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Adult learning peak body visits, calls for 'reassessment'The president of Australia's peak adult learning body, Professor Barry Golding has visited Rockhampton for a forum calling for a reassessment of adult education in Australia. CQUniversity hosted the forum at its Ron Smyth Building in Quay Street. Full Details…2013-07-08 09:52:31.0 |
- Proving maths really adds up for society
Published on 04 December, 2012
CQUniversity's Professor Qing-Long Han has been striding the world stage in Mathematical Sciences, proving along the way that maths really adds up as a boon for society.
Professor Han is a researcher in time-delay systems, networked control systems, robust control and fault-tolerant control.
- Fresh project funding under CQUni Research Development and Incentives Program
Published on 04 December, 2012
Seed Grant Scheme
Dr Gillian Busch
Conquering the tyranny of distance: how families use video communication technologies during intergenerational SKYPE sessions
$9,691
Dr Vincent Dalbo
Effects of chronic aerobic exercise on biomarkers of myostatin pathway activity and insulin resistance in dietary induced obese Wistar rats
$9,455
Dr Susan Davis, Dr Angelina Ambrosetti
Digital tools for dramatic engagement - Transforming sustainability education for the digital age
$9,810
Dr Sandrine Makiela
Microbial characterisation of the soils in the wheat growing regions of central Queensland
$9,967
Dr Jessica Paterson
Increasing resilience to fatigue in Australian paramedics
$9,884
Dr Bradley Smith
Behavioural development in a unique Australian mammal: The dingo (Canis dingo)
$9,804
Merit Grant Scheme
Dr Xuan Zhou, Dr Charli Sargent
Can the recovery value of daytime sleep be optimised to reduce fatigue risk for night workers in safety-critical industries?
$50,000
- Uni Ball photo highlights
Published on 03 December, 2012
... - Earth's final wilderness captured in art
Published on 03 December, 2012
Ardent sailor and artist Peter Anderson depicts the awesome splendour of the ocean as Earth's final wilderness, in a painting launched recently in CQUniversity's Rockhampton Campus library..
- Presentations galore at Indigenous Awards Night
Published on 03 December, 2012
Professor Bronwyn Fredericks recently represented CQUniversity at the 6th Annual Indigenous Awards Night organised by Darumbal Community Youth Service in partnership with a range of other organisations.
Prof Fredericks attended in her capacity as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) and BMA Chair in Indigenous Engagement.
- Top teens feted on Gladstone Campus
Published on 03 December, 2012
CQUniversity Gladstone is hosting an afternoon tea event from 3.30pm this Thursday (Dec 6) to recognise academic achievements by local high school students.
- Pilot CSG water treatment plant already attracting interest
Published on 03 December, 2012
CQUniversity researcher Ben Kele recently attracted an audience of State Government reps while installing his pilot plant for the treatment of water associated with Westside's coal seam gas operation at Moura.
About 20 visitors from the Department of Environment and Heritage and the Department of Mines toured the facility.
- A taste of success with Agave, source of tequila drink fuels interest
Published on 03 December, 2012
Agave tequilana, the plant which produces the tequila drink, is being investigated as a potential source for bioethanol fuel production in Queensland.
CQUniversity has been at the forefront of this research for several years and researchers have started to taste success.
- 'Circus Skills' tour ends with a flourish
Published on 30 November, 2012
School kids and residents in the regional Queensland towns of Woorabinda, Baralaba, Eidsvold and Mount Morgan recently had the chance to learn circus skills, with the help of two professional trainers from Brisbane's Flipside Circus, as part of an Artists in Residence program.
The Flipside Circus trainers spent two weeks in each community, where they worked with schools, community organisations, community members and families to develop their circus skills.
- Uni launches literary magazine, copies available
Published on 30 November, 2012
CQUniversity has launched its latest Idiom 23 Literary Magazine at the Rockhampton Campus bookshop.
This year's collection of stories, poems, photographs, and creative nonfiction all pertain to the theme of 'stories of the sea'.