Rockhampton people can celebrate National Dance Week with a choice of two major dance performances by performing arts students.

The Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music students will present Dance Through The Movies, from 7.

About 100 enthusiastic Golden Years participants will “storm” Shoalwater Bay Training area north of Rockhampton to sample the delights of army life when they tour the training facility on June 18th.

The Department of Defence is allowing entry into the area, accompanied by their personnel, to provide information on how the land is used and maintained for training exercises.

The thrust of the budget announced Tuesday night contains no surprises as far as higher education is concerned. I doubt that anyone in Australia would not have expected the major funding focus to be on defence.

One of the world's most successful music theatre productions is being revived in Australia, 86 years after it first opened in London.

Chu Chin Chow (based on Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves) opened at His Majesty's Theatre, London August 1, 1916 and ran for 2238 performances.

Athletes looking to gain an edge over the competition can find out more about recovery strategies from a Central Queensland University human performance expert this week.

Head of the School of Health and Human Performance Dr Peter Reaburn will talk on "Realistic Recovery Strategies for Athletes" on Wednesday.

Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music (CQCM) is supporting a feast of music and dance in Rockhampton during May.

CQCM is supplying a guest vocalist and guest pianist for CQ Vocale's classical concert at Rockhampton Grammar School, from 3pm on Sunday, May 12.

Fifteen retired teachers will catch up on new learning ideas during a visit to CQU Rockhampton on Monday (May 13).

At 10am, they will be in a lecture theatre (Bldg 5/G.

Teacher education students from Central Queesland University (CQU) are among the first wave of Queensland educators to have the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to the State Government's recent call for a rejuvenation of science in schools.

Queensland Education Minister, Anna Bligh, had announced last month a major new initiative, the Science State - Smart State, under which science education in schools and tertiary institutions will be reviewed and a new curriculum would be developed.

Central Queensland University has recently had the unenviable task of cancelling the enrolments of a few hundred students who have not complied with a legislative requirement. Those students, as all commencing students enrolling in our programs, or those who are changing their program, are required under the Higher Education Funding Act to submit for their first term a Payment Options Declaration Form and/or a Tax File Number by the 31 March.

Central Queensland University announces its literary magazine, Idiom 23, will host the 9th annual Bauhinia Literary Awards. More than $1,200 in prizes will be awarded to winning writers.