CQU moving to transform with SPORT Strategy
At CQUniversity, SPORT means more than a game, and its new strategy is set to grow sporting participation, passion and knowledge, across regional communities and into peak performance.
Movement Changes Lives: CQUniversity SPORT Strategy 2025-2028 positions the regional university as a sector leader, as Queensland prepares for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The exciting plan also captures CQU’s array of expertise in Sport and exercise, Physical activity, Occupational and Rehabilitation Therapies, or the handy acronym SPORT.
CQUniversity Director of Sport Strategy Professor Fabio Serpiello launched the strategy in front of an array of sports influencers gathered at CQU Bundaberg on Tuesday 18 February 2025.
“Sport, exercise, and physical activity are central in our lives, and CQUniversity places particular focus on movement-related disciplines through our learning and teaching, research, partnerships and commercial activities,” he said.
“The legacy of Brisbane 2032 will be measured on the economic development it delivers, while driving healthier communities and environment. CQUniversity will play a key role in achieving these outcomes.
“From grassroots events to global champions, CQUniversity has a long history of nurturing sport, and this SPORT strategy harnesses all our expertise, our people, and our places, to really exemplify that the ways we move can absolutely transform lives.”
CQUniversity academics and educators are already involved in a broad range of sport development initiatives, across disciplines including psychology, sleep science, sporting event legacy, fitness and sport in pregnancy and post-partum, athlete high performance, event management, physiotherapy, podiatry, injury prevention and public health.
Community-connected research projects like 10,000 Steps and the U-BEACH accessibility initiative are also supporting and inspiring hundreds of thousands of Australians to get active and engaged with exercise, health and wellbeing.
CQU is also the inaugural High-Performance Partner of the Cairns Taipans NBL team, and works with a range of sporting clubs and organisations to boost participation and performance.
Learn more about the strategy, partnerships and study pathways at CQUniversity’s SPORT website.
