Queensland's primary and secondary schools have been preparing entries for a multimedia competition with a 'futures' oriented theme.

Entries by State, Catholic and Independent schools have already come from as far afield as Goondiwindi, Gympie, Yepoon and Gladstone.

There are times when you haven't slept in days, study and family pressures are crushing and the Coke machine chews your last $2 that you really feel like giving it all up!

But sometimes you just need a buddy or group of supporters to pull you through.

Ria crosses teas and adopts sweetener
Published on 14 October, 2008

A few years ago, back in her homeland of The Philippines, Ria Reyes was blending new mixes for Lipton Ice Tea as a food product developer for Unilever.

Now she's at CQUniversity Rockhampton, researching methods to ensure a promising and newly-approved natural sweetener called stevia can be as sweet as possible when it reaches the market.

CQUniversity's Bundaberg-based researcher Dr Matthew Rockloff featured in the latest ABC TV Catalyst program on gambling.

According to the ABC website promo for the show:

"The modern 'pokie' bears only a passing resemblance to the one-armed bandits of the past.

CQUniversity graduate and Heights College teacher Sam Fesuk is helping students of the school get hands-on experience of how plants can help remediate contaminated soil.

Mr Fesuk, who has both science and teaching qualifications from the University, has arranged for his students to visit Plant and Water Sciences at Rockhampton Campus.

More than 100 industry representatives from around Australia converged on CQUniversity Gladstone's Rex Metcalfe Theatre to attend the Gladstone Engineering Alliance (GEA) industry conference during October (8-9).

The conference provided an opportunity for relationship building between the supply chain and local industry, as well as showcasing the capability of the Gladstone region.