CQUniversity Sydney graduate Shakir Karim is proud to have received two 'On The Spot' awards from his employer SAI Global, recognising operational excellence 'even when resources were restricted and at short notice'.

The awards also commend him on helping with problematic and complicated searches, for working hard to fulfil orders, and for sharing his knowledge with team members.

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CQUniversity Sydney Campus Director Susan Loomes (pictured below) recently attended a reception with The Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce at Admiralty House in Sydney to celebrate the 101st International Women's Day.

Invitees included multicultural community representatives, women leaders, veterans and serving members of the Australian Defence Force.

Further plans for the proposed Mackay Regional Sporting Precinct were announced on Friday, March 30 as the University welcomes over $100,000 in donations from industry and local government, to complement its own $40,000 commitment.

Thanks to a major contribution of $50,000 from Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, along with a $35,000 commitment from Mackay Regional Council and $17,500 from other industry members, the project will now enter the critical detailed planning stage.

CQUniversity researcher Dr Alison Jones has spotted and filmed an extremely rare Purple Flying Gurnard fish (otherwise known as Dactyloptena orientalis) off the coast east of Yeppoon.

Also known as the Indo-Pacific Flying Gurnard, Oriental Helmet Gurnard or the Oriental Searobin, the Gurnard has huge wing-like pectoral fins covered with dark spots and wavy lines.

CQUniversity has campuses stretching from Mackay to Melbourne and staff members often drive hundreds of kilometres just to get to lectures and meetings at different sites.

With staff travel being one of the University's major risks, academics and professional staff who are often on the road will soon have university-subsidised access to defensive driving courses.

It's usually the case that if you fish well you'll eat well.

But CQUniversity researchers running the ManUp program have turned this idea around, so you can eat well to have the chance to fish well.

CQUniversity shines across a range of comparisons highlighted by the federal government's new MyUniversity website, released today (Tuesday, April 3).

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CQUniversity's sleep researchers have been finding it hard to practice what they preach about getting enough sleep, since revealing Australia as a sleep-deprived nation.

The nation's largest-ever sleep census coordinated from our Appelton Institute in Adelaide has sparked a frenzy of broadcast and print media interviews.

Fresh from launching its new postgraduate courses in Project and Program Management, CQUniversity is welcoming a fresh focus on project management in Mackay and Gladstone.

Project management professionals are invited to be involved as the Project Management Institute Queensland (PMIQ) moves towards establishing a Mackay chapter during a meeting on Monday, April 16, and a Gladstone chapter during a meeting on Monday, April 23.