tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83368519683949663602024-03-05T19:09:34.115+10:00VC - CQUniversityVice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-62784024336844788022017-08-03T09:23:00.002+10:002017-08-03T09:23:22.178+10:00Proposing a strong future for study and research in Cairns<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this week in Cairns, I unveiled an ambitious $54.7m CBD campus funding proposal designed to stimulate new industries in the North and generate maximum community impact. CQUniversity has spent the last few years engaging with our community and industry leaders in Cairns about the role we can play in kick-starting new industries, skilling emerging workforces and diversifying the local economy. The Cairns community made it clear that they look to us to take a proactive lead in unlocking a range of emerging industries through our engagement, research and unique workforce skilling. What I announced today is a blueprint to implement the community’s vision for Cairns – the exciting new industries and opportunities that will make this region far more resilient and prosperous. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While the funding request is ambitious, the economic multiplier effect of this blueprint will continue paying out for generations to come. The <i>$54.7m CQUniversity Cairns Community Impact Plan</i> comprises five new industry kick-starter projects centred around a much larger, permanent campus base capable of accommodating more than 2,500 local and international students in the heart of the CBD. The new campus will cement CQUniversity’s rapidly-growing presence in the CBD permanently, securing Cairns’ identity as a multiple-university city. The much larger campus will also allow for further growth and investment by CQUniversity, with its current campus having reached capacity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to the permanent and expanded CBD campus, the <i>$54.7m CQUniversity Cairns Community Impact Plan </i>also includes strategic projects designed to launch the emerging local industries of Aviation Engineering and Pilot Training; High Performance Sports Science; Indigenous Policy Formulation; Indigenous Health and Education; Emerging Tourism and Economic Development; and Creative and Performing Arts enterprises. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am confident Cairns will get behind CQUniversity’s ambitious blueprint for community impact, because it was the community who told us what it should look like. CQUniversity came to Cairns quite modestly back in 2012, but our philosophy of engaging with the community and its industries on all our big decisions saw our student numbers almost triple in a no time at all, with our staff numbers now exceeding 140, and no room left on our current campus for more growth. So the University has this immense trust in the community when they tell us what will and won’t work. The community has essentially given us a blueprint for where they see Cairns in 15 years, and asked us how we can deliver on it for them. I have absolute faith in their vision, and in our ability to deliver.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I encourage everyone to learn more about our <i>$54.7m CQUniversity Cairns Community Impact Plan </i>by<i> </i>visiting<i> </i><a href="http://www.cqu.edu.au/cairnsimpactplan">www.cqu.edu.au/cairnsimpactplan</a> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-78077235185209451372017-06-09T10:10:00.000+10:002017-06-09T11:17:15.890+10:00China, India partnerships a two-way exchange for education<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now more than ever before, emerging global superpowers China
and India are looking to Australia for higher education opportunities.But worldly international students want more than just a
degree – they want a diverse experiences, and opportunities to build life-long
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Visiting India and China this week, the higher education
leaders we’ve met in both nations are determined to forge partnerships to give
their students international opportunities that will stand out from the crowd.In countries where you count the population by billions,
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sure, just over half of higher education students coming to
Australia seek out Group of Eight institutions.But that leaves more than a quarter of a million prospective
students every year, less seduced by a prestigious name, and more determined to
diversify their CV. </span></div>
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vocational qualifications, and another 21 per cent were enrolling in English
Language Intensive courses – both key strengths for CQUni. What does all this mean for us? And why does it mean myself
and the International team are traversing Asia as we speak?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Basically, CQUniversity has never been better placed to show
off our strengths to prospective international students – our comprehensive
curriculum, our industry partnerships and networks, and our commitment to
social innovation and change.University leaders I’ve met this week have been very excited
about CQUniversity’s growing reputation for social change, and the networks we
have forged in pursuit of our social innovation strategy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rapid social change has seen both China and India look for a
new generation of changemakers, ready to tackle issues around environment,
social inequity and growing opportunity, for their communities. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">China and India already represent our biggest international
student cohorts at CQUniversity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And both nations have already been well-represented in social
innovation activities across our campuses, including entering The Big Idea
competition, attending the Social Innovation Studio in Gladstone, and gaining
scholarships to attend the Ashoka U Exchange in Miami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The skills, knowledge and networks these participants have
developed can only boost their employability, grow their perspective, and
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Meanwhile, it’s not just international students that benefit
from these experiences – working alongside our staff and domestic students, the
exchange of diverse experience and international perspective is invaluable for
all of us. Growing our partnerships with international institutions is key to
ensuring the knowledge and experience exchange continues in both directions,
and we all benefit from opportunities. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-22020106810327953972017-06-06T11:24:00.000+10:002017-06-07T15:21:02.923+10:00Seven Women transforming lives by hand in Nepal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Visiting the Seven Women in Nepal today has been the best experience yet. Here, I’ve been able to see and understand just how much impact a simple but strong idea, backed by a good business model, can have on an entire community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With a mission to empowering marginalised women through education, skills training and income generation, Seven Women is a social enterprise in Kathmandu, which raises funds through sale of hand-crafts. </span></div>
