CQUniversity academics have been part of a Participatory Action Research (PAR) team which has achieved increased awareness of issues faced by general nurses in providing care to children and adolescents with mental health issues within a rural paediatric unit..

Hazardous waste and its disposal is increasingly becoming a problem globally, according to visiting Endeavour Research Fellow Dr Snehalata Nadiger.

Dr Nadiger is the Head of Department of Biotechnology, New Horizon College of Engineering, in Bangalore, India, which is affiliated with Visvesvaraya Technological University.

Dozens of diligent high school students gathered at CQUniversity campuses in Rockhampton, Gladstone and Bundaberg this week (Aug 12) to seek the most accurate analysis of 2 chemical solutions.

They bonded with team mates and competitors from other schools, striving to top their region and perhaps even the nation.

Financial planners and finance academics gathered at CQUniversity's Rockhampton and Mackay campuses on August 13 to discuss likely developments in the industry.

A free seminar at both venues - with videoconference links also including the Campbelltown and Parramatta campuses of the University of Western Sydney - examined the possibility that recent changes at regulatory level and inquiry recommendations (e.

CQUniversity's Associate Professor Larelle Fabbro is in demand on the media and conference circuits, as word spreads about her team's research revealing a number of cyanobacterial species which produce novel toxic impacts.

These cyanobacteria had not previously been on the radar of authorities.

CQUniversity academics turned out for the launch of a career development program recently (Aug 5).

Academe is coordinated by the Office of Learning and Teaching and aims to assist academics in all stages of their careers to develop a suite of skills, knowledge and abilities specific to their careers.

CQUniversity researcher Dr John Abbot works on projects for our Centre for Plant and Water Sciences, but lately he's been casting a legalistic eye over the processes behind scientific claims and counter claims, including those relating to climate change.

Dr Abbot says that, as taxpayers and citizens, we all have a right to understand the basis of scientific findings.

Visiting American student Zachery Ambrose has recently completed a stint as an intern with CQUniversity's Centre for Environmental Management in Rockhampton..

Congratulations to Professor Rob Reed, Helen Holden and Judith Brown who recently attended an Australian Learning & Teaching Council ceremony in Brisbane to accept their 2010 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning..

Emotions were on display as supporters of the new John Maxwell Memorial Scholarship gathered in Rockhampton for a formal launch of the initiative this week.

Family members and business associates spoke from the heart.