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In this next episode of Conversations with the Dean, Professor Stephen Dobson sits down with Dr Karena Menzie-Ballantyne, a Bundaberg-based Senior Lecturer and researcher in Education at CQUniversity. Dr Menzie-Ballantyne talks about her life's journey to "find her passion" in education. She talks about how teaching often gets a bad wrap, yet is a very fulfilling career where you often learn as much from your students as they do from you. She also unpacks her research interest into global citizenship and discusses her latest role with UNESCO in developing a Road Map to address their Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainability. She talks about how CQUniversity is leading a charge for systemic change in education across the Asia Pacific region nurturing global citizens and securing sustainable futures. 'Conversations with the Dean: Stephen Dobson' is a regular podcast where Professor Dobson chats with interesting academics and researchers about their life's work and current affairs. You can discover interesting career opportunities and learn about other people's study journeys via www.cqu.edu.au  

What's Your Beef host Jayne Cuddihy caught up with Salvo Vitelli (Manager at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Queensland), Associate Professor Amy Cosby (Senior Research Fellow in Agri-tech Education and Extension at CQUniversity), and Kylie Hopkins (Beef Research and Extension at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland) at Beef2024 in a live interview. Together, they explore how government and educational institutions are prioritising the promotion of agricultural careers for the future and share their personal journeys and interests in the agriculture industry. Tune into the latest episode now to find out more!

Season 03 Episode 12: "To PPE or not to PPE?" asks Sara. No matter the philosophy driving work practice, a business is always tested at the pointy end of the law when the boundaries of work, health, and safety are pushed. The team debate the mandates for the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Sara and Alan argue the logic of context and circumstance driving the consideration. Trajce assumes the role of the zealous prosecutor and exclaims that if the sign instructs wear of PPE, one must comply. "Do you always follow the rules, Trajce, just because they are written?" she teases, and concedes that she is not one to often follow the rules because she hardly trusts most of the thought processes of the people that engineered the rules - she challenges everything (almost)! Alan laments the use of hardhats when nothing is likely to fall from the sky, and Trajce explains a case in which obesity saved a man's life in absence of the correct PPE. The team carry the conversation into the milieu of the home office environment. "Do you have a fire extinguisher and blanket at home?" Sara asks, "Duck and dive, go low," says Trajce, equipped with such home office provisions. Sara admits that she is more familiar with the Dodgeball movie mantra to "Dodge, duck, dive, dip, and dodge!"Thank you for proposing this topic, Dr Elise Crawford of CQUniversity.

Dr Dean Miller is a sleep and recovery scientist with a PhD examining the sleep of athletes. Dean is an academic at CQUniversity and works with high performance teams within the Australian Institute of Sport and the Royal Australian Air Force. His areas of expertise include sleep, jet lag, physiological recovery, and utilising wearable technology to examine physiological markers of health. Some of the things covered: How to beat jet lag The most impactful markers for recovery How shift-workers can change their 'body clock minimum' (circadian rhythm) Is melatonin okay to use for sleep aid? What's impacting your sleep quality Controllable factors to improve sleep + much more Read some of Dean's research HERE or HERE @drdeanjmiller Stuck on your fitness journey? Book a FREE consult zoom call here Use my FREE Macro Calculator here Use code DJK10 on all EHPlabs supplements for 10% off THANK YOU for listening, I really do appreciate everyone who tunes in each week.   Click Here To Become a VIP member (Join DK's coaching app here, try 7 days FREE using the code DKTRIAL)   @djkfitness Join my free email list here   Read The Ultimate Flexible Dieting Guide here   SHOP DKFITNESS MERCH HERE   Intro by Will Sparks.   Find this episode helpful? Share it with a friend or post a screenshot to your social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Efforts are underway to recruit a new generation of workers to the agriculture sector, through an educational campaign. School students from Kindergarten to Year 10 have been taking part in the Excited initiative - gaining hands on experience across a range of sectors. Rural editor Sophie Clarke caught up with CQUniversity agriculture lecturer Doctor Jamie Manning to hear how the program has been changing perceptions about what a career in the space might look like.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does it mean to be an historian in the 21st century? Do you still pour over dusty old books or has technology changed they way they work?  CQUniversity's Dean Professor Stephen Dobson chats with Dr Benjamin Jones about being an historian in the modern era and discovers that being an historian means you also play a role in the future. Dr Jones was just 17 years old when the country last went to a referendum on whether Australia should become a republic, but it was to change the course of history for the young man who would spend a few decades unfolding the complex issue as part of his love of Australian history. In this podcast, Dr Jones explains why Australia's journey to becoming a republic became a focus for his academic life. In the second part of the podcast Dr Jones talks about his latest project a book he edited titled Australia on the World Stage: History, Politics, and International Relations.  Transcript for this episode here Conversations with the Dean: Stephen Dobson is a regular podcast where Professor Dobson chats with interesting academics and researchers about their life's work and current affairs. You can discover interesting career opportunities and learn about other people's study journeys via www.cqu.edu.au

CQUniversity Chancellor Graeme Innes AM has spent a lifetime fighting discrimination. To mark global change initiative Zero Discrimination Day on Wednesday 1 March 2023, the human rights trailblazer has shared some of the journey with How to Change a Life. A lawyer, company director and former Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Mr Innes outlines his insights, successes, frustrations and hope for a more inclusive Australian community.  Read episode transcript here.  How to Change a Life is hosted by Mary Bolling for CQU Communications. Music by CQU alumnus Tristan Barton. Subscribe to How to Change a Life on your podcast app for new episodes every Monday, and follow CQUniversity on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook for more life-changing stories. And explore CQUniversity's inclusive education and training at cqu.edu.au. 

Steve Williams is the founder of Mind Flow Grow, a social enterprise and Program Manager at the Office of Social Innovation, CQUniversity, where he specialises in working with external clients to co-design, collaborate and develop innovative ways of addressing social and environmental problems. Our discussion focused on leadership and social enterprise. You can also check out the video podcasts here: Talking Leadership TV

In this special edition of the Bulb John from the Domestic Violence Action Centre shares a new way of working with those who use violence.  His perspectives on working with younger people, away from a group setting, are engaging and illuminating.   In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed.  The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia.  www.noviolence.org.au     For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.     If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more. 

Researchers are hoping to work with cotton growers to tailor resources that will help attract, develop and retain workers. They're calling for expressions of interest from farmers willing to commit to hour-long zooms over the next few months. Rural editor Sophie Clarke caught up with CQUniversity's Doctor Nicole McDonald to find out more about the process, and what they're aiming to achieve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some big questions: How can new buildings help achieve our post-carbon future? How can female athletes best return to competition after having a baby? And how can trains stay on the rails, more efficiently and more safely? Surprisingly, there's one answer for them all: outstanding research.  CQUniversity's annual Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Researchers recognise academics who have achieved exceptional research impacts. This special edition of IMPACT research podcast, recorded live at CQU Rockhampton North in September 2022, welcomes the 2021 recipients to the stage: - Associate Professor Xianbo (Bill) Zhao, School of Engineering and Technology, Mid-Career Research Award - Dr Melanie Hayman, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Early Career Research Award - Dr Qing Wu, School of Engineering and Technology, Early Career Research Award IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. For more information visit cqu.edu.au/research. And to start your own question-answering career with a research higher degree, visit cqu.edu.au/RHD. In the spirit of reconciliation, CQUniversity recognises this episode was recorded and produced on the traditional lands of the Darumbal people in Rockhampton, and the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin Nation in Melbourne.

Her passion for surf lifesaving put CQUniversity physical activity researcher Dr Danya Hodgetts on a unique career path growing sport participation legacy from big events. But the Rockhampton mum never expected her academic skills would help save her own life. Dr Hodgetts shares how her inexplicable declining health meant putting a research focus on her own experience - and was vital in detecting a rare spinal fluid leak.  Now recovering and back at work, Dr Hodgetts is also lending her expertise to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics, as one of 12 Queenslanders selected for the international event's Legacy Committee. The importance topic was also the focus of her PhD with CQUniversity.  Scholarship opportunities for CQU research higher degree students are now open, to learn more book now for an RHD information webinar.  Follow Dr Hodgetts on Twitter here. IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. For more information visit cqu.edu.au/research. In the spirit of reconciliation, CQUniversity recognises this episode was recorded and produced on the traditional lands of the Darumbal people in Rockhampton, and the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin Nation in Melbourne.

