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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Magnificent seven put bite into 'arts taste' 

Published on 28 May, 2009 

Gladstone Campus lecturer Lyn Hughes has expressed pride at the success of 7 Early Childhood education students who have made the harbour city's recent (May 24) 'Taste an Arts Sensation' event so successful.

This event, part of Under Eights Week, was designed to allow children to experience the 5 strands of the arts - Dance, Music, Drama, Visual Arts and Media - and to be involved in a visual arts competition.

PhotoID:7209, Early Childhood education students Emma and Hanna get hands-on during the event
Early Childhood education students Emma and Hanna get hands-on during the event

Creative ambassador and television actor Paul Bishop* was on hand to support the event. Paul, a native of Gladstone and recently starring in TV's Blue Heelers, spoke passionately about the arts and the role it plays in a child's development.

He then took time out to speak with the CQUniversity students about his working life and the need for creativity to be developed in all of us.

LINK here for video coverage of the event

Ms Hughes said she was impressed because the students had taken on all of the organising and planning for the event themselves.

The organising students aimed to:

- re-emphasise the importance of creativity in education and of the Arts;

- lift the profile of young children and Early Childhood Services;

PhotoID:7210, Facing up to the arts
Facing up to the arts

- and to allow children to create new ideas, new approaches and new actions through creativity within The Arts.

For queries/details contact Lyn Hughes via 4970 7298 or l.hughes@cqu.edu.au

* Paul Bishop
Actor / Chief Inspiration Officer
Arts Evolution

Paul Bishop is an actor, storyteller, social entrepreneur, advocate for 'active sustainability' and the 'art of living with passion and purpose'. He has 25 years experience as an elite master of empathy, story and creativity having worked on stage, screen, TV, radio and new media throughout Australia and is best known for his role as Sgt Ben Stewart on Australian television's Blue Heelers.

Paul Bishop is Chief Inspiration Officer of social business Arts Evolution, which is committed to creative sustainable human futures.

PhotoID:7211, Paul Bishop champions creativity
Paul Bishop champions creativity PhotoID:7212, One of the enthusiastic participants
One of the enthusiastic participants