Community Engagement
We love working with our local community and are involved in many activities throughout the year. To interact with us, please check out the information below, or feel free to contact us.
- JCU Cairns and Townsville Open Days - we have a number of interactive displays
- Outreach in schools - our academics are frequently visiting primary and high schools (see below), as well as welcoming them onto campus to see our facilities.
- She Flies - designed to encourage women and girls to engage in science, technology, engineering and maths careers through the world of drones (see www.sheflies.com.au and www.facebook.com/shefliesau)
School talks
Prof. Michael Bird currently gives the following talks suitable for year 10-12 students:
Dr Paul Nelson gives talks about how food is produced and the life in soils.
Feel free to contact any of our staff about other topics.
- Climate change: fact or fake news?
- Understanding human evolution from fossils and genes
- What are isotopes and what can we do with them?
Dr Paul Nelson gives talks about how food is produced and the life in soils.
Feel free to contact any of our staff about other topics.