The science is in: better sleep helps humans perform better in elite sport, and in countless other facets of life. But CQUniversity sleep researcher Dr Michele Lastella says there's still a long road ahead to convince our sleep-resistant society of the benefits.  After more than a decade researching how sleep affects performance for elite athletes, Dr Lastella shares his research journey with CQU's IMPACT podcast, for this new series focused on research higher degree alumni. Dr Lastella's PhD centred on sleep research with the Australian Institute of Sport, the largest of its kind. Scholarship opportunities for CQU research higher degree students are now open, to learn more book now for an RHD information webinar.  Follow Dr Lastella on Twitter here. IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. For more information visit cqu.edu.au/research. In the spirit of reconciliation, CQUniversity recognises this episode was recorded and produced on the traditional lands of the Kuarna people of the Adelaide Plains, and the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin Nation in Melbourne.

She's transformed opportunities for countless First Nations students, and trailblazing Queensland researcher Professor Maria Raciti says her own success started with “giving it a crack”. CQUniversity's first Indigenous student to graduate with a PhD back in 2004, the Mackay-born academic is now Professor of Marketing in the School of Business at University of the Sunshine Coast, a Director of its Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre, and a Principal Fellow of the Academy of Higher Education in the United Kingdom. Professor Raciti shares the challenges of her journey, and how her research meant influencing key policy, as this podcast series goes back to where the big impact begins - research higher degrees. .    Scholarship opportunities for CQU research higher degree students are now open, to learn more book now for an RHD information webinar.  Follow Professor Raciti on Twitter here. IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. For more information visit cqu.edu.au/research. In the spirit of reconciliation, CQUniversity recognises this episode was recorded and produced on the traditional lands of the Gubbi Gubbi people on the Sunshine Coast, and the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin Nation in Melbourne.

Australian author Rachel Franks was a CQUniversity research student exploring crime fiction when her focused shifted to true crime. The Sydney-based researcher began her CQUniversity Master of Letters in 2004, then graduated with her PhD in 2011, penning a historical crime novel as part of her work. Dr Franks shares her research journey, as this series of IMPACT research podcast goes back to where the big questions begin - research higher degrees. Explore CQU's RHD opportunities at cqu.edu.au/rhd.   Now the Coordinator of Scholarship at State Library of NSW, Dr Franks' latest book An Uncommon Hangman: The Life and Deaths of Robert ‘Nosey Bob' Howard explores a life through stories of the 62 criminals he executed. Follow Dr Franks on Twitter, and find her book here.  Scholarship opportunities for CQU research higher degree students are now open, to learn more book now for an RHD information webinar.  IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. For more information visit cqu.edu.au/research. In the spirit of reconciliation, CQUniversity recognises this episode was recorded and produced on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation in Sydney, and the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin Nation in Melbourne.

With the recent decision by SCOTUS to overturn Roe v Wade, there has never been a more important time to discuss the accessibility of abortion care. ANP had the pleasure of interviewing two experts in the area of abortion care, issues of gender-based violence, reproductive rights and the current legalities surrounding abortion care in Australia.Linda Kirby is a Nurse Practitioner working at TRUE in Central Queensland, with specialist knowledge in emergency, sexual and reproductive health with a particular focus on women's health. Linda's nursing background is working rural and remotely In the Kimberly's to Morning Island working collaboratively with Australian immigration services and offender health. Any of Linda's clients and friends can attest to her passion and advocacy for women's health and intersectional feminism. Linda has recently completed her graduate certificate in sexology through Curtin University. Her intention is to provide an inclusive and sex positive space for her clients, utilizing and applying the fundamentals of sexology in her clinical practice.Lydia Mainey is a lecturer at CQUniversity in Cairns, Australia. She is a Registered Nurse and has specialized in abortion care. Lydia's research area focuses on improving pregnant people's access to comprehensive, trauma-informed abortions. Lydia's research strength is qualitative design projects that explore gender-based violence, nursing and midwifery resistance and decolonizing teaching strategies. She positions herself as an intersectional feminist and views research as advocacy work.SHOW NOTES:https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240039483https://www.mariestopes.org.au/https://www.true.org.auhttps://www.childrenbychoice.org.au/

Terms like e-sports and wifi all have their roots in the English language but given how wide reaching the web is, should it not reflect more languages? And, why one major tech company has been ordered to pay an Australian politician $700 thousand dollars. Plus, one of the most important people in the life of Facebook quits. Guests Amy Bainbridge, ABC National Consumer Affairs Reporter Michael Cowling, Associate Professor in Information and Communication Technology at CQUniversity

Professor Tech Episode 4 is a another special encore episode in celebration of #MyScienceMay, remembering our first CQUni TELCoP session for 2021, where Dr Robert Vanderburg and A/Prof. Michael Cowling talked about how COVID-19 has changed teaching and learning practice.

Paul Monsour has worked as a men's domestic and family violence behaviour change practitioner for 18 years.  For much of that time, he has been the Coordinator of Services and Practitioners for the Elimination of Abuse (SPEAQ) network. In this podcast, Paul reveals perspectives that reflect his continuing to deepen his learning about the area of “working with men” and his vast experience in direct client services.    In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed.  The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia.  www.noviolence.org.au     For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.     If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more. 

Dr Chez Leggatt-Cook has worked as a researcher in both Australia and New Zealand, across diverse areas including domestic and family violence, child protection, elder abuse, disability and homelessness. In her current role as Principal Advisor Research and Evaluation at UnitingCare, Chez aims to build and apply evidence that empowers practitioners in their work with individuals, families and communities. Chez's passion for co-design and knowledge translation is evident in this podcast about the evaluation of her organisation's approach to “working with men”.      In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed.  The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia.  www.noviolence.org.au     For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.     If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more. 

Sri Lanka says it's defaulting on all external debt as it sees its worst economic crisis in decades. Growing public anger, electricity cuts and fuel shortages are also adding to the instability. But what will this mean for Sri Lanka? Join host Dareen Abughaida.  With guests: Jehan Perera, Executive Director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka. Ahilan Kadirgamar, Political economist and a Senior lecturer at the University of Jaffna Amantha Perera, Researcher at the School of Education and the Arts at CQUniversity in Australia.

Dr Brian Sullivan, CQUniversity Senior Lecturer brings a unique voice to this podcast, exploring the merging of practice, research and education.  Currently the coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Facilitating Men's Behaviour Change, Brian is also part of the Centre and has much experience in writing, facilitating and upskilling others in men's domestic and family violence (DFV) intervention programs. Brian was formerly the Practice Manager at YFS (Logan), where he supervised staff in the DFV Program and has worked with communities as part of collaborative responses to DFV.  He sits on the board of the Red Rose Foundation and the Queensland Police Service DFV Advisory Committee.    In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed.  The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia.  www.noviolence.org.au     For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.     If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more. 

This episode features Dr Heather Lovatt, the Centre's Director, discussing the Centre's interests in the area of “working with men” and providing listeners with a snapshot of the season ahead.  Appointed QCDFVR Director in March 2018, Heather has led a diverse range of research projects relating to gendered violence.  She currently oversees the Centre's work, which has a practice orientation across each of its three linked domains - research, education/training, sector development.  Heather has a particular interest in applied research that has a social impact; ensuring the knowledge and wisdom of those impacted by gendered violence, priority populations and front-line practitioners are prioritised.    In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed.   The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia.   www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

Who gets to be an entrepreneur? According to the World Bank, just one in three businesses globally is owned by a woman. And in South Asia, the figure is as low as 18 per cent.  CQUniversity School of Business and Law academic Dr Vanita Yadav is a lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and she's exploring the barriers women face to launching start-ups, and how they overcome them.  On this episode, Dr Yadav explains the cultural and social expectations that hold women back from taking the leap into entrepreneurship. But the right support and education can boost female-led businesses into the big time. IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. For more information visit cqu.edu.au/research. In the spirit of reconciliation, CQUniversity recognises this episode was recorded and produced on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation in Sydney, and the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin Nation in Melbourne.

