Charles Sturt University says it is “reviewing” responses to a possible name change to (no Charles) Sturt U and will provide “a progress update” Monday week. A learned reader suggests the timing has something to do with the next university council meeting, being five days prior, next Wednesday.

What happens next, the LR suggests, will depend on whether vice chancellor, ever-astute Andy Vann decides a two-word moniker is worth spending political capital. Community opposition appears adamant in the universities regional NSW heartland, but present and potential distance students, where the growth is, may not be all that exercised.