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                 COVER STORY
                CQUni


                Cairns


                campus

                continues


                to climb



                From humble
                beginnings as a
                distance education
                study centre on
                Florence St to a fully-

                fledged campus
                that’s now bursting
                at the seams in the
                heart of the CBD,
                CQUniversity’s
                campus at Cairns              This year marks seven years since   Associate Vice-Chancellor Far North
                Square continues to           CQUni built a presence in the Far   Queensland region Jodie Duignan-
                                                                                George, who has been a driving force
                                              North in 2012, initially providing
                go from strength-to-          support to around 300 online study   towards this phenomenal trajectory,
                strength.                     students via the modest study hub,    said the strong growth had shown
                                              to now supporting over 1,500
                                                                                that Cairns could indeed be a two-
                                              students and growing.             university city.



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