Queensland Cup English language competition winner Kang Liting (Shirley) visited CQU Brisbane International Campus from August 14-21 as part of her prize won in China.

Excelling among more than 100 competition entrants (winning 3 rounds of competitions in Shanghai including a written test, speech and a debate), Shirley came to CQU with a high level of English ability.

Dutch undergraduate student Floortje Richters has travelled to Australia to pursue research comparing responses of students in different countries to scenarios about work purchasing decisions.

While at CQU Rockhampton (for 7 weeks) she is keen to contact potential participants for her study and can be contacted via f.

The death of an Aboriginal elder, who was left to die at a remote airstrip in the Northern Territory after treatment at Katherine Hospital, came as no surprise to NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council) Senior Research Fellow, Dr Pam McGrath, who conducted a study of palliative care services for Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory from 2002 until 2004.

“This tragedy sadly confirms the findings from our research,” said Dr McGrath, who is also Director of the International Program for Psychosocial Health Research (IPP-SHR) at Central Queensland University.

Around 150 school students visited CQU Bundaberg recently for the 2006 Bundaberg District Science Industry Forum.

The forum was organised by Bundaberg State High School's Science Department Head Dr Richard Mann and was officially opened by CQU Sub-Dean, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health, Ms Desirae Kirby.

Central Queensland University is now the largest educator of full-degree international students studying within Australia, based on enrolments. That is according to IDP Education Australia figures for this year's Term 1 intakes which show the Rockhampton-based University now has 10 119 full-degree international students on its Australian campuses (which include Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast).

Changes in water quality and the array of seaweeds and seagrasses could be useful in tracking the effects of rapid development on the Capricorn Coast.

That is according to Central Queensland University researcher Mary-Anne Jones, who is focusing her PhD study to establish baseline data on water quality and the array of seaweeds and seagrasses on the coast.

Three outstanding CQU Sydney International Campus postgraduate students and 2 undergraduate students recently became recipients of the Campus Director’s Leadership awards for 2006.

The award recognises the academic performance of the students and their capacity as mentors and future leaders.

Shortly after finishing the musical theatre production of \'Little Shop of Horrors\', the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music (CQCM) students and staff are at it again..

Dr Jodi Cronin has been chosen as the special guest speaker for the 20-year STEPS (Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies) celebration at CQU Mackay campus on Friday October 14.

Now considered a STEPS success story, Dr Cronin’s career journey originally began a little shakily.

Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward will deliver a free public address entitled 'What women research and what we need to know', at CQU Rockhampton from 12.30pm on Wednesday, October 11.