Gemma Viney (pictured) is from the Sydney Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of Sydney and was among the speakers at a recent webinar staged by the SEI entitled "Never Again or Never? Environmental Justice in Australia". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "‘Sustainable' logging: when will we twig to the scams?"; "We're a community of people working together for Victoria's environment and future. Join us!"; "Joint Statement: Getting Victoria Off Gas"; "Australian parliament clears way for offshore wind farms"; "Very healthy': Malcolm Turnbull backs climate-focused independents running in Liberal seats"; "Climate Action in a Fast and Busy World"; "Glasgow was a success, pity about Australia: Paris Accord author"; "Coal closures could come faster under both major parties' climate plans"; "In a field near Geelong, switch flicked on Australia's biggest battery"; "As my people move to higher ground, we need Australia to rise above its dangerous addiction to coal"; "Global warming is not like a Batman dilemma'"; "Biden Orders Federal Vehicles and Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050"; "Landfill waste turned into commercial-grade petrol, diesel in CQUniversity project"; "A Legendary VC Has a Plan for Solving Climate Change"; ""Decimated" town concerned about future mining"; "The West's Nuclear Mistake"; "Statement on International Public Support for the Clean Energy Transition"; "Cop26 president declares ‘fragile win' for climate despite watered-down coal pledges – as it happened"; "“Green colonialism”: the background behind a Western outlook on African nature"; "The Battle for Earth's Climate Will Be Fought in Africa"; "The Social and Economic Effects of Climate Change in Africa"; "What happens to global emissions if Africa triples down on natural gas for power?"; "Household air pollution and health"; "Global Energy Inequality Goes Deeper Than Bitcoin"; "Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy"; "Australian forests will store less carbon as climate change worsens and severe fires become more common"; "Why climate change must stay on the news agenda beyond global summits"; "Nature is hiding in every nook of Australia's cities – just look a little closer and you'll find it"; "Billions for Climate Protection Fuel New Debate: Who Deserves It Most"; "We won't get a ‘freedom day' from climate crisis without technology"; "Renewable energy: An imbalance of power"; "Lignocellulose: how nature's wonder material could help the energy transition"; "Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now"; "Strohm signs MoU with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy"; "HydrogenOne Capital Growth buys £9m stake in NanoSUN"; "How the iconic Sydney Opera House is cutting carbon pollution"; "Comparing the Coalition and Labor's climate modelling reveals some underlying truths"; "WestConnex environmental offsets bought on property 400km outside Sydney part-owned by consultant"; "‘Enormous sum of money': $40m windfall from NSW environmental offsets sparks calls for inquiry"; "Exclusive: oil companies' profits soared to $174bn this year as US gas prices rose". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

When you protect vulnerable communities, you protect the whole community. That firm belief prompted CQUniversity Public Health academic Dr William Mude to investigate how COVID-19 was impacting different racial communities differently.  His global study found that in western countries, the prevalence of coronavirus cases was 156 per cent higher among black people than in the white community, and 154 per cent higher among Hispanic people, and 104 per cent higher for other non-white racial groups.  Dr Mude tells IMPACT that governments must address social disparities to improve these health gaps, and argues the value-for-money approach to public health spending is failing minority communities.   You can read Dr Mude's study here. IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. For more information visit cqu.edu.au/research. In the spirit of reconciliation, CQUniversity recognises this episode was recorded and produced on the Traditional lands of the Gimuy Walubara Yindinji and Yirrigandji in Cairns, and the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation in Melbourne.

Words matter. And when it comes to First Nations languages, two CQUniversity linguists are hoping that work to preserve Indigenous culture through language could also unlock better health and wellbeing for North Queensland communities. Cairns-based Adjunct Professors Alexandra Aikhenvald and Robert Dixon are leading the research for CQUni's Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research, and they share their experience and insights for this episode of IMPACT research podcast. CQUniversity Deputy Vice-President Indigenous Engagement Professor Adrian Miller also joins IMPACT to explain why the project is so important for his Jirrbal community. Explore CQUni's Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research here.  IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. For more information visit cqu.edu.au/research. In the spirit of reconciliation, CQUniversity recognises this episode was recorded and produced on the Traditional lands of the Gimuy Walubara Yindinji and Yirrigandji in Cairns, the Bindal and Wulgurukaba in Townsville, and the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation in Melbourne.

Today I spoke with Alan Milne, CEO of Skytrans, about an exciting new partnership between SKytrans, CQUniversity & Townsville Flight Training to offer flight training and positions.

Parenting is tough - and the challenges can sometimes reach boiling point on the sidelines of kids' sport. CQUniversity psychology researcher Dr Cassy Dittman is driving an Australian-first program to help parents develop positive strategies for supporting children to play and enjoy their sport.  The proactive initiative has seen CQUni and UQ researchers work with the National Rugby League and Queensland Rugby League. Dr Dittman explains how the innovative program is changing parent behaviours, on this episode of IMPACT research podcast.   You can follow Dr Dittman on Twitter, and explore the Play Well research project here.  IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. For more information visit cqu.edu.au/research.

Humanity has never been more immersed in technology. But as its influence grows in every aspect of our lives, CQUniversity Associate Professor of Information and Communication Technology Michael Cowling says debate continues to rage about technology's role in the classroom. The academic and tech enthusiast is a National Teaching Fellow advocating for pedagogy before technology, and he shares his research-informed approach on this second episode of IMPACT research podcast series two.   While A/Prof Cowling has experienced the transformative power of putting students in Extended Reality, he also warns that we shouldn't assume young people will automatically "get" technology - but they will need to for navigating our digital future.    Follow A/Prof Cowling on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and explore his Collaborative Research & Engagement Around Technology Education (CREATE) lab here. Watch his Study Australia Masterclass on Extended Reality (XR) in the Classroom here. IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. 

Why do people do what they do, instead of making choices that could make them healthier and happier? CQUniversity expert in behaviour change Dr Amanda Rebar says a big part comes down to habit.  Researching and designing health interventions to improve our lives, the Director of Motivation of Health Behaviours Lab shares the keys to sustainable change - and her own struggle shift habits - on this first episode of IMPACT research podcast series two.   This year, Dr Rebar received a Queensland Young Tall Poppy award, an initiative of the Australian Institute of Policy and Science to recognise the nation's high-achieving scientists. IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. 

IMPACT is CQUniversity's research podcast, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. Hear about changemaking research across Australia as CQUni experts share first steps, struggles, and eureka moments. IMACT series two launches on November 1, 2021. Get ready to discover: - hacking our habits to improve our health, - taking tech in classrooms beyond the "wow factor", - how understanding First Nations languages can improve Indigenous health outcomes, - the initiative inspiring parents to be better sporting role models for their kids, - and so much more! Subscribe now on your podcast app to get new episodes every Monday: https://podfollow.com/cquniversity-podcasts

Real Students, Real Stories shines light on the mental health journey of students in university. Hear how three students, Esaba, Raf and Emma faced their struggles, and inspiring messages from seeking support. Hosted by CQUni Student Wellbeing Coordinator Liza Costello, the brave participants show us that getting help isn't giving up, it's refusing to give up, and encourage everyone to break the silence and get support.   Real Students, Real Stories is a CQUniversity Podcasts production. Music is Run by CQUni alumnus Tristan Barton.  If you're a CQUniversity student and you need support, visit cqu.edu.au/counselling. 

Ep:094  From the outback to the opera. After a thirty year career as a professional opera singer, performing as a soloist in opera houses and in concert halls all over the world, Garrick took up a position as lecturer in music in Australia in 1999, at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, which is now part of CQUniversity. Brought up in Australia, between the bush and the beaches of the Eastern suburbs, he retired in 2015 and now lives in the tropics, writing, gardening, and finally finding time to enjoy life and to re–establish a connection with who he is  after a very busy career on the stage and as an academic.QueerWritersOfCrime.comQueer Writers of Crime New Facebook PageDonate: Buy me a Cup of CoffeeGarrick Jones WebsitePurchase The Gilded Madonna in AustraliaPurchase The Gilded Madonna In the U.S.A.Purchase The Gilded Madonna in the U.K.Gregory Ashe Amazon PagePaul Rudd Video Of The Week bradshreve.comRequeered Tales.com

In this episode of the Bulb, CQUniversity's Professor of Gendered Violence Studies, Dr Annabel Taylor, speaks with our friend and collaborator, Professor Hillary Haldane.  As you'll hear, Annabel and Hillary have a long-standing relationship, but Hillary became part of our Centre family in 2017.  In that year she received a Fulbright scholarship to travel to Australia from her base in the United States to continue her studies into frontline responses to domestic violence.  We hope you enjoy this international episode of the Bulb!    In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

Jude Marshall wrote in the Centre's recent Compendium of Queensland Stories about Gendered Violence Activism that “Looking back, I learned about a feminist analysis before I understood the word.” In this edition of the Bulb, advocate and enduring friend of the Centre, Jude Marshall shares recollections of her personal and professional life as well as her hopes for the future.    In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

PhD candidate, Vicki Lowik, generously gives listeners a taste of her recent research in this fascinating podcast.  The story of “Jessica”, as studied by Vicki, details the development and progression of domestic violence during a 27-year marriage against a backdrop of a community endorsing the Christian doctrine of male headship.    In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

For many listeners, Betty Taylor is a woman who needs no introduction.  Recognised through multiple awards, Betty has been instrumental in the establishment of the Red Rose Foundation, and Australian Institute for Strangulation Prevention.  In this podcast Betty canvasses considerations relating to high-risk intimate partner violence.    In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

David Burck is a Queensland leader in the practice of responding to families where there is an abusive adolescent.  In this podcast he takes the listener into the topic of adolescent-to-parent violence.  David is also a researcher and has developed an online professional development course for QCDFVR.  In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

In this podcast, Dr Megan R. Greeson, Associate Professor at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois shares a little of her journey into the field of gendered violence research.  Megan speaks about the sexual assault response team approach that operates in her country.     In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

On September 15th, CQUniversity hosted the seventh of nine events in their annual Festival of Change. Moderated by Lara Carton, CQUniversity’s Director of Social Innovation, hear Australian leaders Monica Davis, Rohan Fitzgerald and Colleen Tribe discuss the range of services, innovations and opportunities that contribute to community health and connectedness in regional Australia.

