ITD will trial a regular Information Technology “Maintenance Window” starting Wednesday 20 November from 8:00pm-11:00pm AEST. The trial, open to feedback from the CQU community, will allow ITD to establish necessary procedures and systems to implement a regularly occurring maintenance window.

Nearly a third of students studying at Central Queensland University Rockhampton are fast-tracking their degrees over the traditional end of year period, according CQU Marketing Manager Eamon Coll.

“Out of the 3500 students enrolled at the Rockhampton Campus, close to 950 students have enrolled in the Spring/Summer terms,” Mr Coll said.

Information literacy is now being recognised by Australian Higher Education as an important generic attribute.

Central Queensland University acknowledged this by engaging literacy expert Associate Professor Christine Bruce to run three information literacy workshops at CQU's Rockhampton campus.

Central Queensland University Mackay Education students who opted to return this spring semester to study could be rewarded with as much as $40 000 next year.

This optional “third” semester allows Education students to earn a degree faster than most students at other Australian universities who study two semesters-a-year.

About 250 people attended Central Queensland University Mackay Library Society’s inaugural Film Festival at the weekend.

Italian film ‘Malena’ opened the wide-screen event on Friday night, which included a supper after the screening.

Faculty of Business and Law staff farewelled their students at a recent Central Queensland University Mackay function.

The faculty’s sub-dean Jo Luck congratulated the business students on completing three years of successful study.

Brisbane -- Central Queensland University (CQU) signs a memo of understanding Friday with the Russian National Aluminium-Magnesium Institute and Aldoga Aluminium Smelter to further develop Queensland and the Gladstone/Rockhampton region as a world hub of state-of-the-art light metal technology.

The global light metals industry, especially aluminium, is driving significant change in aerospace, automotive, transportation and construction industries.

Two very important topics will be the subject of Information Seminars scheduled next week at CQU.

Information privacy standards adopted last year by the Queensland Government applies to all Queensland public sector agencies including us.

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Research) Professor Ron Davies announced the winner of this year’s Supervisor of the Year at the 2002 Postgraduate Symposium Evening on Friday 25 October. Associate Supervisor Patrick Danaher from the Faculty of Education and Creative Arts received first place.

Central Queensland University’s Language Centre is celebrating 10 years of providing homestay families for international study tour students.

Study Tour coordinator Helen Stewart said to celebrate the Centre’s 10th birthday the Centre was planning a trip to Japan for homestay families as a thank-you for their support of homestray program and its students.