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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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  • Nursing students to enjoy Florence Nightingale window, thanks to retired doctor
    Published on 14 May, 2012

    Nursing students and academics at CQUniversity can enjoy walking past a beautiful stained glass window depicting Florence Nightingale, thanks to a donation by a prominent obstetrician and gynaecologist who created the artwork in his retirement.

    Dr Tom Dewar said the location would be fitting, since Florence Nightingale was a practical nurse and nurse educator as well as an academic who excelled at languages, history, philosophy, theology and statistics.

  • CQUni teaches kids to play around with language
    Published on 11 May, 2012

    A group of Sunshine Coast youngsters were moving, shaking and mask-making today during an event organised by CQUniversity's final-year Early Childhood Education students, to celebrate Early Childhood Australia's Under 8s Week. 

    Held in the picturesque Noosa Library, ‘Language and Activity: Connecting Children to the World' celebrated the value of play-based learning by encouraging the three to seven year-olds to connect with all forms of language through story telling, dance and arts and crafts.

  • Champion of inclusiveness lauded, programs backed by Uni volunteers
    Published on 11 May, 2012

    Reverend Bill Crews AM is a Minister of the Exodus Foundation, an organisation that exists to meet the immediate material, emotional and spiritual needs of disadvantaged and marginalised people.

    Our staff and students have a regular, ongoing engagement with their community through the Exodus programs, including feeding homeless people and boosting schoolkids' literacy.

  • Hundreds take part in family violence prevention forum
    Published on 11 May, 2012

    More than 100 participants took part in the 8th annual Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum 2012, hosted by the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR) at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre (MECC) recently.  

    Guest speaker Venessa Curnow said a stronger connection to past generations and embracing culture will help reduce violence in Indigenous families.

  • Hypothetical scenario to discuss serious community issue
    Published on 11 May, 2012

    The scenario might be hypothetical but the events described are all too real, as Heather Nancarrow, Director of the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR) can attest.

    On May 15, Heather will take part in Law Week Hypothetical 2012 as part of an invited panel of experts discussing domestic violence.

  • Here's a 'novel tea' idea, book in for reading year event
    Published on 11 May, 2012

    CQUniversity Gladstone Library invites all interested people to attend a morning tea event to meet local authors, share favourite stories and investigate the Port Curtis collection.

    This FREE event to mark the National Year of Reading will be held from 10.

  • Indonesian Alumnus nurtures tourism, earns award nomination
    Published on 11 May, 2012

    Sari Fulton graduated from CQUniversity with a Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) last year, and she's back in the limelight again.

    Returning to Indonesia after graduation, Sari has established her own business as a freelance holiday rental agent.

  • Visa reforms ease way to study in Australia
    Published on 10 May, 2012
    International students applying to study at universities in Australia now have access to a new, fast-track visa process, according to Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship.

    The Streamlined Student Visa Processing (SVP) system applies to applicants for bachelor degrees, masters degrees, PhDs and student exchange programs.

  • Seasoned political reporter addresses Brisbane and Gold Coast graduates
    Published on 10 May, 2012

    ABC TV 7.30 Qld host and political reporter Jessica van Vonderen delivered a guest address during the graduation ceremony for CQUniversity's Brisbane and Gold Coast campuses.