Central Queensland summers can be killers!

Being active in hot and/or humid conditions can lead to dehydration, heat illness and sometimes the more serious consequence of heat stroke. 

CQUniversity Exercise and Sports Scientist and masters triathlete, Associate Professor Peter Reaburn says that while physical activity is important for overall health, in the hotter and humid months we need to take greater precautions to avoid heat injuries.

Some of our top research students gathered in Rockhampton this week and showed they will be a valuable resource for the future across the regional, national and international spheres..

New Dean of Nursing and Midwifery Ysanne Chapman is confident there will be many opportunities for joint research and education projects involving hospitals and healthcare agencies in the coming year.

"Several hospitals in the region are being rebuilt and are expanding and our School of Nursing and Midwifery is embroiled in their expansion," she said.

A little over a year ago, Rochelle Steans had just finished writing just-in-case goodbye letters to her daughters and was sitting prepped and ready for major heart surgery..

The move to national registration has prompted a surge of interest in CQUniversity's midwifery programs.

The Graduate Diploma of Midwifery enables 'return to practice' for those who have been out of the system and 'recognition of prior learning' of overseas practitioners, as well as a pathway for registered nurses to study midwifery.

If Australia one day makes the transition to renewable energy sources, it could be with help from a man who has endured long periods away from his family to pursue his research.

Born in Bangladesh, where his wife and young son still live, Mohammad Arif took up a scholarship in South Korea in 2006 and had only a short time back in his home country before starting as a PhD candidate at CQUniversity Rockhampton, in March this year.

After 30 years criss-crossing the globe, project-managing for corporations, nurturing his own company and pulling together a billion-dollar consortium, former Englishman Richard Egelstaff has moved into academic life to consider the concept of 'unlearning'.

And he's doing so in the relatively quiet location of Rockhampton, where he's now based at CQUniversity.

A Central Queensland-based researcher believes he has the answer for Australia's biggest economic and environmental challenge of the century.

Rahat Hossain, a PhD student at CQUniversity's Power Engineering Research Group within the Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainability (IRIS) has been researching the development of a unique hybrid forecasting system of renewable energy (wind-solar) to be used in conjunction with a 'smart grid'.

CQUniversity Nursing academic Marc Broadbent has been invited to participate on a Clinical Reference Group (CRG) for a national project to review the Australian Triage Process.

His role is to provide insights into current challenges with the triage processes and to help group members focus on how the current system of emergency department triage works for clients with a mental illness.

A photo competition has attracted 67 entries from Faculty of Arts, Business, Informatics & Education staff members from the Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay and Rockhampton campuses.

Photo auctions and sales of photos at a social committee morning tea this week raised funds for the Faculty's adopted 'family in need' of parents and seven children.