CQUniversity Australia
 

Sowing seeds of resilience

Rural occupational therapy (OT) practice can be challenging with large diverse caseloads, the generalist nature of practice, vast distances to travel, a lack of referral agency and equipment resources, and limited access to professional support.

Apart from the potential for 'burn out', if rural practice is not considered an attractive option, there may be unfilled OT vacancies and ultimately a lack of adequate health service provision for rural communities. Full Details…

PhotoID:11841, Dr Michael Cowling

Technology research

Teachers could be playing catch-up as textbooks become tech-books

Teachers could be playing catch-up in high-tech classrooms with Apple's recently announced foray into interactive textbooks helping to accelerate this trend.

That's according to CQUniversity's Dr Michael Cowling who is researching the ‘technology competency' of educators, following a recent study into the potential use of the Twitter social networking tool in the classroom.

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Community engagement

Joint academic role 'an Australian first' in field of medical imaging and sonography

CQUniversity and Mackay Health Service District have welcomed $375,000 in funding, enabling a joint academic role to become the first of its type in Australia in the field of medical imaging and sonography..

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International exchange

Kattie hones social work degree with a European perspective

CQUniversity Social Work student Kattie Butterfield is heading to Denmark to complete three of the courses towards her bachelor degree.

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

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PhotoID:11836, Assoc Prof Matthew Rockloff

PhotoID:11842, Jordan Edmeades finds a warm place in The Netherlands

PhotoID:11847, Minister Pitt (with plans) checks out the site for the proposed AEIOU centre in Bundaberg. Head of Campus Professor Phillip Clift (left) represents CQUniversity

$1 bets offer 'a slower way to bleed to death', says gambling researcher Full Details… Graduate Jordan goes Dutch with a Spanish waiter, continues homage to Fawlty Towers Full Details… Bundaberg Campus location for Autism Early Intervention Centre to benefit families and Uni students Full Details…