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Adult learning peak body visits, calls for 'reassessment'The president of Australia's peak adult learning body, Professor Barry Golding has visited Rockhampton for a forum calling for a reassessment of adult education in Australia. CQUniversity hosted the forum at its Ron Smyth Building in Quay Street. Full Details…2013-07-08 09:52:31.0 |
- CQU now offers program for Rail Operations Managers
Published on 21 November, 2006
Rail operation managers can now fast-track their career path with postgraduate courses developed by Rail CRC and delivered in distance-delivery mode by Central Queensland University.
Project manager Associate Professor Ken Kwong said the 3-year Master of Rail Operations Management Degree program offered multiple exit points.
- Opening prompts toasts for past, present and future heads of CQU Bundaberg
Published on 21 November, 2006
The past, present and future heads of CQU Bundaberg were recognised during the opening of CQU Bundaberg’s new $4.7 million Academic and Research building last week.
- CQU graduates both wedded to study for success
Published on 20 November, 2006
CQU graduates Anne Chidgey and Ashley Smith met on the university computer system in the early 1990s - years before chat rooms and internet romances came into existence.
Anne was a maths and computing student who found that she could chat to fellow students via the VAX computer system.
- Rapid tests for toxins in drinking water and seafoods among goals of workshop participants
Published on 20 November, 2006
Around 20 key researchers who study toxic algal blooms which can effect drinking water and seafoods gathered in Gladstone over the weekend (November 18-19).
The event was the annual workshop of ARNAT, the Australian Research Network for Algal Toxins.
- Calliope Shire residents encouraged to have their say
Published on 20 November, 2006
Calliope Shire residents are encouraged to take part in the Calliope Shire Council 2006 Community Survey, which is being conducted by independent researchers from Central Queensland University in partnership with the Calliope Shire Council.
The aim of this research is to explore the attitudes and opinions of residents of Calliope Shire towards the Calliope Shire Council and towards general community issues.
- CQU hosts free property presentation
Published on 20 November, 2006
A free public presentation on the Future of the Property Professional will be held in Rockhampton (and in Mackay, Bundaberg and Gladstone by video-link) on Monday November 20 from 4.30pm.
- Grace looks back into cinema history
Published on 20 November, 2006
PhD researcher Grace Johansen gave some insight into the history of cinema in Central Queensland at last week’s Visual New Media Research Group meeting.
Grace spoke about the impact of newsreels and documentaries during World War Two on the audiences of Birch Carroll and Coyle\'s Wintergarden Theatres in regional Queensland.
- Bundaberg Campus ready for expansion thanks to new $4.7m complex
Published on 16 November, 2006
CQU Bundaberg is ready for expansion thanks to this week's (Thursday, November 16) official opening of a new $4.7 million Academic and Research building, following soon after a $685,000 renovation of the Library Information Commons.
- CQU's good practices published in AUQA database
Published on 16 November, 2006
The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) has added 8 of CQU’s good practices to its Good Practice Database.
At AUQA’s invitation, CQU submitted the commendations from the AUQA Audit Report to the database.
- Public seminar outlines new user-friendly CPR
Published on 16 November, 2006
Central Queensland University conducted a public seminar on Australia’s new, simplified guidelines for Basic Life Support (BSL) at CQU Rockhampton this week (Thursday November 16).
The seminar was video-conferenced to Bundaberg, Gladstone and Mackay.