CQUniversity Social Work student Bridget Duffin is heading to Denmark for four months to complete courses towards her bachelor degree.

The Rockhampton local will be studying at the VIA College University in the city of Aarhus, which is Denmark's main port and second largest city.

Bridget Duffin is off to Denmark to gain a European perspective towards her Social Work degree

The trip from January to May of 2013 has been made possible thanks to a $10,000 student exchange scholarship funded* as part of the European Union-Australia joint mobility projects.

Bridget will take a temporary break from her intensive community involvement in Rockhampton.

She not only works as an educator with children at Rockhampton Police Citizens Youth Club, which includes children of special needs. She also helps to run the Kingdom Kids youth group through the Rock Covenant Love Ministries church, volunteers with St Vincent de Paul to take disadvantaged youth to activities and has an active life with her netball club.

Bridget runs Kingdom Kids with her sister Eleanor who a recent Education graduate from CQUniversity.

"I'm looking forward to the experience in Denmark even though I'll be going from a Rockhampton summer to a European winter," she says.

Bridget gave a special thanks to CQUniversity Social Work academic Dr Daniel Teghe for helping her with the groundwork involved in arranging the opportunity to study overseas.

Dr Teghe says the Meanings and Practices of Social Work: cross-national comparisons project involves a consortium of Australian and European partner institutions.

This project aims to advance social work education and practice by recognising social work as an international profession. It also recognises that the legal and organisational meaning of social work and related practices, and the identity of 'the social worker' will be influenced by the national and cultural context.

Dr Teghe says CQUniversity's involvement in the Meanings and Practices of Social Work project is administered by the Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre (LTERC).

"Our International Office colleagues have been just fantastic with their help and advice, and also for supporting exchange students," he says.

* The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) provides the scholarships for Australian students.