Completing the Central Queensland University STEPS program is highly regarded as a strategy for achieving success in undergraduate study.

The Skills for Tertiary Entrance Preparatory Studies (STEPS) program aims to give prospective students the skills they will need to have a successful undergraduate experience at university.

A small but enthusiastic group of engineers, material scientists and interested professionals recently participated in a Brisbane-based Nanotechnology luncheon through a video-link up.

The Gladstone group was linked via video to Brisbane to listen to, and participate in, two talks given by respected leaders in environmental-related Nanotechnology (the science of manipulating extremely small matter).

The Mentor and Leadership Program is congratulating its hard-working student mentors at a series of presentation evenings and lunches conducted at Mackay, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Emerald, Pomona and Sunshine Coast campuses.

The Rockhampton Mentor Presentation Evening was held on Friday September 16 to congratulate student mentors for all the hard work they’ve put into the program over the past year.

How much do you value environmental improvements? That is what a Central Queensland University academic hopes to know after a survey is conducted in Queensland.

CQU’s Centre for Environmental Management’s Dr Jill Windle will begin surveying households door-to-door in the Brisbane, Toowoomba, Mackay and Rockhampton areas on land and water management issues.

The coal wagon from the Centre for Railway Engineering's hi-lab, used for heavy vehicle testing, was removed last week to make room for a new research project.

Two large cranes were needed to perform the task.

Russian born Julie Brandt decided a long time ago never to let an opportunity go by. So when the opportunity to study at Central Queensland University came by, she jumped at the chance.

Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) has announced local Central Queensland University (CQU) engineering student Nathaniel Dunnett as this year’s scholar.

QAL Managing Director Johann van Zyl said the QAL $5000 per annum scholarship program was an important part of QAL’s commitment to local education, the development of youth and the future of Gladstone.

Dr Karen Gallie, a member of CQU’s School of Health and Human Performance and President of the Safety Institute of Australia’s Educator Chapter, wishes to let people know about the upcoming Safety Conference in Sydney, October 26-28th.

Of particular interest to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) educators and trainers is the session “Beyond Tomorrow – Professional Development” is happening on Wednesday, October 26th.

Indigenous and non-indigenous women have contrasting views about what constitutes justice for victims and perpetrators of domestic and family violence, according to recent research conducted by a Central Queensland University academic.

Ms Heather Nancarrow, Director of the Queensland Centre for Domestic & Family Violence Research based at CQU Mackay, will explore why these two groups of women have starkly contrasting views about using restorative justice for this form of violence at a public seminar in Rockhampton this week.

Women in rural areas are suffering from an inability to access health and social services, according to a Central Queensland University rural health researcher.

With the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) having just released brief results of a 10-year study among 40 000 women across the country, researcher and lecturer in health studies, Sansnee Jirojwong, believes some of the findings have major implications to women in Australian rural and regional areas.