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-4992399481383447562017-06-06T11:05:00.002+10:002017-06-06T11:05:43.869+10:00Growing partnerships means healthier futures in Nepal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we talk about changing the world, here in the west we often we think of complicated, tech-heavy, revolutionary ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here in Nepal, the transformative power of health care is apparent every day, and the great need for more health resources to prevent the regular epidemic spread of infectious disease. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many people don’t realise, Nepal actually has a bigger population than Australia. With nearly 27 million people in such a tiny country, and in such a harsh environment, it’s no wonder that so many Nepalese are missing out on basic services and opportunities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CQUniversity has been building our partnerships in Nepal for more than eight years now, and much of the credit goes to Kerry Reid-Searle and the School of Nursing and Midwifery, who forged initial ties in Pokhara. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since 2008, CQUniversity has partnered with the Antipodeans agency to provide students with clinical placements in Pokhara’s Fishtail Hospital and Research Centre and Gandaki Hospital, regional health camps, and health outreach with the Children of Nepal, a not-for-profit providing shelter and care to homeless and destitute children. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yet Praveen Nair has achieved this and so much more since she began working with India’s street children, and has transformed countless lives in the process. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This week while in India, I have been privileged to confer an Honorary Doctorate of Social Innovation on Ms Nair, who founded <a href="http://www.salaambaalaktrust.com/" target="_blank">Salaam Baalak Trust</a>, and continues to serve as its chairperson and trustee. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The relentless work of Ms Nair and SBT to drive life-changing opportunities for street children in India has been exceptional, and recognised both in her home country, and internationally.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Originally a social worker, Ms Nair established SBT in 1988, to rehabilitate street children who acted in Salaam Bombay, a film directed by her daughter Mira Nair. <o:p></o:p></div>
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With all our differences, to my mind the Salaam Baalak Trust and CQUniversity are a perfect match. And the many benefits of our partnership go in both directions. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve only just returned to the office after three months off on long service leave, so I thought it was high time that I get back to my blog. Anita and I had a brilliant time travelling across Australia in the first few weeks, before travelling to Europe and Africa. It was a great experience to be able to unwind like that and I am very fortunate to have had the opportunity. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I was away our Provost Hilary Winchester took over as VC and unsurprisingly did a fantastic job. I knew I wouldn’t have to worry about work when the Uni was in Hilary’s capable hands. Sadly though, Hilary finished up at the University following my return and will now embark on the next phase of her career doing consultancy work within the higher ed sector. Hilary will relocate back to Adelaide and will be missed by all here at CQUni. We certainly owe a great deal of thanks to Hilary for her leadership and vision.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-86141675862440703412016-05-20T12:27:00.000+10:002016-05-20T14:05:39.412+10:00Uni Experience and a chance meeting with the PM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hundreds of students this week got a taste of CQUni life at University Experience events held across our campus network. </span><br />
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-18125785003503241252016-05-06T15:35:00.001+10:002016-05-06T15:35:49.672+10:00CQUni Melbourne campus a shining light of social innovation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm very proud of our Melbourne campus this week for hosting an extremely successful event, focusing on social innovation, as part of Melbourne Knowledge Week 2016. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The public event allowed more than 100 aspiring social innovators to team up with and hear from socially innovative organisations including <a href="http://www.ewb.org.au/" style="line-height: 19.6px;" target="_blank">Engineers Without Borders</a><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">, social enterprise developers </span><a href="http://www.socialtraders.com.au/" style="line-height: 19.6px;" target="_blank">Social Traders</a><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">, and the </span><a href="http://sse.org.au/" style="line-height: 19.6px;" target="_blank">School for Social Entrepreneurs</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The key purpose of the event was to challenge attendees <span style="line-height: 19.6px;">to identify opportunities to create innovation and change in their world by giving them practical advice and frameworks to make a difference.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Participants also heard inspiring accounts of real-life social change from presenters Dr Andrew Ingham (School for Social Entrepreneurs), Mark Daniels (Social Traders) and Jane Hadjion (Engineers Without Borders).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">The session also involved an interactive brainstorming session that saw participants tackle four big issues including </span><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">asylum seekers, public health, the environment and education, by developing and delivering four big ideas for each. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">CQUniversity is a university that is truly is setting the agenda for social innovation in education, with core values to empower its students, staff and communities to drive positive change. And, our Melbourne campus is certainly leading the way when it comes to engaging our community. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We'll see more great events like this going forward, both at our Melbourne campus and at other campuses around our national footprint. In particular, there will be an event held at the Melbourne campus on 17 May, 2016 that will look into homelessness within the city. