Sandra Kinsella completed the first summer term of her education degree from Europe while travelling with her family, thanks to her trusty laptop and the flexibility of on-line studies.

The mother of 2 already had plenty of experience juggling study and work, so the idea of writing assignments on the move was not too daunting.

More photos from the Thai visit ..

A Buddhist Monk with a chest infection, lying on a bamboo frame in a village, was just one of many memorable patients experienced by a group of our nursing students who visited Thailand recently.

Some of the students were also able to ease the painful pressure ulcers of a dying rice farmer who was treated under his house.

Yeppoon's Christopher MacCormack is looking forward to starting his career as a coal tester thanks to a scholarship from Independent Australian Laboratories (IAL) in Gladstone.

The third-year Bachelor of Science student is majoring in chemistry and is looking forward to making the most of the scholarship opportunities.

CQUniversity Associate Professor Ross Shepherd has just returned from an outside studies program, conducting genetics research at the Roslin Institute, south of Edinburgh, Scotland.

The Roslin Institute became a household name in 1996 with the birth of the lamb Dolly, the first cloned mammal in the world.

A CQUniversity trio has received a $10,000 grant to produce a documentary which explores the history of the small, independent opal and sapphire miners along the Tropic of Capricorn and the building of a heritage tourism industry..

Congratulations to CQUniversity graduate Shane Hatton on the launch of his new Blue Button Promotions business and his achievement of Certified Practising Marketer (CPM), the peak professional benchmark for marketers*..

The pop culture image of Orientation Week involves keg parties and drunken fraternity initiations but the focus these days is on giving students a taste of academic life..