The Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR) will convene an Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum as part of the State-wide Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month, launched on May 4 by the Minister for Women, the Honourable Desley Boyle.

The forum’s theme, ‘men and women working together’ recognises that Indigenous men and women are, and need to be, working together to stop violence in their communities.

A CQU Psychology and Welfare student is targeting addictive behaviour by establishing self-help programs in New Zealand and Central Queensland.

After completing her first of two practicum placements for her degree in New Zealand, Bachelor of Arts distance student Brenda Elkins has returned home to Gladstone with an ambition to establish a Smart Recovery Self-Help Addiction Program in New Zealand and later in Gladstone.

Around 60 budding female science and technology students will converge at Central Queensland University Mackay Campus on May 13-14.

Girls In For Technology and Science (GIFTS) is an interactive hands-on conference that enables female students to pursue their interests in science, engineering and technology.

CQU Vice-Chancellor Professor John Rickard has welcomed Olympic champion cyclist Anna Meares as an ambassador for the University.

Speaking to the crowd assembled at this week's (Thursday) Relay for Life Clip for Cancer at the Rockhampton Campus Commercial Courtyard, Professor Rickard said the University would find ways to support Anna's sporting endeavours.

With the upturn in the Information Technology (IT) industry and the shortage of trained professionals, CQU is saying now is the perfect time to hit the ground running into a career in IT.

A surge in IT projects has created openings for graduates that had almost dried up with the downturn in the industry just a few years ago.

More than $5500 has been raised for cancer research thanks to a Clip for Cancer Relay for Life fundraiser in the CQU Rockhampton Commercial Centre courtyard on Thursday.

The Bald and the Beautiful and All-Sorts (two teams based in CQU Finance) worked together on the event.

The Queensland town of Emerald could grow its population by up to 50% over the next six years if it can find skilled workers and houses to put them in.

That is according to research carried out by Central Queensland University on behalf of the Central Highlands Development Corporation.

More than 100 pre-service teachers taught science at Frenchville State School last week.

The CQU Bachelor of Learning Management students focused on the idea of energy for students from Years One to Six.

Admiral Chris Barrie AC RAN, former chief of the Australian Defence Forces, has launched a new book by CQU Press on international law.

The book is 'The Sovereignity of the Falkland Islands' by Dr Dominic Katter.

Students at CQU Melbourne International Campus have joined in ANZAC Day celebrations, learning more about the significance of the occasion.

It is tradition at MIC that all days of cultural significance be recognised on campus.