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The event '<i>Sleeping on the streets of the world's most liveable city</i>' will look at why more and more people are sleeping rough on Melbourne's streets. The session will also explore what types of simple and effective strategies may be implemented to by every member of the community to alleviate this situation. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was great to read this story (<a href="https://www.cqu.edu.au/cquninews/stories/general-category/2016/cquni-research-into-d-i-y-accidents-finds-power-tool-users-need-better-safety-training" style="color: #003057; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.6px;">Research into D-I-Y accidents finds power tool users need better safety training</a>) in UniNews yesterday. Not only was it a fascinating story about an even more fascinating research project but it shows how staff from our vocational and higher education areas have come together to work on education and research projects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this instance, <span style="line-height: 19.6px;">CQUniversity Metal Fabrication Teacher Gary Balderson and Dean of the School of Education and the Arts, Dr Bill Blayney, looked at the connection between the rise of Do-It-Yourself related injuries and product awareness. Something that I think is relevant to many people who aim to tackle projects around the home - and something that many Queenslanders will be doing as we approach a long weekend this week. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">The uptake of Do It Yourself (DIY) home renovations has rapidly increased across Australia with a subsequent increase in injury rates. Currently, there is no requirement by suppliers to provide product awareness training for hobbyist/DIY consumers. There is growing concern about the impact of injury to the health and well-being of the individual and also the negative financial issues that impact on the community. In fact, t</span><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">he survey found two-thirds of the respondents were reading the instructions, but only 40% understood what they were reading!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">This type of research is important and practical and is</span> a great example of a comprehensive university like CQUniversity in action. It's great hearing about these projects and I really look forward to witnessing more examples of our VET and higher ed staff and students working together like this in the future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was delighted to announce today that CQUniversity would be extending its partnership, as naming rights sponsor of the Cairns Taipans for another three years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CQUniversity has partnered with the Taipans for four years now, first as a Taipans Academy supporter and then as naming rights sponsor from 2014. In fact, <span style="line-height: 19.6px;">In CQUni's first year as the club’s major sponsor, the Snakes claimed their first minor premiership in NBL history. At the same time, CQUniversity was also expanding its presence in the Cairns region by announcing plans to extend the distance education study centre to a full campus. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">Our partnership with the Taipans brings with it many opportunities for community engagement and also allows us to deliver players and academy members with pathways into study. Importantly our sponsorship allows us to support the</span><span style="line-height: 19.6px;"> Taipans’ Indigenous Program, driven by former NBL player Kerry Williams.</span></span><br />
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-11283433736132590632016-04-07T10:52:00.000+10:002016-04-07T10:52:08.889+10:00Top 150 Under 50<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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delighted to announce that we have officially been recognised by the <i>Times Higher Education World Rankings</i>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This is a significant achievement for our university and
shows that our hard work and determination, to transform CQUniversity from a <i>strong</i> university to a <i>great</i> university is paying off!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Over the past six years we have worked incredibly hard to
increase our physical presence across Australia, grow our student numbers,
deliver world-class research, improve our learning and teaching, and provide a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In fact what we have achieved in such a short period of
time is truly outstanding. We now have more than 30,000 students, delivery
sites in every mainland state of Australia and some of the best graduate
outcome rates in the nation. Most importantly though, we are Australia’s most
inclusive and engaged university and will continue to measure our success by
who we embrace rather than who we exclude.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other significant achievements over the past 12 months, including being
recognised within the world’s top 600 universities, being awarded five stars
for inclusiveness, internationalisation and online/distance learning by the
global QS Stars ratings system, achieving our highest ever Excellence in
Research Australia (ERA) rankings, and most recently being recognised by
international social innovation group Ashoka U as Australia’s first Changemaker
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CQUniversity has a long proud history, both with CQ TAFE, which has been
around for more than 125 years, and as the Queensland Institute of Technology (Capricornia), which was
established almost 50 years ago. We have made a great impact on the communities
we serve and next year we will celebrate 25 years since we achieved full
university status. It’s very exciting to think about what the next 25 years
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-79509858213716119492016-04-05T11:25:00.002+10:002016-04-05T11:25:55.547+10:00Old Rocky Favourite Returns<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="line-height: 1.2em;">After a hiatus of more than a decade, the infamous Bird Cage has reopened at CQUniversity Rockhampton North campus. </span><span style="line-height: 1.2em;">The revamped and modernised facility will add to a recent resurgence of campus life, with more vibrant events and activities now happening throughout the year. This is a really exciting development for our staff and our students - many of whom are now studying on campus. </span><br />
