CQUniversity alumni were back on campus last week for a birthing workshop.

Midwives Rachel Austin (Yeppoon), Peta Fawkes (Gladstone), Bronwyn Galea (Mackay) and Michelle Windsor (Mackay) attended a two-day Better Birth Workshop which was hosted by School of Nursing and Midwifery, CQUniversity Rockhampton.

Film & Arts Mackay (FAM), a CQUniversity Library initiative, will screen a German comedy titled ‘Soul Kitchen' on Friday, July 2 at 7pm at the Mackay campus' Cook Theatre.

Ticket prices are $8 for members and $12 for non-members and can be purchased in the foyer of the administration building prior to the movie.

A forum was held this week at CQUniversity Mackay to explore the relationship between mining developments and the impacts on communities.

The Mining and Community Research Forum focused on whether the current methods of assessment, planning and governance will be appropriate for the next 20 years.

The Federal Government's proposed resource super profits tax (RSPT) could slowdown future mining activity according to Regional Development Economist Professor John Rolfe.

The CQUniversity professor presented a keynote address on the proposed new tax at the Mining and Community Research Forum in Mackay this week (Wednesday June 16).

The work that Deborah Burton is doing behind the scenes right now will start paying off in around three and a half years, when a fresh cohort of allied health professionals enter the workforce.

And these new Bachelor of Medical Science graduates from CQUniversity will have a special flavour.

Leading specialists from throughout Australia have signed up for Mackay's Mining and Community Forum, to be held on June 16.

Hosted by CQUniversity Mackay and our Centre for Environmental Management (CEM), the event looks ahead for the next 20 years and asks 'are we getting it right?'.

American student Leah Hartman will call Bundaberg home for the next 10 weeks while she completes experimental research in the field of psychology.

Leah is conducting research into emotions and action as part of a student internship program through AustraLearn.

It might not be curing cancer or cloning a sheep, however television research plays a vital role in understanding ourselves and the world around us.

That is according to CQUniversity researcher Dr Wendy Davis who spends much of her time in front of the black box which she argues is ‘one of the most powerful cultural technologies' in the world.

The CQUniversity Library Society is on the hunt for books for its annual Mammoth Book Sale to be held on Saturday, August 21, in the new Library at CQUniversity Mackay.

The sale is renowned as one of the region's biggest, so now is the time to stop putting off having a "spring clean" of your bookshelves and know that your pre-loved volumes are going to a good cause.

The eyes of the world might have been on South Africa but Rockhampton got in early with soccer action last week, albiet on a more humble scale.

Seven robot soccer teams, featuring brick-sized players, were among a record 39 teams taking part in the 8^th annual CQ Junior Robotics Competition held at the DEEDI Conference Centre on Yeppoon Road.