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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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  • 'Mighty Foods' children's theatre gives Uni award judges something to chew over
    Published on 08 November, 2011

    The Mackay-based Mighty Foods children's theatre project has won CQUniversity's annual Opal Award for 'Excellence in Engaged Learning & Teaching'.

    Lecturers Kim Kirkman and Ian Gaskell shared the award* for their annual educational production which promotes healthy eating.

  • Celebrating staff achievements
    Published on 07 November, 2011

    Congratulations to all staff who received awards recently at the annual Staff Awards Ceremony. 

    Awards for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Excellence in Engagement (Opal), University Staff Service Awards and the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence to Professional Staff (EXCEL) were presented to:

    Jordan sports award for helping to bring campus to life
    Published on 07 November, 2011

    CQUniversity sports centre manager Jordan Hougan has gained a Vice-Chancellor's EXCEL Commendation for encouraging community use of Rockhampton Campus sporting facilities.

    Jordan's award states she has shown an outstanding commitment to the University's vision for engagement with the community.

  • Driver fatigue project worthy of Opal Award
    Published on 07 November, 2011

    A study of driver fatigue in Rockhampton region has gained a CQUniversity Opal Award in the category of Engaged Research & Innovation.

    Professor Lee Di Milia accepted the award recently following his research project in conjunction with several state government agencies, CQUniversity's Population Research Laboratory the University's Centre for Environmental Management.

  • A stroke of the pen and all goes swimmingly on campus
    Published on 07 November, 2011

    At the same time Ian Thorpe was shuttling between eight different training pools to keep his comeback under wraps, a group of potential champions in Rockhampton were looking for just one suitable place to train..

  • Uni helps spread word about 'biggest book group'
    Published on 04 November, 2011

    As a National Year of Reading partner, CQUniversity is encouraging people to get involved with Australia's biggest book group and to vote for the book they think should represent their state or territory.

    Readers can help decide the eight books that are the National Year of Reading 2012 collection.

  • Phone survey checks impacts of shiftwork
    Published on 03 November, 2011

    Residents in Rockhampton, Gladstone and Mackay will be randomly surveyed by phone for a new 'scoping study' of health and shiftwork by CQUniversity's Institute for Health and Social Science Research.

    This project will give residents the chance to help researchers learn more about the impacts of shiftwork on health, wellbeing and family life.

  • Worker shortage 'perfect timing' for tourism graduates
    Published on 03 November, 2011

    The first graduates from two CQUniversity Tourism programs due to begin next year will be presented with an unprecedented demand for their services as they enter an Australian tourism industry facing a shortage of more than 90,000 workers..

  • 'He hits, she hits' seminar screened throughout Australia
    Published on 03 November, 2011

    Video-links will help extend the potential audience for a FREE seminar about 'experiences of domestic violence', to be presented by researcher and educator Dr Michael Flood* ..

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