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Adult learning peak body visits, calls for 'reassessment'The president of Australia's peak adult learning body, Professor Barry Golding has visited Rockhampton for a forum calling for a reassessment of adult education in Australia. CQUniversity hosted the forum at its Ron Smyth Building in Quay Street. Full Details…2013-07-08 09:52:31.0 |
- Superstars, simulations and tablets on the academic agenda
Published on 11 August, 2010
Superstar role models, mask-based simulations to construct reality and tablet PCs for a paperless course enviroment ..
- Partnership injects dollars into geriatric health research
Published on 11 August, 2010
CQUniversity Australia has been given a financial boost to spur on much needed research in the field of geriatric health and well-being.
For the second consecutive year, Gwen Simpson, President of Alzheimer's Australia Central Queensland, has dedicated $1000 of her precious funds toward research being carried out at the Rockhampton Campus.
- Con stages 'Anything Goes'
Published on 10 August, 2010
Mackay audiences enjoyed the recent production of the musical Anything Goes, staged by Theatre students from CQUniversity's Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music..
- Cairns next to access 'responding to violence' course
Published on 10 August, 2010
Cairns is the next centre able to access a new nationally-accredited Course in Responding to Domestic and Family Violence..
- Noosa lecturer chief judge for publishing awards
Published on 10 August, 2010
CQUniversity Noosa lecturer Dr Mike Horsley has carried out his duties as chief judge of the Australian Education Publishing Awards for 2010.
Dr Horsley manages the awards in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association.
- Blue Care Staff Wellness project enters evaluation phase
Published on 10 August, 2010
A 12-month pilot of a Blue Care Staff Wellness project is about to enter its evaluation phase.
Informal feedback has indicated positive results from the project, which was rolled out west to Longreach, north to Rockhampton and south to Maryborough.
- Healthy praise for nursing texbook
Published on 10 August, 2010
A nursing textbook featuring major contributions by CQUniversity academics has been highly commended* in the recent Australian Awards for Educational Publishing, conducted by the Australian Publishing Association.
The first Australian edition of the three-volume Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing was entered in the Adaptation Tertiary Teaching and Learning Category for the awards.
- Jury still out on cause of mangrove dieback
Published on 10 August, 2010
Herbicides have been detected in mangrove dieback areas, but does that prove a causal link?
Not necessarily, says CQUniversity researcher Dr John Abbot, who is releasing scientific papers arguing for more proof before people leap to conclusions..