do a lot of work in the Mekong and Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are impacted by what happens…

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  26. Ep 3: Clay Mueller and the question of his generation: how do we save the environment?

    “As I was through all these beautiful beautiful places, I started noticing all the problems alpine areas are facing – climate change, invasive species. They have really delicate ecosystems and I just decided that was something I wanted to do something about, so I signed up for my degree in the...

  27. Ep 2: Viki Brookes, epidemiology and the spread of COVID-19 - plus, please stop touching your face

    “Even though from an individual perspective COVID-19 might not be serious, from a population health perspective, there are a lot of people who have died from it now around the world and its ability to overwhelm health systems because so many people become infected so quickly is extremely...

  28. Ep 1: Andrew Peters, the COVID-19 virus and what we know for sure

    “Birds and bats are one of the dominant invertebrate groups on earth, they go everywhere and surround us in our lives, so it’s not that surprising that there’s enough overlap every now and then for diseases to spill over…The reality is, we need to isolate the risk and deal with that. We can…

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  29. Ep 1: Tracey Green on being a detective, true crime as entertainment and the future of policing

    “I joined the police just after the Equal Opportunities Act…so it was all a bit unusual to have women doing the full range of police duties. Was there resistance? Yes I think it was fair to say there was a fair bit of resistance! You were breaking new ground all the time.” Trying to avoid the...

  30. Ep 7: Piero Moraro on government crackdown of activism in Australia

    “We have seen this kind of approach to protestors before. It reminds us of darker times, in the history of Queensland with Joh Bjelke-Petersen where the government made it a priority to stop civil disobedience. The police were encouraged to be heavy handed on protestors. Now of course, climate...

  31. Ep 3: Phillip Ebbs on the challenges of emergency management

    “In my final year of studies in high school, I was admitted to hospital and underwent surgery and without that I wouldn’t have been able to live for any period of time. I guess in that time I transformed… I started to realise I wasn’t all that invincible. It was a recognition that my survival was...

  32. Ep 2: Patrick Walsh on the Christchurch tragedy, what did we know and not know?

    “The media portrays it in a binary way...that we knew so much about jihadist terrorism and that policing and intelligence communities didn’t have any knowledge of white supremacists and ultra-nationalists. The answer is, these kinds of threats were also on the radar. But it’s true to say that we...

  33. Ep 6: Nick O'Brien on his time working with agencies worldwide addressing terrorism

    “In the late 70’s there were bombings in London in Oxford Street and elsewhere and it was a serious business. Everyone was aware of the fact that bombs might go off…but I think people got on with their lives and their jobs. But I remember where I was when 9/11 happened. I was at Scotland Yard and...

  34. Ep 8: Mehmet Ozalp on middle eastern politics and activism

    “People wanted democracy, freedom and progress. But authoritarian governments didn’t like it and in Syria, they didn’t relinquish power in peace and that started to cause civil war. And where there is civil war, resistance groups, insurgents, will emerge and some of these will be radical. The...

  35. Ep 4: Kristy Campion on the history of right-wing terrorism in Australia

    “Even though fascism was considered to be defeated conventionally after WW2, and while that meant those states were defeated, it didn’t mean the ideology was defeated. From 2009, broadly, we saw right-ring extremism surge internationally and that was echoed in Australia.” How much do we know…

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  36. Ep 5: Jock Cheetham on government suppression of investigative journalism

    “Journalists are not usually the subject of police raids. With the News Limited raid and the next day, the ABC raids, a precedent was set and police going in and searching around journalist files is a dangerous precedent to be set. The problem is journalism has a role as a watchdog in democracy…

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  37. Ep 4: Melissa Nott, providing vital care for our most prevalent health issues

    Health conditions such as stroke are more prevalent in the regions but the services available are fewer. Why? Join Lecturer in the School of Community Health Melissa Nott as she chats with host Wes Ward about the ways in which Charles Sturt is leading the provision of key health services in the...

  38. Ep 7: Emma Colvin and Kath McFarlane, missing children in care - Part 2

    What happened to Katrina? Why can't we name children when they go missing in care? In part 2 of this episode, listen to Charles Sturt Associate Professor Kath McFarlane and lecturer Dr Emma Colvin chat to host Hilary Longhurst about what this can mean for missing children. Episode recorded: 22...

  39. Ep 8: Sophia Dywili and the nurses that care for regional Australia

    Nurses from all over the world come to live and work in Australia. Charles Sturt researcher Sophia Dywili spoke to host Wes Ward about her study of African nurses who travel to regional Australia and the unique experiences they undertake here. Episode recorded: 18 December 2018 Host: Wes Ward…

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  40. Ep 6: Emma Colvin and Kath McFarlane, missing children in care - Part 1

    Absconding or gone missing? Why do children in care go missing and how can care providers, legal providers and the police work together to address this often invisible issue? Charles Sturt Associate Professor Kath McFarlane and lecturer Dr Emma Colvin talk to host Hilary Longhurst about this...

  41. Ep 5: Euan Lindsay, a world leading approach to engineering

    There's an engineering school where you don't have assignments, and you don't take exams. There's an engineering school that's more than engineering, it's a social movement. A report commissioned by MIT rated Charles Sturt's engineering school as one of the top emerging schools in the world. Find...

  42. Ep 2: Harry Moore and Mitchell Cowan, a rare find in the vast Pilbara

    Have you ever seen this little creature before? Let us answer: no, because this rare albino quoll was discovered in 2018 and Charles Sturt University students Harry Moore and Mitchell Cowan were there! Listen as they chat with host Hilary Longhurst about their experiences with this rare animal...

  43. Ep 1: Damian Candusso, Hollywood movies and virtual reality

    What do a dentist drill and a vacuum cleaner have in common? ...? We spoke with sound designer and Charles Sturt Associate Professor Damian Candusso to find out! Listen to Damian chat to host Jess Mansour-Nahra about his experiences in designing sound for many, many films including Happy Feet and...

  44. Ep 3: Fiona Nash, from politics to private life in regional NSW

    The Hon Fiona Nash, former Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia, tirelessly champions the bush and in conversation, sure doesn't beat around it. Fiona talks to host Jess Mansour-Nahra about her predictions for regional Australia, her reflections on the benefits of living regionally…

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  45. Ep 9: Leonie Pihama, the politics of representation of indigenous peoples

    How can we support Indigenous communities needs and aspirations? …and why is it essential that we continue research into the behaviour of these communities? Māori Associate Professor and leading human rights activist, Leonie Pihama took some time out from her recent visit to CSU in Wagga and...

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