Reforms made to Australia's higher education system are bearing fruit in the areas of expenditure, participation and quality.

That's according to Phil Aungles, from the federal Tertiary Education department, who was delivering a keynote address to the Australasian Higher Education Evaluation Forum (AHEEF) 2012, being hosted by CQUniversity Rockhampton Campus this week.

Around 50 delegates to the Australasian Higher Education Evaluation Forum (AHEEF) 2012 enjoyed a dinner at Mercure Capricorn Resort's Lagoon Restaurant in Yeppoon on Tuesday evening this week.

The dinner provided an informal networking opportunity during the forum program hosted by CQUniversity Rockhampton Campus.

Students from Indonesia and Thailand were hosted at CQUniversity Sydney recently, after winning a T-shirt design competition with the theme 'There's Nothing Like Australia'.

As well as winning travel, accommodation, tourism experiences and cash, the students spent two weeks with the Creative Enterprise and Design program team at the campus in Ken Street.

CQUniversity's involvement with the International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM) was recognised recently as our Melbourne Campus hosted a two-day training course.

The course on 'Hydraulics and Hydrology for Non-Engineers' attracted around 30 attendees from all states of Australia and the ACT.

CQUniversity researcher Ben Kele is the lead presenter for a course on Coal Seam Gas and Water to be staged in Sydney by the International Centre of Excellence iin Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM).

The course, to be held on November 2, will address the formation, production, treatment and management of water associated with coal seam gas (CSG) operations.

A group of CQUniversity academics are behind a new report on Further Development of the Stevia Natural Sweetener Industry, published by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC).

Authors on the 125-page publication include current staff Professor David Midmore, Professor Kerry Walsh, Geeta Gautam and Kylie Hopkins, former doctoral researcher Ria Reyes and Honorary Research Fellow Andrew Rank.

Congratulations to Gladstone-based STEPS student Maria Kazoullis who has gained a Gladstone Regional Council Bursary for her efforts in the preparatory program this year.

Maria was awarded the bursary in recognition of her encouragement and support of others in the class, her attendance, her excellent results on assessment tasks, and her unfailing sense of humour!

This outstanding student is now hoping to enter a Bachelor of Oral Health at CQUniversity in Term 1, 2013.

Students in Bundaberg will learn about the exciting new Engineering programs available at CQUniversity in 2013 when the F1 in Schools state finals are held on Thursday, October 11 and Friday, October 12. 

The event, run by Re-Engineering Australia (REA) and sponsored by CQUniversity, encourages students in Years 5 to 12 to start thinking about a career in manufacturing and engineering industries.

CQUniversity Rockhampton Campus is a favourite haunt of kangaroos. These two even checked out the Chancellery right in the middle of the campus.

The production of a ‘print on demand' cake cookbook in a day was on the agenda for a creative writing workshop at CQUniversity Noosa recently.

The workshop was organised by Professor Donna Lee Brien and doctoral student Jill Adams.