Australians are the world's most prolific gamblers, losing close to $25 billion a year. But despite growing awareness of harms caused by the national habit, researchers from CQUniversity's Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory say the problem is unlikely to improve without significant changes in the gambling industry. EGRL head Professor Matt Rockloff, Research Professor - Gambling Studies Nerilee Hing and Psychology Professor Matthew Browne share their recent work with fellow EGRL team member Dr Alex Russell, and explain why gambling problems in Australia are bigger than simply “problem gambling”. This is the 11th episode of CQUniversity's podcast series IMPACT, and the final episode in this series. Subscribe to "CQUniversity Podcasts" via your podcast app and you'll be the first to know when next season launches in 2021. 

Conducting face-to-face interviews with convicted underworld murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams, CQUniversity Criminology researcher Dr Anne Ferguson found herself part of the police investigation after his prison murder in 2010. Her research, which began with the popular Underbelly series, aimed to highlight the conflict between fact and fiction in how the Australian entertainment industry dramatises the criminal world. In this episode Dr Ferguson and Forensic Psychology lecturer Rebecca Wilcoxson discuss the research with Tiahna Fiddling from CQUni Corporate Communications, raising concerns that police initiatives to work closely with TV producers are impacting our perceptions of crime and policing. This is the tenth episode of CQUniversity's podcast series: IMPACT, exploring groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts.

