CQU Cooperative Engineering student Tracey Gargett (pictured right) has already worked on designs for Britain's highways and roads, thanks to the work experience component of her degree.

Her 12-months of paid work experience has included six months with Britain's WS Atkins engineering group and she is now working with a Mackay-based consulting firm.

CQU Emerald has a busy week coming up with a University Council meeting, an academic awards ceremony, scholarship presentations and addresses about the attraction and retention of skilled professionals.

The Council meeting is due to be held from 4pm next Monday May 17 at the Emerald Agricultural College (which will become the new location for CQU Emerald in the second half of this year).

hank you for inviting me to speak on this very special occasion.

Today, I will attempt to follow the 3 “B’s” of good public speaking: Be brief Be blunt Be gone!! This is called a Graduation Ceremony or in some places called Commencement.

Cross-gender dressing fashion shows, 'survivor' style obstacle courses and cardboard box-car racing were among the activities completed by 125 first-year Bachelor of Learning Management students on Tuesday.

Education lecturer Avril Rose said this was the second time students had facilitated the activities at the PCYC that related to increasing self-esteem and developing team-building skills.

Central Queensland University Mackay lecturer and internationally renowned computer scientist Dr Victor Korotkich was the judge at this year’s McDonalds Maths Tournament.

About 300 students from 10 junior and 10 senior schools competed at Mackay North State High School, with participants travelling from Koumala, Nebo and Proserpine to take part in the annual event on Tuesday.

ome have said that to be a university, it is essential that an institution must engage in research. Not so.

CQU Mackay nursing lecturers celebrated International Nurses Day on Wednesday by hosting an afternoon tea to highlight comical nursing stereotypes that have evolved over time.

Nursing lecturer Pam Savage’s slide presentation included photographs and images documenting the history of the profession.

An original recording of the voice of Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music voice lecturer Garrick Jones features in an opera recently released on compact disc by the Australian Broadcasting Commission and Australian Opera.

Mr Jones sings the role of Mordecai Meisl in Larry Sitsky’s opera The Golem.

Colleen Burns has relaxed her lifestyle but not her mind. Over the past three years, her family has spent most of their time cruising along Queensland's coast and berthing at various points like the Gold Coast, Gladstone, Rockhampton and The Whitsundays.

Board members of the Institute of Sustainable Regional Development (ISRD) assembled at CQU Gladstone campus on Friday May 7 to meet with staff and to communicate the role of the ISRD within CQU and the community.

The ISRD draws from the resources and knowledge of a number of organisations to encourage innovative research and teaching programs, and strong community engagement, to provide new options for the creation of a sustainable regional Australia.