Six executives have been appointed at Central Queensland University to lead the University’s change agenda as part of the university-wide restructure and reorganisation, currently underway.

The appointments, effective in 2006, are a significant first-step following an external review conducted last year that recommended a new organisational structure designed to strengthen CQU’s teaching and research, enhance student performance and provide more customer service.

A submersible camera system developed by staff at CQU’s Centre for Environmental Management and Queensland Sea Scallop Ltd will help in the monitoring of scallops in Hervey Bay.

The development of the camera system was funded by a CQU collaborative grant and Queensland Sea Scallop Ltd, a company formed by scallop fishers and processors based at Burnett Heads, near Bundaberg.

New rail technology being developed by leading researchers at Central Queensland University to monitor and assess the risk of train derailments will be on show at the nation’s major annual rail event, AusRail Plus 2005 in Sydney next week.

The low-cost ‘health card’ technology being developed at the Cooperative Research Centre for Railway Engineering and Technologies (Rail CRC) in Rockhampton is expected to save the rail industry more than $6 million annually (estimated by Bovis Lend Lease) through a reduction in train derailments caused by infrastructure failures, and reduced maintenance costs.

Approximately 50 members of the Mackay IT Network were among the first in Australia to preview some of Microsoft’s upcoming products and learn more about CQU’s brand new Information Technology Co-op Degree.

The group of local Information and Communication Technology professionals heard from Microsoft’s Charles “Chuck” Sterling, one of the software giant’s product evangelists, and Ashley Holmes, Sub-dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Communication at CQU Mackay, last Friday.

Four Rockhampton-based CQU staff members are nominated for this month\'s inaugural Australian Computer Society (ACS) Queensland ICT Professionals of the Year awards.

The awards, co-sponsored by CQU, will be announced at a gala dinner in Brisbane on November 23.

New CQU Noosa Hub Director David Turner is excited to be at the leading edge of teacher education in Australia.

Noosa Hub was the incubator for CQU's acclaimed Bachelor of Learning Management (BLM) program, which was recently endorsed by an Australian Council of Education Research (ACER) report.

Australian National University (ANU) Endowed Chair in Information Systems Shirley Gregor will give women researchers a few tips on publishing research at this year’s Women in Research Conference.

CQU will host this year’s Women in Research Conference at the Gladstone campus on November 24 and 25.

The Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (QDFVR), in conjunction with CQU\'s Distinguished Visitor’s Program, held a presentation today (Thursday November 10) by Carolyn Harris Johnson.

Carolyn has been a social worker for the past 25 years and has 15 years of experience in the Criminal Justice system and the Family Court of Western Australia’s Counselling Service.

With the best line-up of international films yet, this year’s International Film Festival at CQU Mackay offered a fabulous weekend's viewing.

People came to Mackay from as far away as Airlie Beach so they could attend the Festival and, according to Pauline McNee, Mackay Campus Library Manager who assisted with organising the event, “we even had some people who were just passing through Mackay call in and view the Sunday afternoon sessions".

CQU has attributed its export success to its reputation for helping students at every stage of their study journey.

The University has welcomed news that it has again won the Education category at the Premier of Queensland's Export Awards announced in Brisbane on Thursday night (October 27).