CQUniversity Podcast - Greatvine

CQUniversity Australia•www.cqu.edu.au

If you’ve ever wondered what makes people tick, what inspires them, and how they’ve become the people they are today, then you’re going to love the Greatvine. CQUniversity’s Greatvine is a podcast series that chats with some of the University’s interesting characters: from professors and lecturers, to support staff and students. We dig and get the dirt on why people do what they do; what events changed their lives; how their work is making a difference; what inspires them; and what quirky hobbies or habits they might not want the world to know about. And you’ll hear it all, right here on the Greatvine. CQUniversity is Australia’s largest regional university with campuses and study centres across the country. It prides itself on being one of the most engaged universities in Australia, while its research agenda is centred around providing real impact to our global communities.

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Episodes

Lynne Parkinson : Season 2. Episode 9

This week we chat with Professor Lynne Parkinson, a health services researcher who is currently working on a project to support carers of people with dementia. We hear how her flair for academia started early in a two-room school in Cracow in western Queensland where in first grade she was doing grade four mathematics. We learn that her academic excellence eventually led her into a science degree, followed shortly after by Honours and a PhD which she completed while raising a family. We hear how...

Jul 27, 2018•32 min

Kari Arbouin : Season 2, Episode 8

This week we chat with Kari Arbouin, CQUni's Associate Vice-Chancellor for Townsville and North West Queensland Region. We hear how Kari grew up in Glasgow in Scotland where she lived in a 270-year-old castle manse and dreamed of becoming an orthopaedic surgeon. We learn how she eventually studied nursing and shocked her parents when she bought a one-way ticket to Australia with plans of spending a few months down under. We hear how a stint nursing in the outback town of Julia Creek led her to h...

Jul 23, 2018•34 min

Kirt Hainzer : Season 2, Episode 7

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...

Jul 16, 2018•39 min

Kirsty Leo : Season 2, Episode 6

This week we chat with Kirsty Leo, a CQUniversity Nursing lecturer and proud Indigenous woman from Rockhampton. Kirsty talks about her life as a third generation meatworker before heading into the area of Indigenous health. She shares about her varied nursing career and about fitting family around a career. Kirsty talks about the alarming Indigenous health statistics that Australians have become complacent about and the need to keep conversations happening. She talks about what NAIDOC Week 2018 ...

Jul 09, 2018•33 min

Adele Baldwin : Season 2, Episode 5

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...

Jul 02, 2018•20 min

Emma Jackson : Season 2, Episode 4

This week we chat with CQUni's Dr Emma Jackson who is researching seagrass restoration in the Gladstone region. Emma shares about growing up in Blackburn in Lancashire England where her childhood dream was to be a tree surgeon until a trip to Australia in her late teens put her on a path to study marine biology. You'll hear how she enrolled in the University of Stirling in Scotland where she learnt to dive in a very thick wetsuit and later did her Masters and a PhD in seagrasses as an important ...

Jun 25, 2018•24 min

Adam Rose : Season 2, Episode 3

This week we chat with CQUni's Adam Rose, a PhD researcher into water quality. Adam shares about his childhood obsessions with fishing and crabbing which eventually laid the foundations for his career in water research. In fact, as a 13-year-old he recalls helping CQUni researchers in his home town of Gladstone catching specimens. However, we hear it took a while for him to come around, studying both engineering and accounting, before returning to his love of the water and pursuing environmental...

Jun 18, 2018•33 min

Andrew Taylor-Robinson : Season 2, Episode 2

This week we chat with CQUni's Professor Andrew Taylor-Robinson, an immunologist and expert in infectious diseases. We hear how academia is almost part of his DNA as he shares about his family of professors. Andrew tells us about one of his first jobs in a pathology lab investigating faecal samples at the tender age of 17, until his promotion to the urine bench (which was much better). We also learn about his research into mosquito-borne diseases and the work that goes into vaccine development. ...

Jun 11, 2018•42 min

Stephen Moston : Season 2, Episode 1

This week we chat with CQUni's Forensic Psychology lecturer Associate Professor Stephen Moston. We hear how this British academic cut his teeth in the then new field of forensic psychology with the metropolitan police in England and academia before pulling up roots and heading to Australia to further explore his career. Despite once considering being an astronaut (but he didn't like the pre-employment tests he jokes), Stephen has built an extraordinary reputation in helping the way children are ...

Jun 01, 2018•26 min

Lydia Mainey: Season 1, Episode 10

This week we chat with CQUni's Nursing lecturer from Cairns Dr Lydia Mainey. We hear how she studied her undergraduate nursing degree through CQUni and later worked in emergency nursing in Australia and abroad. We learn that after some great 'working holiday' experiences in the UK and Northern Ireland, she signed up with the British Military and naively shot off into Iraq to work in a military hospital (but not before a Robbie Williams concert) - Ha! Not ready to come home, we hear how she took ...

