Central Queensland University researchers will interview nurses who have cared for at-home patients in Central Queensland for the last 50 years.

Faculty of Arts Health and Sciences lecturer Wendy Madsen said the group aims to document the working lives of domiciliary nurses who responded to the health needs of patients in the community between 1960 and 1990.

Applications are now invited to Round B of the CQU/Industry Collaborative Grants Scheme.

The CQU/Industry Collaborative Grants Scheme was established in 1998 to encourage active research collaboration between the University and eligible industry partners.

Professor Bob Miles of CQU Institute for Sustainable Regional Development will emcee the Inaugural Central Queensland Community Breakfast on 4 May.

General Peter Cosgrove AC MC, Chief of the Defence Force, is the scheduled guest speaker (pictured).

More than $350 was raised for CQU scholarships and awards from an education tour hosted by the CQU Foundation /Division of University Relations. 106 Central Queensland community members visited and studied significant archaeological sites connected with the early settlement of the Australian South Sea Island population in and around the Rockhampton, Farnborough, Yeppoon, Keppel Sands and Joskeleigh area.

When asked to speak to Arts teachers from around the region about implementation of the new Arts Syllabus in Queensland schools, Bachelor of Performing Arts lecturer, Howard Cassidy took an innovative approach.

Howard used students from years 5,6 and 7 classes at Frenchville State School along with some of his own students to interact with the 20 Arts teachers who attended the implementation workshop.

Professor Dag Ericsson, a consultant to Sweden's leading manufacturers will offer advice about e-commerce and e-logistics at a half day workshop at CQU Rockhampton on Thursday morning, April 15.

Ericsson, who pioneered the Swedish concept of materials administration and supply chain management in the 1970s, currently focuses on the relationship between technology, management and organisational effectiveness; in particular the enablement of renewal processes and organisational restructuring.

Thirteen years of domestic violence research will be broadcast throughout Queensland from Central Queensland University Mackay on April 13.

Leading domestic violence Canadian researcher and expert witness Jane Ursel will present results of data collected from Canada’s Winnipeg Family Violence Court.

Central Queensland University digital moviemaker Martin Francis has secured funding to create the first documentary detailing the history of Mackay’s Indonesian population. The first session of interviews begin next week, with Mr Francis expecting to take three weeks to record the stories and history of six elders and family.

Dr Ann-Marie Priest -- a Senior Research Officer in the CQU Learning, Evaluation, Innovation and Development Centre -- has been awarded a prestigious national literature prize for her essay about the pleasures of reading.

“Reading is a very deep form of intimacy.

Darryl Krook of CPEM Consulting Group will soon conduct a Leadership Skills Development Program for all Heads of School, Director and Manager level staff across the University. This leadership program is being provided to develop knowledge in management practices and processes, and the skills required for leadership across the University.