Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) success stories
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Study points to futureproofing the onion industry
- 1. No poverty
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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A+ support for at-risk students
- 1. No poverty
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Funding boost for future students
- 1. No poverty
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Financial support when you need it
- 1. No poverty
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Research helps Lao goat producers to be more productive
- 2. Zero hunger
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Scholarships help grow next generation of ag workforce
- 2. Zero hunger
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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FishTech initiative to boost food security
- 2. Zero hunger
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Summit puts future farming in the spotlight
- 2. Zero hunger
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Strong start for Rural and Regional Health Research Institute
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Eye-opening role-play for mental health and paramedicine students
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Interactive shared storytelling
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Strengthening relationships with Marathon Health
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Researching and scaling effective practice
- 4. Quality education
- Social impact
- Research
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Growing Our Own Teachers in regional NSW
- 4. Quality education
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Learning and teaching
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Early Childhood Voices 2022 Conference (ECV2022)
- 4. Quality education
- Social impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Changing the World with Charles Sturt Researchers
- 4. Quality education
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Journal special edition examines women’s leadership in customs
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Ground breaking course to drive social change
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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The gender bias equation
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Charles Sturt celebrates third year as an ‘Employer of Choice for Gender Equality’
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Informing environmental water management decisions to benefit native frog populations
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Developing skills for the management of riverine environments
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Improved drought resilience through optimal management of soils and water
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Free filtered drinking water for on-campus events
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Performance of renewable energy-based mini-grids
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Electrification study identifies potential reduction of 245 tonnes of emissions
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Carbon footprint slashed in 2022
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Charles Sturt University on-site renewable energy generation program expanded
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Women a force in farming sustainability
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Work placements put engineers in demand
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Learning and teaching
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Safety comes first in paramedic project
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Ensuring policies are more transparent and equitable
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Facilities and operations
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A foundation for change: using clay to lower cement emissions in construction
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Global Digital Farm attracting the next generation of Agrifood innovators
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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$3.99 million boost for research
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Investment in infrastructure to support AgriPark innovation and industry engagement
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Self-compassion in mental health outcomes for bisexual and lesbian women
- 10. Reduced inequalities
- Social impact
- Research
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Fiji ‘virtual’ speech pathology research may offer many benefits
- 10. Reduced inequalities
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Research to assist vital disability services in move online
- 10. Reduced inequalities
- Social impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Accessibility and inclusion liaison for library
- 10. Reduced inequalities
- Social impact
- Facilities and operations
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Strengthening disaster preparedness in human service organisations
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Workshops support leadership development and community resilience
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Supporting grassroots and community projects
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Helping regional communities reach for the stars
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Facilities and operations
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Valuing environmental agriculture
- 12. Responsible consumption and production
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Food, environment and culture
- 12. Responsible consumption and production
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Recycling Week initiative at Port Macquarie
- 12. Responsible consumption and production
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Plastic recycling machine finds home
- 12. Responsible consumption and production
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Tools to support the management of internationally important wetlands
- 13. Climate action
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Cultivate the future of the agricultural sector through the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture
- 13. Climate action
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Next generation water and engineering hub
- 14. Life below water
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Biodiversity of Manning Region animals and creek health
- 14. Life below water
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Island-wide rodent eradication program on threatened species
- 15. Life on land
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Student’s research leads to protecting vulnerable Australian species
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Strengthening Australia’s biosecurity through focused training
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Cadets engage in 2022 EngFest and Engineers Without Borders
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Reports put hate crimes on radar
- 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Social impact
- Research
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Trafficking victims share uncomfortable truth
- 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Pledge for a more respectful democracy
- 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Social impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Students circle in on future of health
- 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Greening Libraries research underpins Australian Libraries Sustainability
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Research
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Scholars from South East Asia among the first graduates
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Conference focuses on sustainable development efforts
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Sharing the goals with future leaders in regional NSW
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Community helps guide shark management policy in NSW
- 14. Life below water
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Research for making a difference in water quality locally and globally
- 14. Life below water
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Renewable energy delivers reductions in Charles Sturt’s carbon footprint
- 13. Climate action
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Managing the risks of a more challenging climate on our workforce
- 13. Climate action
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Albury-Wodonga campus critical to biodiversity
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Water consumption trends for Charles Sturt campuses
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Addressing the national teaching shortage with the Collaborative Teacher’s Aide Pathway
- 4. Quality education
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Collaborative water research maximises precious resource
- 1. No poverty
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Retention team targets “ghost” students from day one
- 1. No poverty
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Learning and teaching
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Supporting our students experiencing financial hardship
- 1. No poverty
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Tree growing initiative boosts skills and livelihoods
- 1. No poverty
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Charles Sturt academic sets United Nations in his sights through leadership role
- 1. No poverty
- Social impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Research to address global food security
- 2. Zero hunger
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Soil project tackles billion-dollar problem
- 2. Zero hunger
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Charles Sturt course helps feed the world
- 2. Zero hunger
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Sustainable agriculture the key to world hunger
- 2. Zero hunger
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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AgriPark brings together the best
- 2. Zero hunger
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Producers flock to livestock forum
- 2. Zero hunger
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Supply chain project gets four million dollar boost
- 2. Zero hunger
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Routledge publication on pregnancy-related anxiety: research, advice, interventions, and treatment
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Nutrition education promoting life-long wellness
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Staff and students saved more than 2,790 lives through blood donations
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Investigating the impacts of bushfire recovery programs for children
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Charles Sturt University hosts community COVID-19 vaccination hub
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Cross cultural mental health assessment tool
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Supporting regional community health and wellbeing
- 3. Good health and well-being