Aug 28, 2017•19 min

Gary Balderson: Season 1, Episode 9

This week we chat with CQUni's Metal Fabrication teacher Gary Balderson. We hear that before he was a tradie, Gary dreamed of being a policeman or fireman - he even lit up the backyard as 'work experience'. We learn that later he was fascinated by a neighbour with a welder who could join two pieces of steel together, which led him into the field of metal fabrication. We hear about some interesting tales on the job, including watching the roof of the Brisbane Entertainment Centre being lifted by ...

Aug 21, 2017•26 min

Mel Hayman : Season 1, Episode 8

This week we chat with Head of CQUni's Health Science course and physical activity researcher Dr Melanie Hayman. We hear about growing up in a mining town in Central Queensland and being a 'sporty nerd' at school. We learn about studying at CQUni and becoming a PE teacher, before heading back into academia as a researcher - thanks to the advice of a mentor and mate. Mel tells us about her passion for her Fit4Two project which helps pregnant women engage in physical activity and we learn, althoug...

Aug 14, 2017•20 min

Wayne Jones : Season 1, Episode 7

This week we chat with CQUni solicitor and law lecturer Wayne Jones. We hear about how his love of English and writing directed him into the legal profession. We learn about his training years in Redcliffe as a law student and one of his early jobs as the 'Paddlepop Lion'. Wayne tells us about meeting his bride at a wedding and moving to Rockhampton and being admitted as a solicitor in Rockhampton's old sandstone Supreme Court by Justice Demack alongside colleagues Scott Beaumont (pictured) and ...

Aug 07, 2017•17 min

Bill Blayney : Season 1, Episode 6

This week we chat with CQUni Dean Professor Bill Blayney. We hear how as a child he was groomed as a singer, but also was a champion athlete. Bill tells us how he was inspired by his sister to cook and had dreams of being a successful chef. We learn how he broke new ground by becoming Australia's first ever male home economics teacher and became a role model for male students wanting to become chefs. We hear about his time working for TAFE before moving to CQUni and we learn about the pressures ...

Jul 31, 2017•21 min

Kerry Reid-Searl : Season 1, Episode 5

This week we chat with CQUni's simulation expert and Nursing Professor Kerry Reid-Searl. We hear how this creative and passionate educator began her career on the remote islands of the Torres Strait where she met her husband before settling down in Rockhampton. We learn how her love of drama inspired her teaching philosophy and how her desire to engage and communicate with people on the ground level is pivotal in all she does. We also discover why MaskEd is much more than just playing dress-up -...

Jul 24, 2017•21 min

Peter Lawrence : Season 1, Episode 4

This week we chat with CQUni's photographer and videographer Peter Lawrence. We hear how he was inspired by a high school teacher to take up a camera and learn the art of photography and later worked for a television station in Melbourne where shows like Perfect Match were produced. We learn about the ups and downs of the television industry and the perks of working for a regional television station. We also hear how he was offered a job at CQUni while playing a round of golf and how his role ha...

Jul 17, 2017•13 min

Leonie Short : Season 1, Episode 3

This week we chat with CQUni's very own 'tooth fairy' - Associate Professor Leonie Short. You'll learn how this daughter of a Hunter Valley GP became a force to be reckoned with in the practice, training and promotion of oral health in Australia. You'll learn about her early days as a dental therapist working out of a caravan at a school in Tumbarumba (one day it froze up) and the road to heading up Queensland's only Bachelor of Oral Health course. You'll also hear how she even became the 56th w...

Jul 10, 2017•23 min

Scott Bowman : Season 1, Episode 2

This week we again catch up with Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman for the second part of our chat. You'll get an insight into his fascination with flying, old Landrovers, boats and eBay. We ask if he's sick of airports and we discover how busy life is as a vice-chancellor. You'll hear also about the University's direction to 'give back' and make a difference and where he sees the University and himself in the next 10 years.

Jul 03, 2017•28 min

Scott Bowman : Season 1, Episode 1

This week we begin our Podcast series with the first of a two-part chat with Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman. You’ll learn how this once-upon-a-time average student became a radiographer; met his wonderful bride on a trip to the Sahara Desert; worked his way into academia and later shipped his entire family to Australia. Flying into the country the kids were surprised that Australians lived in real houses. Ha! You’ll find out what he really thought about CQUni when he arrived, the evoluti...

Jun 26, 2017•30 min

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