When the world's universities seek advice about quality learning, agent management, student progress and career coaching, they'll be able to turn to CQUniversity for 'good practices'..

CQUniversity's Careers Information Centre* in Gladstone has worked alongside the Schools and Industry Network and The Gladstone Observer to host this year's Careers and Tertiary Expo on Monday, August 1, at the Gladstone PCYC, Yarroon St.

All students, parents and community members are invited to attend this year's event, and entry is free.

As CQUniversity ramps up its new tourism degree programs for 2012, the two key academic staff members who will deliver the world-class degree have been confirmed as members of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) global ‘Panel of Tourism Experts'.

Dr Scott Richardson, who'll be moving from Gladstone Campus to Noosa Campus, and Steve Noakes from Mackay Campus have been invited by the UNWTO to be part of the international panel that advises the world's largest intergovernmental agency for tourism on trends and marketing strategies.

CQUniversity has appointed its first Senior Lecturer in Tourism based on the Mackay campus.

Steve Noakes comes from Griffith University where he has been teaching in a number of tourism courses, including Tourism Enterprise Management, Destination Marketing and Tourism Management.

CQUniversity will offer two new degrees in tourism to help students develop careers and tap into key tourism regions of Queensland and beyond.

Both the new Bachelor of Tourism degree and the Bachelor of Business with a Tourism Major will offer a range of courses, giving students the opportunity to develop a broad set of skills relating to the modern tourism environment.

Rupert Murdoch is likely to step into the breach to protect his beloved tabloids and hold back his sons' dynastic pretensions until News International recovers from the current phone-hacking scandal.

That's according to CQUniversity's Professor Denis Cryle, who has been interviewed by BBC Radio's Witness program, as an authority on the Murdoch culture in Australia.

CQUniversity's participation in the Power Generation Skills Development partnership is boosting the pool of professionals available for industry in this vital field, only five years after the concept was mooted.

It was back in 2006 that CS Energy, Stanwell Corporation and Tarong Energy approached CQUniversity, QUT and UQ to develop and deliver courses for the industry.

A leading metals researcher from India, Professor Malay Kumar Banerjee will discuss future collaborations with CQUniversity academics when he visits Gladstone Campus next week.

Professor Banerjee is Director of the Birla Institute of Technology in Deoghar and has held many other top roles focused on steel industries and metals research.

CQUniversity academics Ben Kele and Ted Gardner are at the Gold Coast this week to present their new Decentralised Wastewater Treatment course for IWES, Australia's leading provider of short courses for environment professionals.

Our new Senior Research Fellow Ted (CV and related link below) was course leader and both Ted and Ben helped write the new course, using case studies from CQUniversity research.

CQUniversity student Nicole Bonney has done the rounds of Australian media, including TV flagships A Current Affair and The Morning Show and Radio National and JJJ. Sitting beside daytime TV personality Yumi on The Circle was another highlight.