Central Queensland University business student Aimee Donaldson knows first hand what its like to study externally which is why she has volunteered to be a distance education mentor.

The Student Mentor Program assists new students to quickly feel at home at CQU and provides support during their first year of tertiary studies.

CQU Language Centre is offering language classes, including beginner classes in Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin) and Spanish.

A sign-up evening will be held on Tuesday, February 27, from 6pm-7pm at the Language Centre on Rockhampton Campus.

Child protection training will enter a new era in 2007, when university students throughout the state begin studying Queensland's new, specialised child protection courses.

Revised or new courses will be offered this year in Townsville, Rockhampton, St Lucia, Logan and Brisbane and from next year at Maroochydore and Hervey Bay.

Central Queensland University hopes to provide a complete ‘survival guide’ to about 1900 new university students during Orientation activities across Queensland from February 24 to March 2.

Starting university is exciting, but can also be daunting.

Three of this year’s Queensland Government teaching scholarship winners will begin studies in Central Queensland University’s Bachelor of Learning Management (BLM) program next month.

Education and Training Minister, Rod Welford last week presented 7 Bid O’Sullivan Teaching Scholarships and 12 Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarships, valued up to $20,000 each, at a ceremony at Parliament House in Brisbane.

Central Queensland (CQU) Mackay has Gone Troppo for its annual Orientation week as it gears up to welcome 300 on-campus and 40 distance education students to tertiary study.

This Saturday and Sunday, CQU Mackay will hold a special orientation weekend for part-time and distance education students.

Pam Savage is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Central Queensland University (CQU) Mackay and is also a Barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW.

She recently received her first copy of her published text book 'Legal Issues for Nursing Students', which is a culmination of her work and experiences in these 2 professions.

New Head of Campus at Central Queensland University (CQU) Mackay, Dr Trevor Davison, is looking forward to building on and improving the high-quality support and services that CQU Mackay currently provides for students and the region.

Trevor has a strong and varied background in education, focused on student success.

The Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre is still accepting applications for Central Queensland University (CQU) Domestic Undergraduate programs up until February 23 for internal programs.

CQU Mackay is experiencing a late run of enquiries from people interested in undertaking university study across all areas and encourages those interested in University study to call the campus for advice.

Up-and-coming Japanese language teachers are back in Rockhampton after they have spent up to a year gaining classroom and cultural experience in Japan.

Seven students from Central Queensland University’s Bachelor of Learning Management (Japanese) program have spent one year in Japan as part of an exchange program.