Sunshine Coast resident Elliot Heinrich has always had a passion for music performance and recording. Now his pursuit of formal qualifications has also given him the power to open doors into the industry.

CQUniversity is giving its more advanced Learning Management (Primary) students the chance to earn a term of course credit by volunteering in India during January..

Ten high school students from across Central Queensland got a taste of their desired profession when they took part in a Paramedic Science Work Experience event run by CQUniversity..

CQUniversity has welcomed visiting research scholar Dr Megan Le Clus from Edith Cowan University (ECU) who has spent the past week learning about the University's engagement methodology.

Dr Le Clus' visit was part of ECU's Early Career Researcher Network Development Scheme which provides an opportunity for new researchers to enhance their collaborative and networking capacity by teaming up with other universities around Australia.

CQUniversity researchers have had plenty of opportunity to rev themselves up for the 2013 academic year, thanks to professional development events on Rockhampton Campus over the past week..

CQUniversity is pinning its aspirations on being ‘research focused' while becoming a leading dual sector university, Australia's leading distance education provider and a truly national university.

It will also be an inclusive university, an engaged university and a university that gives back to the communities it is associated with.

A global benefit is unfolding thanks to more than a decade of CQUniversity research into the safety and health benefits of steviol glycosides (from the Stevia rebaudiana plant) for use as a natural intense sweetener.

Professor David Midmore says CQUniversity research led to steviol glycosides being approved by Food Standards Australia New Zealand but there is still work needed to achieve the goal of an Australian production and processing industry.

As CQUniversity's Engaged Research Chair for Mental Health Nursing, Professor Brenda Happell has been putting Australia on the map in her field. 

Thanks to Brenda and her team, CQUniversity is recognised by the SciVal organisation as the Number 1 institution in the world for Mental Health Nursing Research, based on articles published of relevance.

One of CQUniversity's pioneering researchers, Professor Peter Wolfs has returned to Rockhampton Campus after almost four years as Western Power Chair in Power Engineering at Curtin University.

The 20-year veteran of CQUniversity is directing a research program in the power engineering space.

CQUniversity's Engaged Research Chair Professor Drew Dawson has been driving human factors and safety research from his base at the Appleton Institute for Behavioural Sciences in Adelaide.

Already world-renowned as a sleep specialist, Drew has been passing on his energy and experience to many other researchers throughout the University.