In a first for the Central Queensland University Mackay Education faculty, drama students are entering local classrooms.

Education drama tutor Andrea Orr believed the workshops were ideal confidence boosting exercises for both university and primary students.

Mathematics is out of favour with young Australians, however it is a discipline that is key to the advancement of our nation and some experts see now as the best time to enter the field.

According to Central Queensland University’s Informatics Lecturer Rob McDougall we need to excite young people about mathematics because “the mathematics of today will fuel the applications of tomorrow”.

Central Queensland University's Centre for Railway Engineering conducted a successful inaugural Occasional Paper & Workshop session last week.

Presented by Associate Professor Jimin He from Queensland University of Technology, this was the first in a series of sessions titled "Vibration for Condition Monitoring".

CQU’s Centre for Railway Engineering made an impact on the biennial national Conference on Railway Engineering held in Wollongong this month.

With nine staff members and seven postgraduate students attending, the CRE presented four papers by Dr Yeboah Gyasi-Agyei and Queensland Rail; Mitch McClanachan and Queensland Rail; Scott Simpson, Dr Colin Cole with Pat Wilson; and Yan Quan Sun and Dr Manicka Dhanasekar.

Social work graduates from Central Queensland University are often better skilled than graduates from other institutions, according to their employers.

Academic Coordinator for Problem-Based Learning, Scot Aldred said that to date, anecdotal evidence gathered from the employers of social work graduates suggests that they are very happy with the organisational and interpersonal skills displayed by CQU graduates and believe that in many areas, they are better than graduates from other institutions that use a more traditional approach in their teaching.

A pilot project is underway at CQU Rockhampton to identify and acknowledge any activities across all schools and divisions at the Rockhampton Campus that are committed to environmental best practice.

"CQU offers programs to students in environmental science, environmental management and sustainable development.

Central Queensland University Alumni who recently attended a workshop at the Gladstone campus said they were eager to get involved in a student-mentoring program.

Head of Campus, Associate Professor Robert Prater, said the student mentoring idea was just one of many that came from the workshop.

So what’s in a name? Results from a preliminary Mackay tourism survey indicated tourists preferred names that included references to their favourite holiday setting.

Research results collected by Central Queensland University Mackay marketing and tourism student Agnes Gascoyne showed tourists preferred names that identified features of the local area, conveyed an image and were easy to recall.

Marketing physical activity will be discussed in one of two keynote addresses at the 8th Annual Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference held in Rockhampton from Thursday 28 November) until Saturday.

Central Queensland University’s Associate Professor Kerry Mummery will discuss Social Marketing of Physical Activity – A Call to Arms for Sports Marketing.

Opera singer, concert vocalist and music theatre performer Dimitri Kopanakis is proving that it is possible to nurture a professional career while based in a regional centre.

Over the next few months, he has been invited to perform in Darwin, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, as well as several regional cities.