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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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PhotoID:15001, Forum participants L-R Professor Barry Golding, Jan Crowley, Assoc Prof Bobby Harreveld, Shelley Truscott and Sally Thompson

Adult learning peak body visits, calls for 'reassessment'

The president of Australia's peak adult learning body, Professor Barry Golding has visited Rockhampton for a forum calling for a reassessment of adult education in Australia.

CQUniversity hosted the forum at its Ron Smyth Building in Quay Street.

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  • Uni research underpins fresh look at vintage drama
    Published on 04 April, 2013

    CQUniversity senior lecturer Dr Susan Davis has been researching significant Queensland playwright George Landen Dann..

  • Sherry-Kaye selected among 'global voices' at United Nations
    Published on 04 April, 2013

    CQUniversity Rockhampton student and staff member Sherry-Kaye Savage will soon be wearing a third hat as one of six Australian delegates selected to attend the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, as part of the Global Voices Initiative..

  • Students' smartphone film now on ABC Open
    Published on 03 April, 2013

    CQUniversity Learning Management students enrolled in 'The Arts' course recently applied their learning around media to a real-life context.

    The students filmed themselves with smartphones and worked with ABC Open Producer Lisa Clarke to create a digital story about life as a university student.

  • New program 'nurses' students in transition
    Published on 03 April, 2013

    CQUniversity recognises the need for specialised teaching to assist nursing students transitioning from the TAFE Diploma for Enrolled Nurses to university study.

    As the TAFE-qualified students come directly into the second year of the CQUniversity Nursing degree, the new program is designed to address gaps in their specialised knowledge and to ensure they acquire a high order critical thinking approach to their studies, while at the same time acknowledging skills they bring from their previous study and work life.

  • CQUni helps promote peace through tourism
    Published on 03 April, 2013

    CQUniversity is one of only two Australian universities accepted as founding members of a new global Consortium of Collaborating Universities established by The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT-CCU).

    It joins more than 20 universities from Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, Australia, the Caribbean, Australia and the South Pacific for the newly-formed Consortium, housed at Livingstone International University of Tourism Excellence and Business Management (LIUTEBM) in Lusaka, Zambia.

  • CQUni HRM researcher recognised with peak body role
    Published on 03 April, 2013

    CQUniversity lecturer and researcher Dr Ezaz Ahmed has been invited to be a member of the inaugural Research Advisory Panel of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI), Australia's apex and largest HR association for HR professionals.

    The AHRI conducts and supports research activities with the intention of building the capability of HR professionals in Australia.

  • Life can be a 'beach' when you are on student exchange in USA
    Published on 03 April, 2013

    Endicott College's oceanfront campus boasts three beaches and plenty of scenic beauty.

    Aussie student Sarah McDonaugh enjoyed the campus environment but she was also interested in developing her academic experience, when she visited the Massachusetts institution on exchange recently.

  • Proponent of 'independently mobile children' gives free talk in Rocky
    Published on 02 April, 2013

    Only a generation ago, children spent more time walking, cycling and just generally playing in and exploring their neighbourhood independently, without adult supervision..

  • Interprofessional simulation helps stimulate collaboration with Japanese university
    Published on 28 March, 2013

    There was a healthy boost for collaboration with Japan's Saitama Prefectural University recently.

    CQUniversity Associate Professor Monica Moran, from Occupational Therapy, hosted Dr Midori Shimazaki and Dr Ako Yoshinaga from Saitama's School of Health and Social Services.

  • Bundy awash with gambling despite flood - Govt proposals unlikely to stem the flow
    Published on 28 March, 2013

    Commenting on news that Bundaberg residents have boosted their poker machine spend despite enduring record flooding, Associate Professor Matthew Rockloff says the latest State Government proposals are unlikely to stem the broader flow of gambling across the State.

    Based at CQUniversity's Experimental Gambling Laboratory, Assoc Prof Rockloff says the State Government is describing its latest policy proposals as 'cutting red tape'.