Noosa and Rockhampton will host the first intakes to a new degree geared to produce leaders of knowledge-based industries.

The new Central Queensland University offering allows students to dip into offerings from a number of different faculties and to gain credit for entrepreneurial work in industry.

A moving drama entitled ‘Left Behind’ will be presented at Rockhampton’s Walter Reid Performance Space next Friday and Saturday nights (October 1-2).

The drama will be presented by third-year students from Central Queensland University’s Bachelor of Performing Arts degree program.

Mature age students, high school students and parents visited Central Queensland University Mackay last Wednesday evening to find out about courses on offer for 2005.

There are many courses of study available through Central Queensland University and arriving at a final selection can be a daunting task.

Developments in Mathematical Sciences in Australia was the topic of a special presentation at CQU Mackay on Monday, September 20; also viewed live by audiences in Rockhampton and Bundaberg.

Professor Tony Guttman*, President of the Australian Mathematical Society, visited Mackay to speak about the increased visibility of the mathematical sciences in Australia, both in popular culture, as evidenced by such films as 'A Beautiful Mind' and 'Good Will Hunting' and in theatre by such plays as 'Arcadia'.

Europe’s leading experts on continuous improvement and innovation visited Rockhampton last week to address research students at CQU and local managers at a business luncheon.

Visit organiser Professor Paul Hyland, from CQU’s Faculty of Business & Law, said Professor Harry Boer and Professor John Bessant had worked extensively with small and medium-sized enterprises.

Hundreds of trainee teachers, current teachers and administrators from public and private education sectors gathered at Glenmore High on the morning of Friday, September 17.

The gathering included around 260 trainee teachers (now referred to as ‘learning managers’) from the Faculty of Education and Creative Arts at Central Queensland University.

First Vice-Chair of the Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Associate Professor Gayle Jennings, CQU School of Marketing and Tourism, has facilitated a one-day workshop designed to review the functions and purpose of CAUTHE.

CAUTHE is the peak body for Australian Universities engaged in tourism and hospitality teaching and research.

Ian Henke will present an information seminar on the Debit Tax system and the Australian Constitution tonight, September 24.

Ian Henke is the Executive Director of the Institute for Constitution Education and Research.

A Futures Expo hosted recently by CQU Emerald Bachelor of Learning Management students was a huge success.

The displays at Emerald Market Plaza were centered on preferred futures for the community.

Radio transmitting collars on koalas on St Bees Island near Mackay will indicate both movement and temperate changes in the habitat.

When matched with environmental conditions at the time, the tracking results will indicate whether the koalas prefer to roost in non-food trees during summer as some sort of adaptation to their microenvironment.