As part of the Australian aid program to Nepal, a project has been funded that supports transfer of technologies in vermiculture [the growing of worms] to digest vegetable market wastes, and the pelletising of chicken dung.

Run by CQUniversity's Centre for Plant and Water Science (CPWS), the project is now moving into its second year, and Professor David Midmore was in Nepal recently reviewing progress in the research and development activities.

Named after the popular Bryan Ferry song, it's no surprise that Avalon Hicks has become a singer-songwriter.

The CQUniversity Master of Environmental Management student has managed to find time to release her own album called Avalon's Mistakes.

Sharon van der Draai remains hopeful of returning to nursing despite the challenging employment climate in Queensland's health sector.

Based in the Brisbane suburb of Banyo, Sharon recently completed her Registered Nurse Re-Entry to Practice Course online through CQUniversity, including 160 hours of practicums at Prince Charles Hospital and a three-day residential school refresher at Noosa.

Louise Thurecht has had a passion for helping people as long as she can remember and a family tragedy focused her decision to study Occupational Therapy at CQUniversity..

Indigenous student Stephanie Joyce admits she was not a big fan of study when younger and struggled with deciding on what she wanted to do after leaving school.

After completing Year 10, she initially worked in admin support in the legal industry but grew bored and moved into labour hire.

The fact that CQUniversity's Rockhampton Campus sits on traditional Darumbal country is a bonus for Bachelor of Business (Tourism) student Charlene Mann, who has both Aboriginal and South Sea Islander backgrounds.

"It is an honour to learn and study in my traditional country," she says.

CQUniversity has endorsed a Smarter Regions, Smarter Australia policy statement which details a variety of ways in which government can unlock the full human potential of regional Australia..

Vineela Challagulla has completed her doctoral research looking at the potential of 'bio-prospecting' microalgae sourced from water bodies across Central Queensland..

New PhD student Oscar Santiago is at the vortex of the quest for sustainable treatment methods for coal seam gas (CSG) water.

His research site will be located at Westside's gas lease near Moura, using a pilot plant developed in concert with previous CQUniversity research focused on the management of sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) and salinity and other contaminants of concern in CSG 'associated water'.