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. In this edition:Home drinking increasingly becomes the new normal during lockdownEconomics think tank study says a reformed duty system would improve MUP’s effectivenessAlcohol Health Alliance UK pricing survey finds that alcohol is still being sold at pocket money pricesScottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems call for all MSP candidates to promise a total ban on alcohol advertising ahead of the 2021 electionsIAS to hold an online event presenting new findings on alcohol policy and nudge theory 🎵 Podcast feature 🎵The Scottish Government launches a free FASD eLearning resourceWe hope you enjoy our roundup of stories below: please feel free to share. Thank you.Lockdown: home drinking becomes the new normalNovember saw the UK enter into a second lockdown, as ministers realised that the tier system for controlling the virus could no longer contain the rising R rates throughout the UK. As a result, all pubs were forced to close from 05 November until 02 December (Morning Advertiser, 31 Oct), and anticipated bans such as that of alcohol consumed on ScotRail trains came into force (STV News, 16 Nov).The penultimate month of the calendar year was also a time for reflecting on how people’s drinking habits had changed since the first lockdown.A study from alcohol industry-funded body Drinkaware found that women were a bigger influence than men out of the 26% of people whose alcohol intake increased between March and June (Daily Mail, 02 Nov), the primary reason for doing so being that they had ‘more free time available’.The Royal College of Psychiatrists observed that nearly half (45%) of its psychiatrists had seen a rise in patients whose alcohol or drug use had contributed to a deterioration in their mental health during the pandemic (The Telegraph, 15 Nov), Dr Katherine Severi, IAS chief executive, explained that ‘the closure of bars and restaurants had driven people into drinking at home, which meant it was not only cheaper than buying in a restaurant but also that people were consuming more.’Data from Public Health England (PHE) also showed that older age groups all significantly increased their alcohol intake during lockdown, with a fifth of those aged 45 to 74 years drinking more than 21 units a week. Those aged 55 to 64 who drank at least a pint a day (three units) jumped from 17·4% to 20·6% with one in 20 consuming more than 50 units weekly, almost three pints a day.And an Opinion Matters poll of more than 1,000 people aged over 50 years, commissioned by We Are With You found that: 20% were drinking more since March; 10% earlier in the day; and more than half drink at a level that could cause health problems now or in the future, a cause of great concern for 35% of those surveyed who are children of those parents. Projected tax receipts and sales data appeared to confirm that off-licence vendors of alcohol have profited substantially from the pandemic. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s economic and fiscal outlook revised alcohol duties upward by an average £1 billion a year, as receipts in 2020/21 held up much better than assumed (24 Nov):The loss in receipts from closures of pubs and restaurants has been more than offset by higher sales in supermarkets and other shops. Alcohol consumption has therefore been one of the few tax bases left relatively unscathed by the virus.The 2020 British Lifestyles Report from consumer research group Mintel estimated that annual retail value sales of alcoholic drinks will grow at its fastest rate for at least a decade – 16% – to reach £25.5 billion in 2020, ‘as people trade nights out for evenings in’ (20 Nov). Spending per household on alcohol is expected to average £129 in 2020.Jack Duckett, Mintel associate director of consumer lifestyles research, also wrote of the potential for further growth from drinks makers appealing to the mature drinker:The growth in the size of the older population over the next five years, and the fact that they are most likely to be insulated from the financial impact of the pandemic, makes targeting the ‘grey pound’ particularly timely for all brands including alcoholic drinks.In Ireland, the Revenue discovered a slump in drinking outside the home, as their sales data recorded a 4.5% fall in alcohol consumption since the start of the year, mainly because of pubs forced to close for lockdowns. Alcohol Action Ireland warned that drinkers ‘had largely substituted their on-trade activity with unregulated home drinking’, a sentiment echoed by the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland chief Padraig Cribben. He told the Irish Sun it was ‘obvious that because of the pandemic a massive volume of alcohol is now consumed at home’ (03 Nov).And where drinking patterns have moved indoors, so have increased risks of alcohol-related harm. Consultant psychiatrist Rebecca Lawrence wrote in The Guardian that although it is difficult to determine the exact picture of British drinking habits during lockdown, we can ‘intuit’ some things (18 Nov):I worry about those who were drinking just a bit too much before who have now tipped into problem drinking. It doesn’t take a lot, and there are many on this uncertain edge. Stress levels are high, with fears about infection or economic insecurity taking their toll.Many of my patients who are already alcohol-dependent tell me they have relapsed due to boredom, and, even more importantly, lack of any human contact. When we talk about relapse prevention, we talk about seeing people, talking to people, going to groups, and all this is up the spout at present. There are groups online, but not everyone can access these. In any case, it’s not the same, as those of us who are all Zoomed out will testify to.Sometimes too much contact is the problem: families are forced together, something that can be hard even for the most loving partners or parents. Alcohol can be a form of mental, if not physical, escape.Whether newly dependent or relapsed, what’s clear is that people need help to get through this.Funding public health: Winter plans and ‘Spending Reviews’In the final week of lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed the government’s post-lockdown winter plan to the House of Commons: a return to the tier system, with the added detail of businesses to be permitted to serve alcohol ‘only as part of a substantial meal’ in designated tier 2 zones of the country, a move unlikely to curb increasingly routinised home drinking habits and their potential harms (23 Nov).Furthermore, the lack of sufficient services for the rising numbers of people struggling with alcohol dependency and other substance misuse problems led to calls from the Local Government Association (LGA) – which represents councils responsible for public health – for the chancellor to invest in vital public health services ahead of the Spending Review (LGA, 21 Nov):COVID-19 [has] exposed existing health inequalities which need to be levelled up if we are to protect our communities in future, and so to address this divide, the Spending Review ought to have reversed the £700 million of public health funding reductions experienced by councils over the previous five years.Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak authorised the provision of £254 million of additional resource funding in 2021/22, to ‘bolster’ substance misuse and frontline support services, for tackling homelessness and rough sleeping (HM Treasury, 25 Nov).As we head into the winter, with alcohol-related health outcomes worsen for many drinkers across the UK because of the drastic change to consumption habits induced by the pandemic, the calls of local authorities to support public health services may yet grow louder.Reformed duty system would improve MUP’s effectivenessEconomics think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) have published new research showing that while minimum unit prices for alcohol (MUP) are reasonably well targeted at heavy drinkers, they may come at the cost of reducing tax revenues (20 Nov).Using data on millions of alcohol purchases made by Scottish and English households, the analysis shows that:Prior to the introduction of the minimum unit price, half of all transactions for alcohol bought in shops in Scotland were below 50p per unit. The minimum unit price led to a 5% increase in the average price per unit, but some very cheap products saw their prices double, while more expensive products were unaffected.This led to an 11% fall in units purchased per adult per week, with larger falls for more heavily drinking households.However, the IFS fear that MUP creates windfall revenues for the alcohol industry, while reducing revenue for HM Treasury:The analysis finds that if the 50p minimum unit price were extended to the whole of the UK under the existing system of alcohol taxes, then tax revenue would fall by around £390 million per year.This is in addition to projected annual losses from recent changes to alcohol duties averaging £200m to 2024/25.The report’s authors conclude that ‘a minimum unit price, combined with a more coherent set of taxes on alcohol, would be just as well targeted at heavy drinkers and would limit the fall in revenue for the exchequer’.Alternatively, they propose replacing the current system of duties with ‘a two-rate structure that taxes alcohol in proportion to its alcohol content, with a higher rate on strong spirits’, which would lead to an increase in tax revenue of over £70 million.One of the report’s authors, associate director Kate Smith, said:The current system of alcohol duties is incoherent – for example, if you prefer a pint of beer to cider, you may currently pay more than twice as much tax for a drink with the same alcohol content. Brexit offers a valuable opportunity to improve the way we tax alcohol. A simple reform that taxes drinks in proportion to their alcohol content, with a higher rate on strong spirits, targets the purchases of heavy drinkers while raising tax revenue.Public health experts from Alcohol Health Alliance UK, the Foundation for Liver Research, the House of Lords, and the pro-vice-chancellor of health and life sciences at the University of Bristol, welcomed the report, stating that the measures proposed by the IFS could save more than 5,000 lives over the next decade.In a letter to The Times (23 Nov), they wrote:Although the money from minimum unit pricing alone stays with the retailer, the saving of costs to the NHS of reduced drinking outweighs that loss. Also, if combined with a scaled and consistent alcohol duty system to offset some of the wider costs of alcohol harm to society, these measures could save more than 5,000 lives in the next decade.Alcohol prices are ‘small change’ to drinkers, survey findsAdapted from the Alcohol Health Alliance UK press releaseAlcohol continues to be sold at pocket money prices in England, with it being possible to drink the weekly low-risk drinking guideline of 14 units of alcohol for less than the price of a cup of high street coffee, according to a new report from the Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) UK, a coalition of more than 55 organisations including medical royal colleges and health charities (10 Nov).Comparing the prices of alcoholic drinks sold in shops and supermarkets across England, Scotland and Wales, researchers found the cheapest products were all sold in England, the only nation of the three not to have a minimum unit price of 50 pence.Cider is the cheapest available product in England and is being sold for as little as 19p per unit of alcohol, meaning that consumers can reach the weekly low-risk drinking guideline of 14 units of alcohol for just £2·68 – about the price of a large coffee in high street coffee chains. A single bottle of the cheapest cider also contains more alcohol than eight pints of beer – and costs 8 pence less than a single pint in a pub.For the price of a standard cinema ticket (£7·11), you could buy two bottles of wine, containing 19·5 units and have 13 pence change leftover, and a one-litre bottle of vodka, which contains 37·5 units, is cheaper than a large pizza at Dominos (£14·99).In light of the findings, the AHA calls on the government to commit to tackling cheap, high-strength alcohol in its review of the alcohol duty system and through introducing minimum unit pricing in England. AHA chair, professor Sir Ian Gilmore, said:The low price of high strength alcohol continues to cause immeasurable damage to the health of our nation. Alcohol is linked to 80 deaths in the UK every day, as well as seven types of cancer and stroke.To tackle the harm alcohol causes, we need to urgently address its price. Alcohol duty is currently too low to cover the costs of alcohol harm to the NHS and other public services. Public Health England estimates that alcohol costs the UK at least £27 billion a year. Yet over the past five years, alcohol duty has raised just £10·5-£12·1 billion annually. To pay for the costs to society that alcohol imposes, stronger drinks should be taxed more. Reforming alcohol duty will help create a fairer system for everyone as well as improving our nation’s health.With alcohol-related hospital admissions at record highs, and liver disease rates on the rise, we can’t afford for alcohol to remain at such low prices.In other researchNew annual mortality and morbidity statistics for Scotland showed a mixed outlook: there was a substantial improvement for the former, but not so for the latter.The number of alcohol-specific deaths was 1,020 deaths in 2019, 10% down on the previous year’s tally of 1,136 (National Records of Scotland (NRS), 24 Nov).2019 represents the first substantial decrease in recent years, after a period of generalincrease since 2012, and is only the fourth occasion when there has been a reduction in alcohol-specific deaths of around 10% or more in a single year (in 2007, 2009 and 2012) since records began. However, the NRS was quick to note that ‘although an annual decrease of this magnitude is notable, further years will be required to see if this reduction continues and conclude that this is a sustained shift in alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland.’In comparison, annual alcohol-related hospital statistics show incremental changes in admissions (35,781) and patient (23,685) numbers to general acute hospitals in 2019/20 compared with the previous year (Public Health Scotland, 17 Nov). There has been no significant improvement in numbers since 2012/13.Researchers from the Behaviour and Health Research Unit at the University of Cambridge have developed a preliminary typology of drinking behaviours from existing evidence of the impact of glassware design on those behaviours, as a basis for reducing alcohol consumption to improve population health (Health Psychology Review, 18 Nov).Despite the ‘paucity of evidence’ over the issue, the team were able to cut a distinction between macro (measures of drinking outcomes involving consumption, or proxies for consumption) and micro (a form of short-term influence on drinking) -drinking behaviours. They also explored the roles of two sets of possible underlying mechanisms – perception and affordance – in determining a drinker’s actions.The study’s authors concluded that using this typology as a framework and starting point for understanding the micro-structure of a drinking episode may harness important insights for developing interventions aimed at reducing consumption, such as how an intervention works to reduce intake, plus other important effects on drinking behaviours ‘that may not be captured by a “macro” measure of drinking in a given study’.Almost three quarters of 15 and 16-year-olds in Ireland have tried alcohol, with around half of these using alcohol 'to make social gatherings more fun', according to the new iteration of the European Schools Project for Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) (Irish Health, 17 Nov). The survey of almost 2,000 secondary schoolchildren found that 73% of respondents had tried alcohol, while 41% had drunk alcohol in the previous 30 days. 49% said drinking made social gatherings more fun, while almost as many (48%) did so to enjoy a party. The most common age that teenagers began drinking alcohol was 15 (52%), and a sixth (16%) said they had been drunk in the previous 30 days.The survey also found that increased alcohol use among the teens was associated with lower parental education levels and lower parental monitoring, truancy and lower school grades.Nearly two in three people feel the current ‘drink responsibly’ message on bottles is too vague and should be replaced with specific health warnings, specialists at the Priory Group addiction and mental health service found (LBC, 18 Nov).In a poll of 1,000 adults for Alcohol Awareness Week, 59% said beverages should display a cancer warning and eight in ten feel the UK ‘has a problem’ with binge drinking.The 2019/20 adult substance misuse treatment statistics report published by Public Health England suggests that an estimated 82% of adults in need of specialist treatment for alcohol do not receive it (26 Nov).Alongside small year-on-year changes to the numbers of adults in treatment, the figures showed that people in treatment for alcohol only are the second largest group (28%) of all adults in treatment, the majority of people (59%) who started treatment for drug and alcohol problems in 2019/20, said they had a problem with alcohol, with 65% (50,957) reporting that it was their only problem substance, and although still relatively high, the proportion of people with alcohol only problems leaving treatment free of dependence has fallen three percentage points since 2015/2016 (from 62%), hinting at the start of a declining trend.SHAAP manifesto calls for total ban on alcohol advertisingAlcohol control campaign group Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) have urged every candidate in next year’s Holyrood election to support a ‘total ban’ on alcohol advertising (STV News, 19 Nov).Publishing their manifesto ahead of the vote in May, they list four ‘focus areas’ aimed at reducing alcohol-related harms that all parties should support:Affordability, availability and attractivenessInvesting in and improving treatment and support servicesSupporting recovery and reducing health inequalitiesProtecting children and young peopleThe manifesto states that ‘as we approach the Scottish parliament election of 2021, it is more important than ever that we do not lose sight of long-term public health measures that can improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in Scotland, build the resilience of our NHS and local care services, and benefit the economy’.SHAAP chair Dr Peter Rice said: Covid-19 has shone a light on the patchy and often disjointed nature of alcohol treatment service provision, even prior to lockdown, and we do not yet know what long-term impact the pandemic will have on people’s drinking behaviours, though research so far indicates that heavier drinkers have increased their consumption.Our 2021 manifesto highlights cost-effective, evidence-based policies that, if properly implemented, will work to ensure that Covid-19 does not exacerbate alcohol-related harm and health inequalities in Scotland and that we are able to meet long-term public health goals that are essential if we are to build a healthier, fairer future.Online event on alcohol policy and nudge theory🎵 Podcast feature 🎵The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) is holding a seminar exploring the latest evidence on nudge theory in alcohol policy, in conjunction with a new report (02 Dec).Using a case study of UK Government alcohol policy since 2017, IAS research and policy officer Lucy Bryant examined the framing of individuals and alcohol industry actors within public health nudge policy interventions, revealing ways in which nudge theories risked undermining support for better evidenced public health alcohol measures such as pricing interventions in practice. Bryant’s findings will be presented alongside new research from Professor Mark Petticrew (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), as well as insights from the gambling field from Philip Newall PhD (postdoctoral researcher at CQUniversity's Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory).Dr Gillian Shorter of Queen's University Belfast, who is chairing the event, said:With alcohol implemented in over half the Sustainable Development Goals, now really is a good time to act with responsible policies to preserve health… so we posit to you: to what extent can we use nudge policies for effective behaviour change, and to what extent do they crowd out other potentially more effective policy options? We invite you to come along, have your say, and tell us what you think.For more details of the event and to register your attendance, please view the image below, or click on this link.FASD: Invisible, Not InconsequentialAdapted from the Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland websiteThe Scottish Government has launched a free FASD eLearning resource on the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) website, a move that could have significant benefits for professionals and the individuals/families affected if widely used and shared.Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is both the most common and the most overlooked neurodevelopmental condition in Scotland. The Scottish Government estimates that approximately 172,000 children, young people and adults across the country have their lives and life chances adversely affected by FASD. And yet, only a small proportion of people with FASD have been diagnosed, actively assisted or effectively supported.Created by a Scottish Government Expert Group, the eLearning resource aims to help overcome the longstanding misdiagnosis, misunderstanding and mistreatment of people with this life-altering condition. For further information, please contact one of the members of the group, Dr Jonathan Sher, at jonathan.sher@qnis.org.uk or on 0744 333 1953.The UK Alcohol Alert (incorporating Alliance News) is designed and produced by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. Please click the image below to visit our website and find out more about us and what we do, or the ‘Contact us’ button. Thank you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