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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VietSpeech
- 4. Quality education
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Graduate Certificate in Wiradjuri Language, Culture and Heritage
- 4. Quality education
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Community University Partnerships Grant program
- 4. Quality education
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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New student training facilities for the Charles Sturt University and Western Sydney University Joint Program in Medicine
- 4. Quality education
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Gender and Feminist Studies Network launched
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Research
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Social equality, intersectionality, and inclusion
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Workplace culture promoting staff progression and leadership of women
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Supporting students in workforce transition through leadership development
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Interactive assessment encourages students to critique gendered policy issues
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Spotlighting the issue of high rates of violence against women in regional and rural areas
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Collaborative efforts to end period poverty
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Recognition and celebration of women’s success in higher education
- 5. Gender equality
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Adapting to salinity in the Southern Indus Basin of Pakistan
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Improving community health outcomes through hygienic vegetable gardening
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Albury-Wodonga campus acoustic monitoring project for the David Mitchell wetlands
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Establishment of recycled water supply for irrigation of Kerr Community Gardens
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Establishment of Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Campus closures and La Nina drive reductions in campus water use
- 6. Clean water and sanitation
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Structural stability of offshore wind turbines in seismically active areas
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Renewable energy in regional Australia – the case for micro-grids
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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AgriPark assists solar cell company to thrive
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Update on rooftop solar program and Clean Energy Strategy
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Charles Sturt-Transgrid partnership to bring new energy to Riverina
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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COVID-19 impacts hit most vulnerable hard
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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System is failing childcare workers: research
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Charles Sturt University top for graduate jobs for sixth year
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Learning and teaching
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Work placement a top priority
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Learning and teaching
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Modern Slavery Statement 2021
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Committed to a safe workplace
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Global tech firm makes Charles Sturt campus home
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Partnership promises digital careers
- 8. Decent work and economic growth
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Driving on-farm Wi-Fi connectivity
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Artificial refuges for wildlife
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Bringing science to life in the classroom; boosting STEM student outcomes
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Learning and teaching
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Sustainability at the core of Information Technology Strategy
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Charles Sturt University Engineering Program successfully adapts to COVID-19 disruptions
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Innovation Hub success stories
- 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Embracing the cultural identity of burgeoning ethnic groups in regional public libraries: A pilot project with the Punjabi Indian Community in the Riverina
- 10. Reduced inequalities
- Social impact
- Research
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Development of the internalised Stigma on Intimate Partner Violence Scale
- 10. Reduced inequalities
- Social impact
- Research
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Indigenist health and cultural safety education research consortium: Decolonising nursing and midwifery education
- 10. Reduced inequalities
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Learning and teaching
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LGBTIQA+ awareness and Ally Network training plan
- 10. Reduced inequalities
- Social impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Supporting disabled students
- 10. Reduced inequalities
- Social impact
- Facilities and operations
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Connecting communities to housing and social services through libraries
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Research
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Charles Sturt’s impactful Wiradjuri language course wins prestigious national award
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Community radio station on Bathurst campus produces quality news, journalists and community radio programs
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Facilities and operations
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Mapping liveability in the Indigo Shire
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Community University Partnership Grants
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Sustainable grazing
- 12. Responsible consumption and production
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture
- 12. Responsible consumption and production
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Sustainable growth for Charles Sturt in Port Macquarie
- 12. Responsible consumption and production
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Internal experts develop green labs professional development module
- 12. Responsible consumption and production
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Regenerative agriculture short course launched
- 12. Responsible consumption and production
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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The future of smallholder farming in developing countries in the face of climate change: a perspective with a focus on Pakistan
- 13. Climate action
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Student project provides real world time-savings for NSW flood management agencies
- 13. Climate action
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Charles Sturt’s organisational carbon footprint down with COVID disruption an influencing factor
- 13. Climate action
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Rivers on Fire & Flood Forum – The Journey to Resilience
- 13. Climate action
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Strengthening disaster preparedness in human services organisations
- 13. Climate action
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Fish passages in the Mekong Delta
- 14. Life below water
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Graduate Certificate in Fish Conservation and Management
- 14. Life below water
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Internship to tackle single-use plastics in rural and remote regions
- 14. Life below water
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Collaborative research hub to focus on water engineering and management
- 14. Life below water
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Smart Farming – Australia gets its first fully automated commercial farm
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Agriculture, Water and Environment Institute
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Bathurst duck pond revitalisation
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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University Medal for Bathurst environmental science graduate
- 15. Life on land
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Agricultural Science Medal Prize winner, Bachelor of Agriculture graduate
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Pollinator garden for Bathurst campus
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Breakfast with the Birds event in Wagga Wagga
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Community tree planting day in Wagga Wagga
- 15. Life on land
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Research into kids in care resulting in ground-breaking book
- 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Social impact
- Research
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Ethics first for future lawyers
- 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Social impact
- Learning and teaching
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Whistleblowing policy
- 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Facilities and operations
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Keynote address to medical students addresses the importance of ‘closing the gap’s Sturt course helps feed the world
- 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Cultural plan captures community input by design
- 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Bringing climate change information to rural and remote Vietnam
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Understanding drivers of vaccination rates in Bangladesh
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Research
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Immersive sustainability experiences for students in Cambodian Eco-tourism
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Commitment to the UN’s Principles for Responsible Management Education
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Learning and teaching
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Enduring sustainability commitments
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Sustainability module embedded in university staff learning
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Facilities and operations
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Protecting sweet potato crops in Papua New Guinea
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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Students awarded prestigious Indo-Pacific scholarship
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
- Social impact
- Environmental impact
- Partnerships and engagement
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2022 Luminosity Youth Festival, Port Macquarie, NSW
- 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Social impact
- Partnerships and engagement
