CQUniversity is giving prospective students the opportunity to find out about mid-year study and career options at the upcoming Mid Year Information Sessions across all of its campuses in Australia on Tuesday, May 7 from 4pm to 7pm.

With more than 120 degrees available to start studying in July, the sessions will allow people from anywhere in Australia to access immediate information, advice and support regarding education and training at CQUniversity with staff waiting to answer questions.

CQUniversity Australia has made another giant leap towards finalising its half-billion-dollar merger with CQ TAFE, with the Federal Government today announcing it would ‘unlock' $73.8 million to support the project.

Once the merger is under way, all of the CQ TAFE-owned campuses (including residential housing in Emerald) will transfer to CQUniversity.

The locations involved will include Biloela, Clermont, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton (Canning Street), Yeppoon, and the TAFE Trade Training Centre (currently under construction) at the CQUniversity Mackay Campus.

There has been an increasing use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for property-related services such as marketing, property inspections and in the agricultural arena for vegetation management and animal welfare.

However, people should not assume they can prevent drones flying over their property.

‘If a picture paints a thousand words..

CQUniversity is aware that many of its students and prospective students are digital natives so it's splitting with the tradition of a standard photo competition - literally.

For the next six weeks, the University will encourage entries for an 'Explore Your Options' social media photo sharing competition.

The Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR), CQUniversity, will host its 9^th annual Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum on May 8 & 9, 2013 at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre, Alfred Street, Mackay.

Thanks to the success of previous years, registrations are now full for the 2013 ‘Olgeta Yarn Up' event.

More than 25 students and graduates based at CQUniversity Mackay were congratulated as part of the annual Student Awards Night held across all CQUniversity campuses recently.

Families, friends and the CQUniversity community attended the ceremony and Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman and CQUniversity Mackay's Head of Campus and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Community Engagement) Professor Pierre Viljoen congratulated students on their hard work.

CQUniversity first-year Bachelor of Science (Chiropractic) students each received an industry scholarship from the national Chiropractors' Association of Australia to support their attendance at the annual conference of the International College of Applied Kinesiology, held recently over three days in Cairns.

The conference attracted more than 150 delegates from Australia, as well as 14 other countries, and included orthopaedic surgeons, neurologists and dentists as well as chiropractors.