The wavey, inflatable people often used to attract the attention of customers to businesses like used car yards have found a new use in dingo management in Australia. The CQUniversity study showed that oversized, inflatable human effigies, which researchers have since dubbed ‘Fred-a-scare', could deter captive dingoes from accessing food, providing some hope that dingoes and humans can coexist successfully without resorting to lethal management techniques. Lead researcher Dr Bradley Smith talks about the potential impact of this quirky research for livestock producers, campgrounds and mining operations. This is the ninth episode of CQUniversity's podcast series: IMPACT, exploring groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts.

In this episode, Executive Director of Mackay Women's Services, Dr Anne Butcher describes how she has embraced - and thrived within- her role in the gendered violence sector.  As she nears the end of her working career Anne reflects on her legacy and shares the inspiration she draws from those with whom she works.  In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

Agribusinesses across Bundaberg and Wide Bay are getting a cutting-edge boost, with a new AgTech initiative led by CQUniversity's Institute for Future Farming Systems.     The Hinkler AgTech Initiative, funded by the Federal Government's Hinkler Regional Deal, is focused on technology utilisation, data analysis, research and testing for the Queensland food bowl.   Director of Institute for Future Farming Systems Professor Phil Brown and Associate Professor Simon White share the early progress with Jocelyn Sticklen from CQUni Communications.   This is the eighth episode of CQUniversity's newest podcast series: IMPACT, exploring groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts.

On September 8th, CQUniversity hosted the fourth of nine events in their annual Festival of Change. Moderated by CQUniversity Vice-President, Global Development, Alastair Dawson, get key insights from sector leaders Matt Steine, Professor John Rolfe and Dr Amanda Cahill who operate across regional government, industry, and are driving regional projects for sustainable futures.

In major flood events tonnes of sediment and nutrients flow out of river systems into the ocean, and in some parts of Queensland directly onto the Great Barrier Reef.  But what if we slowed the flow? CQUniversity flood and water expert Dr Adam Rose believes slowing the velocity of water during flood events could have huge benefits for the environment, economies and communities. After researching multiple floods in Central Queensland, he recommends that retaining water upstream in river systems, through contouring, revegetation, and specialised water storage areas, could give water more time to infiltrate and percolate into our soils reducing sediment, nutrients and plastics flowing into the reef. And it's Adam's research that is making its way into a children's storybook in the hope of changing the current narrative about water issues in Australia. On today's podcast we chat with Dr Rose and book illustrator Yvonne McDonald.  This is the seventh episode of CQUniversity's newest podcast series: IMPACT, exploring groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts.

In this episode, QCDFVR Director Dr Heather Lovatt explores the life of feminist and advocate, Pauline Woodbridge OAM in an in depth interview.  Pauline's story is a fascinating one and listeners will hear of a life well lived. In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

Nearly half of adult Australians track their fitness with wearable monitors – but could the same technology also help us battle a pandemic? CQUniversity researchers from the Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science have used data from wrist-worn health trackers to analyse respiratory signals of COVID-19 – and explore how lifestyle changes during lockdown affected our health. Sleep and circadian rhythms expert Professor Greg Roach and PhD researcher Dean Miller share their findings with Mary Bolling from CQUni Communications. Read more here.   This is the sixth episode of CQUniversity's newest podcast series: IMPACT, exploring groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts locally and globally. Explore our strengths here. 

Australia's 4.8 million dog owners are used to scooping poop - but could composting our pup's output be the next step for responsible dog ownership? CQUniversity Environmental Science PhD candidate and dog owner Emily Bryson has spent two years analysing decomposing dog poo for her research – and COVID-19 restrictions have meant the project is true backyard science. In this episode, she shares the project and her progress with CQUni Adelaide colleague and canidae researcher Dr Bradley Smith.   This is the fifth episode for CQUniversity's newest podcast series: IMPACT, a podcast that explores groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts.

On September 1st, CQUniversity hosted the first of nine events in their annual Festival of Change. Moderated by CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Klomp, the Generation COVID youth panel discussed how the pandemic has disrupted education, work opportunities and future planning for countless young people. Professor Klomp spoke with Santiago Mills, Chiamaka Ibeme, Dominic McCarthy, Mylee James, Kai Graz, and Diya John, six young people from diverse backgrounds who are facing these challenges, and their vision for a brighter future post-pandemic, and beyond.

This episode shares a practitioner's perspective. Pauline Woodbridge OAM takes the listener on a journey through time, navigating a history of the domestic and family violence sector in Queensland from the 1980's to the 21st Century.  In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

Food waste is costing Australian households $10 billion a year – so what's the solution? CQUniversity researcher Dr David Pearson is on a mission to find out, and hopes that leveraging leftovers could help save some of the $3800 of food that the average family throws away every year. The Engage Program Leader with the Australian Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (FFWCRC) shared his progress with CQUniversity Sydney AVP (NSW) Shehan Thampapillai, and new research-informed hacks to help households eat better, and bin less.  This is the fourth episode for CQUniversity's newest podcast series: IMPACT, a podcast that explores groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts.

Marine experts call them the “kidneys of the Great Barrier Reef”: dense seagrass meadows that are vital ecosystems to support breeding, feed animals, filter sediment and reduce diseases right through our oceans.   But the important habitat has been disappearing, and CQUniversity researcher and director of CQUniversity's $6.6 million Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre (CMERC) Dr Emma Jackson says Australia's seagrass faces a fresh threat as looming weather pattern puts the fragile sea plants at risk.   She tells host Mary Bolling how CMERC is harvesting and germinating seeds to regenerate seagrass meadows - and what the work means for fighting climate change, too.  Read more here.  This is the third episode of CQUniversity's newest podcast series: IMPACT, exploring groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts locally and globally. Explore our strengths here. 