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Operating as a licenced venue and café, the Bird Cage is now open to CQUniversity staff, students and campus visitors. <span style="line-height: 1.2em;">Initially, it will open from 11 am to 5 pm from Monday to Wednesday, with longer hours on Thursday (until 7pm) and Friday (until 9pm). It is also licenced to operate until midnight for special events.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.2em;">Back in the day the Bird Cage was a favourite for many students, a place to relax and meet friends (and probably miss a few too many lectures and tutorials) and now a whole new generation of students will get to have this same experience. The space is fantastic and the massive outdoor deck is sure to be a real winner. Patrons can also bring their own food or select something off the menu meaning, so it really is a place for everyone to enjoy at any time. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.2em;">I am really proud at what our facilities team have developed, in fact I think it's one of the best and biggest uni bars I have ever seen. I know our students will absolutely love it and I look forward to bumping into a few of them there on my breaks. </span><br />
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-1818072933087584272016-03-23T09:46:00.001+10:002016-03-24T12:19:48.772+10:00CQUniversity - Australia's first Changemaker Campus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am absolutely thrilled to
finally share the news with you that CQUniversity has officially been
recognised as a <i>Changemaker Campus</i> by global social innovation group
Ashoka U!<br />
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This is an incredibly exciting development for CQUniversity as we are the first
and only Australian university to join this prestigious group. In fact, there
are only two <i>Changemaker Campuses</i> in the Asia Pacific Region – us and
the Singapore Management University.<br />
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To provide a bit more background, the Ashoka U <i>Changemaker Campus</i>
consortium is a dynamic, global network of leading colleges and universities
who commit to advancing social innovation at their campus and beyond. These
institutions collaborate with each other to break down barriers to
institutional change and foster a campus-wide culture of social innovation. The group is made up of only 30 institutions around the world including Arizona State University, Brown University, Duke University and Singapore Management University. </span><br />
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Social innovation is a concept that seeks to find innovative and sustainable
solutions to social needs or problems. There are many definitions of the
concept but ultimately the philosophy is driven by the simple need to improve
lives and create positive change within the world around us – something that
many of us are already doing without even realising.<br />
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Our acceptance into this exclusive group comes following a rigorous two year
selection process that assessed CQUniversity’s social innovation credentials,
plans and corporate values. Our focus on social innovation and becoming a <i>Changemaker
Campus</i> is a natural extension to the University’s values of inclusiveness
and engagement, and our mission to create connections across our local,
national and international footprint for the mutual benefit of the University
and our valued stakeholders – whether that’s in Melbourne, Mt Isa, or Mumbai.<br />
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At CQUniversity, we have always been engineers of profound social change – this
includes activities such as the delivery of distance education (something we
started doing almost half a century ago), research and program design that is
informed by engagement with community and industry, the delivery of access
education, and providing students with multiple opportunities to engage with
the world around them. Put simply, social innovation is about helping our
people answer the question “How can I change the world?”<i> </i><br />
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The solution requires entrepreneurialism, innovation, creativity and audacity
to do things differently. It is the sheer boldness and creativity of our
approach to education that gives CQUniversity its identity, and it is simply
extraordinary that we have captured the imagination of the Ashoka U network of
Changemaker Campuses. This is an achievement we should all be extremely proud
of!<br />
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and Ashoka U please go to <a href="https://www.vision6.com.au/ch/42519/3d8z5/2108405/afa07shrd.html"><span style="color: blue;">www.cqu.edu.au/about-us/history/social-innovation</span></a> and <a href="https://www.vision6.com.au/ch/42519/3d8z5/2107941/afa07qwr3.html"><span style="color: blue;">www.ashokau.org</span></a>. </span><br />
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-76964400703459088492016-03-07T12:36:00.000+10:002016-03-07T12:36:30.821+10:00A celebration of past achievements and those still to come – Farewell Rennie and welcome aboard John!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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significant milestone this week at CQUniversity, as we officially farewell our
current Chancellor Mr Rennie Fritschy and welcome our new Chancellor Mr John
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served the CQUniversity as Chancellor for 12 years and during his tenure he has
made a fantastic contribution to the University and the Central Queensland
community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rennie’s tenure that we embarked upon the <i>Strong to Great</i> agenda. This
ambitious plan for reinvigoration and renewal was completely driven by a
philosophy of engagement with our local communities. What the Central
Queensland region told us was simple; the region needed to diversify its
economic reliance on traditional industries and that we needed to act to with
urgency to overcome worsening workplace shortages – particularly within the
healthcare sector. To do this we needed to switch more people – especially
young people within our regions, on to post-school education and close the gap
that existed between metropolitan and regional university participation rates -
particularly among recent school leavers and students from disadvantaged
backgrounds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The University
set out to deliver on this social charter and acted upon it as if it were a
crisis situation. In the years that followed the University introduced dozens
of new programs and reinvented existing courses. To support this more than $200
million dollars has been invested in refreshing existing facilities and
building new ones, and we also increased our investment in research, student
support, technology and learning and teaching quality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The University
also welcomed the history-making merger with CQ TAFE in 2014, which is arguably
one of the most significant things to happen in the history of education and
training in Queensland. This move also meant we could work across the entire
spectrum of post-school education and create synergies between vocational and
tertiary education. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More than five
years after we embarked on this journey the results are becoming clear.
