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A previous meeting of the Regional Universities Network (RUN). Photo Inga Williams / The Queensland Times
âOver the past nine years, RUN has been a great champion for the crucial work of our regional universities and has represented our interests well at the national level, but there is still much work to do.â
Prof Klomp said he would fight to ensure the interests of regional universities werenât forgotten.
âAs incoming chair, Iâm looking forward to continuing to ensure that our regional universities get a seat at the national decision-making table, and that government policy and legislation is enacted in the very best interests of the regions,â he said.
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Work has begun on a $13.5M School of Advanced Manufacturing at Gladstoneâs CQUni Marina campus.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison joined Federal Member for Flynn, Ken OâDowd and CQUniversity vice-chancellor and president Professor Nick Klomp to turn the sod on the project that seeks to âturbochargeâ manufacturing capability in the region.
The Gladstone school will be complemented by a School of Mining at CQUniversityâs Rockhampton North campus, with work set to commence on that site in the coming weeks.
Mr OâDowd said the construction of both schools would provide a major economic boost to the region with hundreds of jobs to be created during the construction of both projects.