CQUniversity Paramedic Science students have visited nursing homes and engaged with dementia patients. They've also provided pet therapy to nursing home residents by bringing in animals.

CQUniversity has picked up two out of the five available 'best scientist presentation' awards during a conference hosted by the Mining University in St Petersburg, Russia.

Mackay-based academic Brendan Donnelly and Rockhampton-based academic Dr Nanjappa Ashwath visited Russia to present papers on mining and environmental protection.

Thanks to an AusAID scholarship, Vanuatu's Vira Kalmanu has really been able to 'account' for himself in Australia.

The high-achieving CQUniversity Bachelor of Accounting student recently won the annual Evans Edwards and Associates prize of $400 plus a plaque and certificate for achieving the highest weighted GPA (Grade Point Average) among Rockhampton region students enrolled in the Company and Association Law, Accounting Systems and Assurance, and Corporate Accounting subjects.

CQUniversity researchers have bottled themselves up on a tropical island to come up with treasured journal articles that are ready to publish.

Thanks to support from the Health Collaborative Research Network, academics from a range of health and health-related fields got together on North Keppel Island to focus on ‘writing up' their projects.

CQUniversity lecturer Dr Betul Sekendiz recently visited the Fitlink stand at the Australian Fitness & Health Expo in Sydney to support our new partner in fitness education and certification.

This year`s Expo was visited by 37,391 people including national and international athletes, the public and exhibitor personnel.

Presentation of Campus Director's Awards will be a feature of this week's Melbourne Graduation Ceremony conducted by CQUniversity.

The ceremony will be held from 1.

If well managed, state leases should be an excellent form of public/private partnership: with the public contributing the land and the private utilising it productively.

That's according to Associate Professor Garrick Small from CQUniversity's Property program who says that infrastructure and social investment tends to improve the rental value of land.

Several Zontians were on hand to congratulate Amy Weise on winning a Zonta Club of Rockhampton encouragement award during the recent student awards ceremony.

Amy earned the award by gaining the highest GPA for first-year study in the Bachelor of Paramedic Science degree.

CQUniversity is giving prospective students the opportunity to find out about mid-year study and career options at the upcoming Mid Year Information Sessions across all of its campuses in Australia on Tuesday, May 7 from 4pm to 7pm.

With more than 120 degrees available to start studying in July, the sessions will allow people from anywhere in Australia to access immediate information, advice and support regarding education and training at CQUniversity with staff waiting to answer questions.

CQUniversity Australia has made another giant leap towards finalising its half-billion-dollar merger with CQ TAFE, with the Federal Government today announcing it would ‘unlock' $73.8 million to support the project.