CQUniversity has grown to become one of the largest regional universities in
Australia, with more than 30,000 students currently enrolled. We now also have
the largest geographical footprint of any other university in the country, with
24 delivery sites including campuses, study centres and partnerships with third
party university centres in Western Australia and New South Wales. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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though, we are Australia’s most inclusive university, with the highest
percentages of students from low socio-economic, first-in-family, mature age
and Indigenous backgrounds. Importantly CQUniversity now has one of the highest
domestic student growth rates in Australia (with 40 percent growth in the last
seven years).</span></div>
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great news for CQUniversity but it is also great news for the community as this
success has and will continue to drive broader social change. Already we have
witnessed the first wave of new health professionals graduate and enter the
workforce – many of whom have taken jobs in Central Queensland or within regional
and remote communities across Australia. And we are starting to see equity
emerge with regards to university participation rates in the CQ region,
compared to that of the cities. More of our young people are embarking on
securing a trade or a university qualification!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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continue to witness the positive effects of this strategy for many years to
come and we must thank Rennie for his contribution and vision related to this.
Rennie, on behalf of everyone at CQUniversity and the Central Queensland region
I would like to thank you for this valuable contribution! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would also like to thank you for being a fantastic friend and mentor. I hope
your retirement heralds an exciting new chapter in your life and I wish you and
Noelene all the very best for a happy future.</span></div>
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Chancellor, Mr John Abbott, I look forward to working with you starting from
next Monday. You have already made a considerable contribution to the
University over many, many years, first with your involvement at CIAE and now
as a member of Council, so I have no doubt you will continue to influence
positive outcomes for the University. The most exciting thing though, is that
you will provide leadership to the University during our next phase of growth
and importantly play an instrumental role in CQUniversity emerging as one of
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-33430381035668038482016-02-23T10:00:00.001+10:002016-02-23T10:00:41.467+10:00A memorable week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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week last week was. The week was full of major milestones including the Building 34 opening in Rockhampton, with none other than the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Federal
Education Minister Simon Birmingham also visited us in Mackay, officially opening
the brand new $16.6 million Rennie Fritschy Engineering Building at the Ooralea
campus. And on top of this we also celebrated the launch of the University’s
new postgraduate programs in Domestic and Family Violence Practice in Brisbane.
The Queensland State Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Shannon
Fentiman was the guest speaker at this event and importantly used the occasion
to announce $3.7 million in new funding, over five years, for CQUniversity’s
Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opposition
Leader, the Hon. Bill Shorten was also in Mackay last Friday and we were happy to
show him around our fantastic facilities and update him on our activities in
the region. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m sure you’ll
agree it was a big week for political visits and I think this is a testament to
the fantastic work CQUniversity is doing. The word is certainly getting out and
I’m very proud to host our pollies and promote the difference we are making
across Australia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the great work CQUniversity is doing, I must also acknowledge the contribution
of our Chancellor, Mr Rennie Fritschy. Much has been achieved under his
leadership and his contribution will be felt for many years to come. Last week we also held our final farewell function for Rennie in Mackay, which was a wonderful
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overseas. I stopped in India on the way back from the Middle East to attend
alumni events and to also visit the children at the Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT).
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s always inspiring to catch up with our Indian alumni as
so many have gone on to achieve remarkable things and most importantly are now
helping others to do the same. It’s also fantastic to hear about how proud they
are to be an alumnus of CQUniversity and hear their stories of studying in
Australia. It’s great to see this cohort is still so engaged with their
university and even better that they have so many ideas in relation to our
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the Salaam Baalak Trust. CQUniversity has a long running partnership with SBT
and we are proud to support the work they do, giving some of Delhi’s most
disadvantaged children a new life. CQUniversity contributes financially to the
Trust and also sponsors the SBT City Walk program run by some of the Trust’s
older children. Along with this we also fund a number of scholarships for SBT students
to attend university in India – something that is life changing for the
recipients. Hearing about their study success is always a highlight!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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students as well – those of our students who visit during study tours. Each
year groups of education and nursing students travel to India to work with the staff
and children at SBT and all of them say how the trip not just enriched their
learning experience but so too changed their lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(engineers) are also in India as part of an Engineers Without Borders tour. The
tour is made up of 45 students from universities across Australia and 17 of
these students are studying engineering at CQUni. This opportunity sounds
incredible as they will be working with community leaders in Pune (near Mumbai)
to identify community challenges and design solutions for them. At the end of
two weeks they will deliver these solutions back to the community. The whole
experience is based on human centred design and will focus heavily on social
innovation. I would have loved to join them, even for just a few days to share
this experience but unfortunately time didn’t permit. Fortunately, our university photographer and
cameraman is touring with them though so in a few weeks I should be able to
share some great photos and footage of this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some of our students are already discovering the world and finding ways to make
a positive difference. Looking forward to hearing their stories and seeing the
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-28049318489616669922016-02-08T16:38:00.001+10:002016-02-08T16:38:46.182+10:00Partnership leads to scholarship<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first leg of the trip was to Kuwait, to officially
celebrate the ongoing partnership between CQUniversity
and the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK). The partnership has seen
CQUniversity establish an office at the college, with a staff member from
CQUniversity permanently based there. Joahanne Flynn has been appointed to this
role and will work to establish strategic research and learning and
teaching linkages between the two institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most excitingly however, is that ACK will now be sponsoring selected graduating students, to study their masters or PhD’s in Australia, at
CQUniversity. The first such student to receive a scholarship was Maryam Omar.
