The winners have been announced for the Harmony Day speech competition coordinated by CQU.

Students from seven high schools participated in the competition.

Central Queensland University’s commitment to growth in international students has been reaffirmed with the recent appointment of Barbara Abou-Lehaf as Campus Director Sydney.

Ms Abou-Lehaf has come on board during a transition phase, involving the establishment of a new postgraduate campus building (also in Kent Street).

Nurses who have been out of the wards for many years are now updating their skills and returning to work thanks to Central Queensland University's Competence Assessment Service (CAS) program, headquartered in Rockhampton.

Among those taking up the challenge are Brisbane-based mother and son pair, Trish and Dan Carter (pictured).

CQU Press publisher/author Professor David Myers and Press authors Marie Mahood and Marion Houldsworth have provided readings for 'An Evening in the Australian Outback' in London.

The trio presented their readings on Thursday, March 10, at Australia House in The Strand.

Over the next month, students of CQU’s Tourism program will be engaging in an online interactive exchange with their counterparts at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the US.

The online project has been developed by Associate Professor Les Killion of CQU’s School of Marketing and Tourism, and Professor Nancy McGehee of Virginia Tech’s Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Are you a doctor of psychiatry, neurology, psychology or specialise in human behavioural science? Do you currently hold (or have recently held) a senior position (Associate Professor or higher) in a university or research institute faculty? Do you have a flare for communicating complex topics in a fun and entertaining way?.

ABC TV is interested in hearing from people with human behavioural science and 'life' experience - people who are as comfortable tackling serious topics as having fun and performing in front of a camera.

A new partnership between CQU and the Friendly Society Private Hospital is enabling university students to gain access to clinical knowledge and skills in a hospital environment during their three years of tertiary studies.

The new curriculum for the undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing Program now includes a greater emphasis on clinical practice.

Rockhampton performing arts students are helping to prepare a schools-tour adaptation of the acclaimed Australian play ‘Kingswood Kids’, which examines the impact of poverty on children and families.

The CQU Bachelor of Performing Arts students are adapting the work with Brisbane-based scriptwriter Angela Betzien and director Leticia Caceres, who have developed and presented professional seasons of the play (including for La Boite Theatre).

Information sessions commenced this week to share the findings of last year's Self Review, to provide details about the Trial Audit which is currently in progress and to provide an update on the October AUQA Audit.

The Self Review was conducted in December 2004.

A training day was held this week for CQU staff and postgraduate students with an interest in learning how to use the recently installed scanning electron microscope (SEM) located at the Process Engineering and Light Metals Centre in Gladstone.

Facilitator of the training day, Professor Richard Clegg said the aim was to give a general background in the SEM and to give some "hands-on" experience to those who were interested.