Professional motorcycle racer Mike Jones is managing to keep his CQUniversity business degree studies on track while competing in countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Germany, Portugal, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

"My primary goal is to become a successful motorcycle racer although I firmly believe that it is necessary to have a secondary career plan," he says.

CQUniversity has officially launched its Appleton Institute Sleep Research Centre in Adelaide.

Politicians, researchers, students and CQUniversity Council members gathered for the event at 44 Greenhill Road in Wayville on Monday (4 March).

CQUniversity's popular Judith, Stuart & Friends series is back in 2013 with the first concert to be held at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music (CQCM) on Wednesday, March 13 from 6pm to 7pm.

The free evening will feature performances by CQUniversity senior lecturer, Dr Judith Brown, on the Stuart and Sons grand piano, as well as dance and vocal performances from the Bachelor of Theatre students.

Staff and students at CQUniversity Sydney are making a difference to the lives of the less fortunate through their volunteer work with the Exodus Foundation.

Learning Skills Unit tutor Julia Doyle has been volunteering each Monday at the Redfern Tutorial Centre in the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence since 2011.

CQUniversity students braved the rain and wind to clean up at CQUniversity Mackay on Sunday, March 3, 2013.

Despite the dreary conditions, volunteers were in good spirits as they helped contribute to the environment and clean up the campus.

Many nurses take a break to have families or to try new career options, however they need to refresh their skills before coming back into what is a fast-changing profession..

CQUniversity is part of a major research project investigating why Aussies throw away nearly 50% of the food they buy, wasting $5 billion and creating 3 million tonnes of garbage each year.

Early findings show Australians are huge wasters of food but have little idea how wasteful they are.

The signs are promising for advanced years of an Engineering degree to be offered in Bundaberg.

That was a key message for campus and community representatives who celebrated the introduction of the foundation year of Engineering at CQUniversity Bundaberg recently.

Staff from the Office of Indigenous Engagement, Marketing, the Development and Alumni Relations Directorate, and the Academic Registrar Directorate recently had their first meeting to kick-start CQUniversity's roll-out of the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME).

Representatives from these areas will sit on the University's AIME Committee.