While in Kuwait we presented Maryam with her scholarship and also got to spend
some time with her, learning about her studies, work experience and goals for
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this year to complete her masters of engineering at the Melbourne campus. Maryam is a very accomplished young woman having recently
graduated from ACK with a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and a perfect GPA of
4.0 out 4.0. She has recently started work as an engineer and also happens
to be a very talented cricket player. In fact Maryam was the captain of the
Kuwait National Women’s Cricket team in 2013!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-53459627777754122722016-01-26T10:12:00.001+10:002016-01-26T10:12:33.731+10:00Mr Rennie Fritschy - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The good news just keeps
coming this year, as today we learned that our Chancellor Mr Rennie Fritschy
has been recognised in the Australia Day Honours List with a Member of the
Order of Australia (AM) award.<br />
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I am delighted that Rennie has been recognised in such a way and it is
particularly fitting that this award has come on the eve of his retirement.<br />
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The award recognises the significant contribution he has made to regional
Australia, particularly Central Queensland, throughout his distinguished career
spanning the alumina, nickel, petrochemical and textile industries, and of
course as the Chancellor of CQUniversity.<br />
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As Chancellor, Rennie has applied his expertise in leadership and strategy
development to make a significant and lasting impact on not just the
University, but on communities in Central Queensland and beyond. His
stewardship of the University has led to the development of new program
offerings specific to the needs of the region, state-of-the-art learning and
teaching facilities and a greater focus on our global outreach programs, and
our social innovation agenda. The roll-out of new allied health programs in
Central Queensland in recent years, for instance, is already changing these
communities. We’ve begun seeing the first wave of skilled graduates entering
the workforce, with at least 70 percent of them remaining in the region to live
and work. I know this has been of one of Rennie’s most cherished
accomplishments.<br />
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It has been strategic imperatives like this which have led to increased enrolments
at CQUniversity, helping improve higher education participation within the
region. In fact, during Rennie’s tenure as Chancellor we’ve actually seen the
gap between metropolitan and CQ regional university attendance rates narrow
markedly, which is tremendous social change. <br />
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Importantly, Mr Fritschy’s commitment to improving access to higher education
for the demographic that CQUniversity mostly serves, including regional and
remote, low socioeconomic, first-in-family and Indigenous students, has made
positive ripples throughout the region. His tenure as Chancellor has seen
CQUniversity emerge as the largest and fastest growing university based in
regional Australia.<br />
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Rennie has helped take a strong regional university and transform it into a
great national university.<br />
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On behalf of everyone at CQUniversity I would like to congratulate Mr Fritschy
on this award. I am sure you will join with me in agreeing that he is
thoroughly deserving of this recognition.</span><br />
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-14560926097998382722016-01-19T16:02:00.000+10:002016-01-19T16:02:56.275+10:00STEM program offers on the rise at CQUni<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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that program offers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are on
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In fact </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">almost half of all offers made at
CQUniversity were for programs delivered by the University’s School of
Engineering and Technology, and School of Medical and Applied Science.</span></div>
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programs within the humanities and business have been the most favoured among
new students but in the past few years we have seen things event up, not just
here at CQUniversity but across the sector. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There are so many diverse STEM programs available for
students to study from medical science, sports science, food science, medical
imaging and sonography, to civil, mechatronic and electrical engineering. These
programs also offer students some exciting career pathways after graduation with
these types of skills in high demand both in Australia and across the globe.</span></div>
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results is also that the percentage of female students entering into study STEM
related study has also grown with almost 70 percent of offers made within our
School of Medical and Applied Science going to female students. As we all know,
STEM has been a traditionally male dominated field, so seeing this turnaround
is a terrific result. I think it also shows that high schools are doing a great
job encouraging female students to study STEM related subjects and breaking
down the gender barriers in this area.</span></div>
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-70547900586057744132016-01-13T16:00:00.003+10:002016-01-13T16:00:58.039+10:00Good news to start the year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s wonderful to be announcing some great news so early in
the New Year - two CQUniversity led projects have been awarded prestigious
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Associate Professor Trudy Dwyer who have been awarded a $300,000 grant, to
develop a toolkit to facilitate work-ready nursing graduates. The project will
help to boost patient safety through innovative simulation exercises involving
dramatisation of key health scenarios and role-play participation by
undergraduate nursing students.</span></div>
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partnership with academics from the Australian Catholic University, the
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Wood and Professor Bronwyn Fredericks who have gained a grant worth $320,000 to
carry out research that will bring about an understanding of the factors that
impact on higher education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
students. The study will involve cross-sector collaboration and a participatory
action research approach.</span></div>
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with academics from Charles Darwin University, University of South Australia,
