Proceedings of the 1995 Postgraduate Student Association Symposium held at Central Queensland University, October 11, 1995.

<p dir="ltr">I am very happy to provide a foreword to the Proceedings of the 1995 Postgraduate Student Association Symposium. This is a particularly important symposium because it evidences the blossoming of research at<br>CQU. The Proceedings this year are bigger and better than ever before, showing that we are.now seeing the emergence of the tip of a very big iceberg - the future research reputation of CQU is secure.</p><p dir="ltr"><br>The quality of research in a University depends on the calibre of its academic and research staff who lead that research effort. These achievements however would be relatively insignificant without the complementary activities of a quality group of postgraduate students who work in partnership with the Faculty and who provide constant<br>revitalisation and rejuvenation to the permanent staff. These Proceedings provide evidence of the quality and variety of research carried out by the postgraduate community. With this calibre of research, CQU's future is<br>secure.</p><p dir="ltr"><br>On behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, I would like to commend the organisers of the Symposium and all who have contributed to this volume for their efforts and the quality of their inputs.</p><p dir="ltr"><br>As part of the Symposium, we will be announcing that Associate Professor Marie Brennan of the Faculty of Education is the Research Supervisor of the Year. Marie illustrates the important role played by the academic supervisor in the research of postgraduate students. Achievement through partnership is the theme for postgraduate student research and these proceedings illustrate some of those achievements.<br>Professor John C Coll</p>