Terrorists out in the open; CQU study finds extensive use of the web among international terrorist groups Terrorist groups that use the Internet as a means of transmitting propaganda, raising cash, recruiting new members and communicating with their activists have been identified by two researchers at Central Queensland University.

A study by CQU Professor Alan Knight and post-graduate researcher Kasun Ubayasiri reveals five of 33 groups listed by the US State Department as "foreign terrorist organizations" which operate extensive websites.

The following is the first in a monthly series of professional consultations with Ricki Jeffery, General Manager of DirectEdge, the corporate development agency associated with CQU.

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Author and science commentator Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is scheduled to talk on that subject and lots more as the 2002 Postgraduate Symposium Seminar’s guest speaker on Friday 25 October. The seminar, presented by the Office of Research, the Postgraduate Student Organisation, and the CQU Student Association promises to be “totally engaging” according to Mark Walters, Education Officer at the Student Association Kruszelnicki has been popularising science in one form or another since he first presented on radio station Triple J in 1981 to help pay his way through medical school.

The Information Technology Division has completed an upgrade to staff and student modem services at Bundaberg, Gladstone and Mackay. The new service will be available Monday 15 July.

Conservatorium beefed-up for moosic Members of the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music will be 'artistic directors' for the 'opening ceremony' of the Beef 2003 programme in April/May in Rockhampton.

Associate Professor Greg Whateley, Director of the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, announced a $70,000 grant had been secured and that Marc Barnbaum will serve as Executive Producer on the project.

Reconciliation Statement to be signed next month Representatives from Central Queensland University (CQU), the Darumbal people and Murri community are expected to sign a Reconciliation Statement on 11 August following the opening of the 10th annual Central Queensland Multicultural Fair.

The Statement, details of which are not available, acknowledges a commitment to a just and meaningful partnership of reconciliation with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people throughout the CQU campuses and communities it serves.

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake that occurred three weeks ago 35km east of Rainbow Beach was not reported by the federal and state authorities.

Kim Semple-Ashlin is among more than a hundred former registered and enrolled nurses who have taken advantage of the only distance-learning program that could help ease the national health industry crisis. The re-entry program, administered nationally and internationally by Central Queensland University (with TAFE and the Queensland Nursing Council), prepares nurses to quickly update their credentials after an extended absence to return to the professional workforce.

"You never know if a team is going to capatialise on the mistakes so don't make them" was one of the musings from coach Ian Coombe on the sidelines early in his teams match on Tuesday.

The CQU Men's Rugby team shook off an early scare from Queensland University to prevail by a 31-14 score in the Tuesday morning round of the 2002 DrinkSmart Northern Conference University games on the Gold Coast.

CENTRAL Queensland University (CQU) began its 2002 Northern University Games campaign with a win from the men’s volleyball team at the Gold Coast on Monday.

They beat Bond University by three sets to one after losing the first set before they found some rhythm and co-ordination.