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-39225362187801901882015-12-21T14:32:00.000+10:002015-12-21T14:32:03.363+10:00Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's one of my favourite times of the year again! Christmas is only a couple of sleeps away and it's time for a break with family and friends. As I wind down for the year it also gives me some time to reflect on what a busy and remarkable year it's been for the University.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While 2015's highlights have been countless, I’ve taken on the
difficult challenge of creating a list of the best ten. I hope this shortlist
provides you with an idea of the enormity of our national reach, and the impact
we are having on students in all our local communities. In no particular order,
my proudest highlights for CQUniversity during the year were:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Three new campuses opened: $7.5 million
CQUniversity </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Melbourne</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">CBD</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> campus, home to 1,400 students; $15
million CQUniversity </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Cairns </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">campus at Cairns Square in heart of CBD, set
to be home to 2,500 domestic and international students by 2020; and $3 million
CQUniversity </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Townsville </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">CBD campus, growing face-to-face programs
including Paramedic Science, Nursing, Law, Education, and Psychology. With </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">35,000
students</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> spread over </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">24 campus</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> sites nation-wide, we are now the
largest university based in regional Australia.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">CQUniversity also opened Stage Two of our </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">$26
million Community Health Clinic</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> in Rockhampton (a Federal and State
Governments partnership which now provides hundreds of public health
appointments each week and great learning experiences for our health students),
and competed the </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">$16.6 million Federally-funded Engineering Centre</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> at
our Mackay campus. More than </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">$200 million</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> has now been invested in
capital works infrastructure across our campuses since 2009!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">A swathe of new training courses and degrees
unveiled, including vocational and dual sector qualifications in Logistics,
Tourism, Building and Construction and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Health, and higher degree programs including Australia’s newest and most
hands-on Agriculture degree, a Bachelor of Cardiac Physiology, a Mechatronics
stream in our popular Bachelor of Engineering, and Australia’s first trans-city
MBA, which debuted at number 13 in </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">Boss Magazine’s</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> top 50 MBA list.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The largest cohort of graduating students in our
history, including our first-ever graduates in newer courses such as Speech
Pathology and Oral Health, plus CQUniversity’s first vocational students to
cross the floor at graduation ceremonies, and our first students to graduate
from CQUniversity’s Study Centre in Geraldton, WA.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Impressive grant success from the Australian
Research Council (ARC), with funds for four CQUniversity projects giving us one
of the highest overall success rates in the nation. Projects will look at
computer scanning classification processes, rail safety teamwork, chicken gut
health on poultry farms, and how shift workers can better manage sleep. We also
expect to see a strong leap in our national research rankings when the ARC
announces its latest data this month. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CQUniversity achieved its best-ever ratings in
the Commonwealth Government’s periodic assessment of Australia research. Our
2015 Excellence in Research Australia results showed that CQU was conducting
research rated as at/above/well above world standard in many areas including
Mathematics, Psychology, Nursing, Agriculture & VET Science, Environmental
Science, Engineering, Medical & Health Science, Artificial Intelligence,
and Public Health & Health Services. These ratings reflect CQUniversity’s
ever-growing commitment to research, with four new research centres opened in
2015; the Institute for Future Farming Systems, the Centre for Tourism and
Regional Opportunity, the Centre for Railway Engineering, and the Centre for
Intelligent and Networked Systems. CQUniversity also had a highly successful
year in winning numerous highly competitive national research grants in key
areas.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">For the first time, CQUniversity hosted </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">WorldSkills
Australia</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> regional competitions, with hundreds of our apprentices, trainees
and students competing in trade challenges, and many now going on to the
national finals in 2016. We also had seven vocational students and one teacher
named as regional finalists in the </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">Queensland Training Awards</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">, with five
winning through to the state finals.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">The Commonwealth Government’s </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">Quality
Indicators for Learning & Teaching</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> (QILT) 2015 rankings showed the
nation that CQUniversity is streets ahead of most other universities –
including the prestigious “Group of Eight” members – on important measures like
full time graduate employment success, graduate median salaries, and student
support.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Our popular </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">10,000 Steps</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> health and
wellbeing initiative reached its 300,000-participant milestone, while also
receiving a significant funding boost from the Queensland Government, meaning
the 14-year old program will go on to boost the health of Australians for many
years yet. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">And saving the best till last, the prestigious </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">Times
Higher Education World Rankings</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> this year placed CQUniversity in the Top
600 universities, putting us in the top 3 per cent of world universities!
