Terry Willmot spent most of his early life fighting to find his place in the world and now he is helping others do the same.

Nowadays he's confident and self-assured and draws on his experiences to counsel a wide range of people through his church and school networks.

CQU student Jacqueline Dempsey is among 57 of Australia and India's finest university students to be accepted for the first Australia India Universities Youth Forum (AIUYF) on sustainability this June.

Workshops and events relating to the Forum will be held in Sydney, Canberra, outback Australia and Darwin.

With over 113 million children world-wide denied schooling, the United Nations has a huge challenge ahead in meeting its 2015 Millenium Goal of ensuring that all children have the opportunity to complete primary school.

However, according to Emeritus Professor of Teaching and Learning at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, Dr Fred Lockwood, there is evidence to indicate that progress is being made towards this goal, with children in primary education in developing nations increasing to 88% in the school year 2004/2005 (UNESCO, 2007).

An "understated" research report has concluded that Central Queensland University generates more than $334 million in economic outputs and expenditure for the Rockhampton region each year.

The report remarks on impacts such as employment effects of 3017 jobs and employment income of $163.

Thirty pizzas were no match for the 80 high school students who attended an information session held at CQU Bundaberg recently (May 26).

The event was hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA).

Research Unplugged, an initiative of CQU's Healthy Communities research flagship, has been launched in Rockhampton (May 29, 6pm-7pm) with a presentation and discussion about ‘Assessing climate change risk and its implications for Community Health and Wellbeing in Queensland'.

Organisers from CQU Healthy Communities have arranged a bi-monthly series of discussions for 2008 under the ‘Research Unplugged' banner.

A Rockhampton Grammar School team prevailed when the cream of the city's potential business leaders took part in a Business Challenge quiz at CQU Rockhampton recently (May 28).

The runners-up were from Emmaus College and Rockhampton State High School.

Victorian-based CQU nursing student Jasmine Browne has started an online petition in support of residents who are pushing for the reopening of the Rosebud Hospital birthing unit.

According to The Mornington Peninsula Leader, Jasmine has an overwhelming interest in the return of the maternity ward closed due to a lack of obstetric services.