Back in January, the CQUniversity Cup on Wheels was among many events postponed due to extensive flooding throughout Queensland.

Now this popular cycling event has been scheduled for December 2-3, across a Friday and Saturday program* at the Kenrick Tucker Velodrome in Berserker St, Rockhampton.

International students are being excluded from internships and vacation programs by Australian employers. That's according to Ritesh Chugh, who is an adjunct research fellow with the International Education Research Centre, based at CQUniversity Melbourne.

While welcoming today's news that ships which leak oil into Australian waters now face increased fines of $11 million, industrial asset management specialist Professor Gopinath Chattopadhyay says this is still inadequate and governments are unknowingly accepting risks of tremendous value because systems are not in place to quantify them.

Considering the potential consequences of a major oil tanker spill on the Great Barrier Reef, the asset management team at CQUniversity calculated that "appropriate risk management could be achieved by requiring ship owners to post a bond with the Australian Government of about $850 million for the period the ship is in the vicinity of the Queensland coast".

Regional community leaders were invited to help CQUniversity researchers celebrate a successful year recently.

Industry and government representatives were among guests for a celebration of research and engagement activities, held at Gladstone Campus.

Aussie couples should grab the chance to be intimate on a regular basis. It might just be a life-saving move.

CQUniversity Bundaberg recently hosted 21 teams for the Secondary Robotics Challenge, including entries from Gin Gin High, Bundaberg North High, Bundaberg High, St Luke's and Shalom College.

There were some independent teams made up of students across different schools, as well as some Year 7 teams from Branyan, Moore Park, and Bundaberg East state schools.

Forty-one nursing students were farewelled during a 'badging ceremony' at CQUniversity Rockhampton Campus recently.

More than 100 friends and family members attended to show their support as nursing academics presented badges and certificates of congratulations.

A new entrant to Adelaide's university market is combating a bottleneck preventing students from continuing their career paths and denying South Australia a larger pool of trained psychologists.

The move will be encouraging for around 1200 psychology undergrads who will be competing for fewer than 200 postgraduate places, which are crucial for professional qualification.

Five CQUniversity Engineering students have been congratulated among winners of Anglo American scholarships, each worth $12,500 a year.

Katie Buttery, Stefanie Crawford, Michael Boulter, Jacob McLeod and Thomas Axelsen attended an awards luncheon at Brisbane's Customs House.

CQUniversity has gained $11,000 to continue a drip irrigation trial currently taking place in a macadamia plantation in Emerald. 

The sustainable agriculture project grant has been awarded to CQUniversity's Centre for Plant and Water Science, as part of the Woolworths Fresh Food Future program, run in conjunction with Landcare Australia.