In this episode, Mark Walters discusses the changed world in which we live and work.  2020 has brought adaptations in how services respond to gendered violence.  Technology has replaced face to face individual and group interventions in many services.  Mark gives practical and knowledgeable tips about working with users of violence in this helpful and informative podcast. In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

It's one of the nation's biggest food waste challenges, but CQUniversity researcher Dr Heena Panchasara hopes leftovers from Australian wine production can help power a cleaner future.   With 1.3 billion litres of wine produced in Australia every year, the industry also creates 350 kilotonnes of leftover skins, stems and seeds, known as grape marc or pomace. Mechanical Engineering academic Dr Panchasara tells CQUniversity psychology and wine researcher Dr Alex Russell about big plans for diverting it from landfill, and into a range of clean energy solutions. The project could see wineries generating their own power and biodiesel, and wine enthusiasts across Australia get passionate about clean energy generation as well.  This is the second episode for CQUniversity's newest podcast series: IMPACT, a podcast that explores ground-breaking research projects and their real-world impacts.

Welcome to CQUniversity's newest podcast series: IMPACT, a podcast that explores ground-breaking research projects and their real-world impacts. In this launch episode, Isis ‘Issy' Symes speaks with Dr Adele Baldwin, the lead researcher in CQUniversity's Midwifery Prison Project. Dr Baldwin delves deep into Townsville-based project, explaining its origins, findings, and the ongoing achievements of the initiative supporting prison inmates through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period to establish vital connections with their newborns.   She also explains how the project has evolved into something much bigger, including the development of an Australian Birth Charter and a new program for imprisoned dads M2: Midwives for Men.

Impact is CQUniversity's latest podcast series, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts. Hear about changemaking research across Australia as CQUni experts share first steps, struggles, and eureka moments. In season one, we discover: - How loving our leftovers could halt Australia's $10 billion household food waste habit, - Why perinatal care is changing lives for pregnant women in the prison system, - Whether citizen scientists planting seagrass meadows could save the Great Barrier Reef,  - When can dog poo go in the compost bin, and many more innovative and practical projects to improve our lives, our communities, and our world.  Subscribe now to get new episodes in your podcast app every Tuesday.

In this episode, Jamie Anderson and Larissa Fewquandie, experienced Indigenous social workers yarn about worker self-care when responding to gendered violence and give practical tips to those coming into the field.  In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

Ep:050 After a thirty year career as a professional opera singer, performing as a soloist in opera houses and in concert halls all over the world, I took up a position as lecturer in music in Australia in 1999, at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, which is now part of CQUniversity.Brought up in Australia, between the bush and the beaches of the Eastern suburbs, I retired in 2015 and now live in the tropics, writing, gardening, and finally finding time to enjoy life and to re-establish a connection with who I am after a very busy career on the stage and as an academic.Transcripts available on our website:gaymysterypodcast.comLink to Wheelchair by Garrick JonesGarrick Jones' BlogThe Butcher's Son by Dorien GreyTime to Check Out by Grant MichaelsSimple Justice by John Morgan WilsonA huge thank you to Graeme Cheater for his hard work on creating a listing of books from all Gay Mystery Podcast episodes. You can visit his site at Judge a Book by its Gay CoverBrad's Website: https://bradshreve.com/requeeredtales.comInstagram: @gaymysterypodcastFacebook: Gay Mystery-Thriller-Suspense Fiction GroupQuestions or comments can be emailed to info@gaymysterypodcast.com

In this episode, Dr Heather Lovatt, Director of the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (QCDFVR) gives a brief introduction to The Bulb – a podcast that shines a light on gendered violence. In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed. The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is supported by and based at CQUniversity Australia. www.noviolence.org.au   For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.   If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options.  Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.

Discover the QLD Virtual STEM Academy, an initiative Queensland Government's Advancing Education: An action plan for education in Queensland. After only a couple of years, it has been making a massive difference in providing deep STEM enrichment for highly capable Year 5 to 9 rural and remote students across Queensland.  This is done by posing Grand Challenges that STEM will solve, connecting students with passionate teachers and experts from university and industry in an immersive virtual space. Underpinned by a problem-based learning approach, these course challenges enrich student learning and inspire a passion for STEM. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About Glenn Beaumont Deputy Principal, Queensland Virtual STEM Academy. Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology. Glenn has taught across the primary and secondary sector in metropolitan, regional and distance education settings.  Roles in these schools have included teacher, Science and Technology Head of Department and both Deputy and Principal of Middle years. He has pursued his passion for STEM, from his original Science degree through post-graduate qualifications in Education, Educational Technology, Science Education, and is currently completing his PhD exploring adolescent curiosity in learning science. About Breeha Sinnamon QVSA's Central Queensland Coordinator, Rockhampton State High School Breeha has been a teacher at Rockhampton State High School for more than 15 years and has a passion for STEM, Science and Physical Education.  Breeha is now working at part of the QVSA network to provide STEM enrichment programs to students in Years 5 – 9 across the Central Queensland region, and the wider Queensland community.  The QVSA at CQ's priorities include delivering high quality, authentic STEM-based immersion programs that are student-centred and wrapped in deep learning, in partnership with CQUniversity and other industry collaborators.  About Wendy Bode Deputy Principal, Global Tropics Future Project. Thuringowa State High School. In her role as Deputy Principal at Thuringowa State High School, Wendy is leading a unique partnership between the Queensland Department of Education and James Cook University called the Global Tropics Future Project.  With over 20 years experience as a Science teacher and Head of Department, Wendy is now shaping the future of STEM education in North Queensland through the Global Tropics Future Project's key priorities of maximising the potential of gifted students, strengthening outcomes for Indigenous students and improving outcomes for socioeconomically disadvantaged students and students from a rural and remote background.  In preparing North Queensland's students to meet the increasing demands of STEM graduates in the workforce, the innovative nature of the Global Tropics Future Project provides opportunities for like-minded students to connect and collaboratively explore their passion for STEM as they become future problem solvers, critical and creative thinkers. Find out more: https://qvsa.eq.edu.au/about-us About the FizzicsEd Podcast Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode?  Share it! The FizzicsEd podcast is a member of the Australian Educators Online Network (AEON ) http://www.aeon.net.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You definitely don't want to be listening to this one at night behind a screen! Today I'm interviewing Dr. Michele Lastella, a career researcher at CQUniversity's Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science in Adelaide.  Dr. Lastella's expertise is vast but today we are focusing our chat on sleep. Highlights include screen use and its effect on sleep onset and quality, teenage sleep, organ circadian rhythm and discovering your personal sleep chronotype. And then the all important question of whether to nap or not, stay tuned for all the essentials on that as well as the interesting concept of a napacinno. Sleep Chronotype Questionnaire: https://tinyurl.com/y9p2hurz 

Punt-loving Australians gambled away $25 billion in 2019 – but after COVID-19 restrictions shut down pokies venues and limited sports betting options, gambling habits have seen some dramatic shifts. Now as lockdowns begin to lift, CQU gambling and psychology researcher Dr Alex Russell looks at how the community might react as gambling options flood back to pubs, clubs, and online. A senior postdoctoral fellow with CQUniversity's Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory, Alex warns that stress around health and employment impacts, as well as the injection of government stimulus funds, have created a high-risk environment for people prone to gambling harm. This is episode 12, and the final episode, of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Tough economic times created by the COVID-19 pandemic means many people are looking for work, and hoping to upskill for new roles during lockdown. CQU Associate Professor Dr Celeste Lawson is Head of Course for Professional Communications, and a self-confessed ‘binge-studier' who holds six higher education degrees, is about to complete her seventh and already has plans for the eighth. Celeste explains how she's seen online and remote study get more accessible, and the opportunities that come with tackling online education. This is episode 11 of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