I am very confident that our reputational trajectory will see us enter the top
500 in the next ranking.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clearly, it’s been a busy 12 months, and one that’s featured
great success across CQUniversity’s many and growing fields of specialty. The
moment that made me most proud of being the Vice-Chancellor of this remarkable
institution, however, was how the entire university community responded the
devastation of Cyclone Marcia. This natural disaster took our main Rockhampton
campuses offline for 10 days, and caused major disruptions to all 24 campuses
with the “lights out” at HQ. The ingenuity and resourcefulness of our staff
during this time was matched only by their selflessness, as many helped with
the enormous campus clean-up (even while their own homes remained damaged), to
ensure students commencing O-Week activities the following week could enjoy a
positive term start. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some more great news overnight that CQUniversity graduates are once again ahead of the pack when it comes to gaining full-time employment after completing their studies. In fact, CQUniversity degrees
have been confirmed as among the most valuable in Australia, with the latest
national data once again showing CQUniversity’s graduate employability well
ahead of the national average.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CQUniversity bachelor degree graduates had an overall full-time
employment rate of <b>79.6 per cent</b> in
2014, more than 10 percentage points above the national average of just 68.8
per cent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new data from Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) looks at whether
Australian graduates who completed their studies in 2014 had found full-time
work within four months of completing their degree. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CQUniversity always performs well in this survey but I actually think it's remarkable that for the past four years running CQUniversity's results have surpassed the national average by 10 percentage points or more! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The results show that in particular, CQUniversity graduates in
the fields of Building, Business Studies, Education and Health were comprehensively
outperforming their counterparts at other universities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A whopping 95 per cent of CQUniversity's
Building graduates, across programs including Building Design, Construction
Management, and Building Surveying, had found a full-time job in that timeframe
– almost 15 percentage points ahead of the national average.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CQUniversity’s Education graduates were
even further ahead of the field, with 92.7 percent of graduates landing a
full-time job – more than 20 percentage points above of the national average. And our engineering graduates are still finding employment, at a very high rate, despite the recent downturn in the mining industry.</span></div>
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Employment rate<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">80.6%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>95.0%</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">71.8%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>92.7%</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78.1%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>86.7%</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">76.9%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CQUniversity has grown steadily to
become the largest and fastest growing university based in regional Australia.
We now have more students than at any other time in our history, and we are
going to tremendous lengths to ensure they are among the most work-ready
graduates in the nation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.35pt;">The latest data really validates what
our communities have been telling us – that our massive investment in new
course offerings and facilities in years gone by is having a positive effect on
workforce skills shortages.</span><span style="line-height: 16.35pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 16.35pt;">We really are fueling our local
economies by turning out large numbers of highly skilled, incredibly well
sought-after graduates year after year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.35pt;">What's more these results sit </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">in perfect harmony with other recently released national data from the
Commonwealth’s </span><i style="line-height: 107%;">Quality Indicators for
Teaching and Learning</i><span style="line-height: 107%;"> which show CQUniversity in the top five Australian
universities for graduate employment and median graduate salaries, and ahead of
the large sandstone universities for student support. These results prove that </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.8px;">CQUniversity is increasingly becoming known as a premier work-ready university.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s been a good year for CQUniversity (and our graduates)! </span></span></div>
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336851968394966360.post-16562017497033419092015-12-04T09:15:00.001+10:002015-12-04T09:15:26.503+10:00CQUni Research excellence recognised in #ERA2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s great to be able to finish not just the week bust so
too the year on a very positive note for the University, following the release
of the long-awaited 2015 Excellence in research Australia (ERA) results.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is fantastic news for CQUniversity with findings showing
that we are conducting research rated as at, above, or well above world
standard across 14 different research categories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a remarkable improvement from just five years ago
when we attained this level in just three research categories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CQUniversity’s dramatic leap in research performance has
been underpinned by our record investment in research facilities and personnel,
innovative and engaged research strategy, and tremendous success in securing
highly competitive national research grants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These ERA results validate our sharp focus on research
informed by industry and community collaboration. In fact, what we have seen
with the three ERA assessments conducted over the past five years has been a
consistent acceleration of CQUniversity’s research strengths in line with our
focus on industry and community engagement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These results show that we have established ourselves as
research leaders in areas such as Psychology, Agriculture & Vet Science, Environmental
Science, Mathematics, Nursing, Engineering, Medical & Health Science,
Artificial Intelligence, and Public Health & Health Services. Having so many research areas recognised by
the Commonwealth Government as above or well above world standard is a tremendous
reward for the University and our many talented researchers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our results this year include:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->5 in Applied Mathematics <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->5 in Psychology and Cognitive Services <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Processing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are absolutely fantastic results however we are
only just getting started. Our research momentum has us firmly on a trajectory
that will see us emerge as one of Australia’s truly great universities. And we
plan to take our communities and industries along with us on this remarkable
ride. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What’s more it also goes to show that excellent research
doesn’t just happen in elite, metropolitan based universities. Excellent
research is conducted in regional Australia, by great regional universities
like CQUniversity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am incredibly proud of these remarkable results and
commend everyone involved with research at CQUniversity who have worked so hard
to achieve this excellent outcome. In particular Provost Hilary Winchester and
Pro Vice-Chancellor Grant Stanley should be credited for their outstanding
leadership and vision when it comes to the University’s research efforts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope these results will inspire you as a student and
that you’ll all join with me in celebrating these results and congratulating
our researchers!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vice Chancellor - CQUniversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911576689619945275noreply@blogger.com0