With COVID-19 restrictions locking Australians out of gyms and exercise centres, many fitness trainers and coaches have taken their classes online. CQU physical activity behaviour expert Dr Amanda Rebar discusses some of the ways the industry adapted, and what gyms will look like in the new normal post-COVID-19. This is episode 10 of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Australian Government decision to cancel National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) means students across Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are spared the annual testing. And CQU school testing and educational neuroscience expert Professor Ken Purnell says it's a good chance for schools to shift focus. Ken explains that other important areas of learning are often neglected in the stressful efforts to maximise NAPLAN test scores. This is episode nine of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As COVID-19 continues its spread worldwide, scientists are racing against time to develop vaccines and treatments. CQU scientist Dr Mani Naiker is working with Indigenous communities to explore Australian native plants as treatment options for COVID-19 and other viruses. Mani says his team of researchers have identified antiviral potential in a number of plants, and hopes tests could deliver a commercially-available drug in the near future. This is episode eight of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Australian community has been told to stay home during COVID-19 lockdowns – but for thousands of women and children, home isn't safe. CQU domestic violence researcher Dr Brian Sullivan says pandemic restrictions are increasing tension in high-risk domestic and family violence environments across the country. He reflects on how social support systems could better coordinate to help victims despite the challenges of lockdown. If this episode raises concerns or if you are experiencing domestic or family violence, call 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732 for 24/7 support. This is episode seven of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Australia's unprecedented stimulus package is protecting the economy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic – but what's next? CQU economist Professor John Rolfe outlines the Australia Government response to COVID-19, discusses how disruption to the economy can bring about innovative changes. For example, as more businesses try to meet consumer needs from a distance, John says there's potential for ongoing increases in automation and virtual service in sectors such as health care. This is episode six of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The shift to online delivery across Australian schools during COVID-19 restrictions means teachers face new challenges – and sometimes invisible students! CQU education lecturer Corey Bloomfield recently co-authored an article on teachers' strategies for student engagement in distance education, and shares some of the online tools that teachers can introduce to help monitor student participation and progress. He also explores how COVID-19 restrictions could be the catalyst for conventional schools to rethink their teaching approach to better cater to contemporary society. This is episode five of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Older Australians were already some of the nation's most isolated people – so how can we ensure COVID-19 restrictions don't cut them off further? CQU Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow Dr Lynne Parkinson is passionate about reducing social isolation for vulnerable groups, and explains how smartphones can provide a solution for COVID-19 lockdowns and beyond. Lynne says video messaging apps such as Messenger and Whatsapp can help the elderly connect with family and friends, and believes the perception that older people cannot understand or use technology is more about ageism than reality. Zoom and Skype for ‘how-to' explainer for seniors here: https://www.cqu.edu.au/research/current-research/caring-for-carers This is episode four of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

For Australia's $122 billion tourism industry, the pandemic has meant a complete shutdown – and international visitors might be locked out for years. Townsville-based CQU researcher Dr Elena Konovalov explains how tourism operators are already preparing for staged return to business, and a pivot to focus on local travellers. Dr Konovalov calls on Aussies to start thinking of local attractions for a travel “bucket list” to support the recovery, and looks at digital initiatives that are still connecting our biggest attractions with the rest of the world. This is episode three of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Home schooling challenges and opportunities during COVID-19 Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CQUniversity has launched its latest podcast series CQUniversity Commentary. This podcast series brings you CQUni experts in research, work and study, dissecting the issues and current affairs that affect you, your family and your community. CQUniversity has dedicated the first season of CQUniversity Commentary to focus on conversations about the emerging issues from COVID-19. To listen to this podcast series head to Podbean https://cquniversitycommentary.podbean.com/, or find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Youtube. Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

With COVID-19 restrictions forcing schools to close doors and take lessons online, most Australian parents are facing weeks of their children learning from home. Former teacher and CQU expert in STEM education Dr Linda Pfeiffer explains the challenges and opportunities for parents and students, gives advice on what is expected, and provides helpful tips for parents to keep their kids engaged. This is episode two of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Small businesses are among the hardest hit by Australia's COVID-19 pandemic restrictions – so can they survive the crisis? Dr Andrew Roberts, an academic and researcher in CQU's School of Business and Law, shares practical advice on recovery planning for small business, and how to ensure customers are still there when restrictions ease. This is the first episode of CQUniversity Commentary, a podcast and video series from CQUniversity Australia, focusing on issues around COVID-19, and how the global crisis impacts on our communities and lives. Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information. Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 14 I yarn with Dr Gracelyn Smallwood a Birrigubba, Kalkadoon and South-Sea Islander woman who has been advocating against racism and violation of human rights against First Nations people for the past 45 years. Dr Smallwood is currently a Professor of Nursing & Midwifery and Community Engagement at CQUniversity in Townsville. She was awarded an Order of Australia in 1992 for service to public health, particularly HIV-AIDS education. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Coming soon in 2020, CQUniversity Commentary will bring you our experts in research, work and study, dissecting the issues and current affairs that affect you, your family and your community.  Follow CQUniversity Australia on social media for more information.  Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

My inaugural guest is Dr Nathan Brooks PhD from CQUniversity. He's a forensic psychologist with a background in researching psychopaths. He (and a couple of colleagues) have a new book that came out just after mine, called "Corporate Psychopaths". It's an academic book looking at many of the same issues as mine. It was great to speak to him last week and find that we agreed on everything, from the size and importance of the problem, to the causes and the cures. The post The Psychopath Epidemic 01 – Corporate Psychopathy appeared first on Life Of The Caesars.

Anya Lim shares key lessons learnt setting up her Phillipines-based social enterprise, ANTHILL, with Steve Williams of CQUniversity, whilst also providing advice for those looking to measure impact and International Students looking to get the most out of their study experience.

I recently caught up with Florent Le Mens, the Social Media Advisor at CQUniversity, to talk about emerging social media strategies and the importance of personal branding. With over eight years of experience in both digital marketing and social, Flo has a wealth of knowledge to share when it comes to crafting social strategies that drive real engagement. If you’re currently working in social media, or you’re a digital marketer looking to remain relevant within the industry, this is not an episode you’d want to miss! Flo and I take the time to share some valuable insights across a wide range of topics, including: The shift in social media strategies to prioritise stories. How to leverage user-generated content. How to utilise stories as a means of driving traffic. Soon-to-be-available features that Social Media Marketers should prepare for. What personal branding is and why it’s so important for Digital Marketers. Strategies on how to kickstart your own personal brand. How to prioritise the right platform for your personal brand.

With this week marking the final week of the 2018 CQUniCares Annual Appeal, here is a special edition of CQUniversity’s Greatvine where we learn more about CQUniCares and the positive impact it is having on our students' lives. Today's panel of guests include Deputy Director of Development and Alumni Relations, Francois Gallais; Engineering student and CQUniCares Downer Scholarship recipient Charmaine Dig-O; and Science student, Marie Sell, who is a recipient of a CQUniCares Appeal Scholarship. We discuss the history and purpose of CQUniCares, hear more about this year's annual Appeal and its targets, and find out first-hand from our students about the impact CQUniCares support has had on their lives.

Annie Banbury from CQUniversity speaks about the Caring for Carers of People with Dementia Project.

This week we chat with Kirt Hainzer, a CQUniversity agriculture researcher with a special interest in agricultural value chains of developing economies who is currently working in Papua New Guinea. We hear how this son of an Austrian chef developed an interest in food from living in the back of restaurants in Australia and later volunteering at OzHarvest to help reduce food waste. We learn that on his first solo travel experience at the age of 13 he went AWOL from school in Austria and spent two months enjoying a London summer. We also hear how he later created edible landscapes for celebrities in LA. We also discover how his love of travel (especially in the driver's seat of a VW van) has shaped his career direction.

This week we chat with CQUni's Dr Adele Baldwin who is a Nursing and Midwifery Senior Lecturer at CQUniversity in Townsville. Adele shares about her extensive 30-year career working in nursing and midwifery, from the early days as a hospital-trained nurse through to her more recent role in academia. She shares her passion for working with students to help them create a better future and her drive to contribute to meaningful research. She sheds light on her recent 'prison project' where midwifery students play a part in addressing the needs of pregnant incarcerated women. We also learn about her 'Cradle to Grave' ethos in regards to women's health. Finally, we hear about her travel experiences in Malaysia and in the then Soviet Union.

CQUniversity occupational therapy academic Dr Maria O’Reilly on making a region dementia friendly.

CQUniversity doctoral researcher Tracy Flenady on the importance of respiratory rate checks.

In this episode of Telltale, four Brisbane social media experts delve into the organic versus paid social media landscape. Tyson Cobb of http://businessdepot.com.au/ (BusinessDEPOT), http://www.florentlemens.com/ (Florent Le Mens) of CQUniversity, Nicole Jensen of https://nicolejensen.com/ (Nicole Jensen Social Media) and http://thecontentdivision.com.au/about-us (Brittanie Dreghorn) of The Content Division wax lyrical on the "death"of organic engagement on social media, how to best use your budget on targeted social media ads, what you should never spend your money on in social media land and much more.

CQUniversity paramedic science lecturer Ashley Denham on the Auslan classes the university is hosting