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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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Students gain valuable work experience out west 

Published on 13 October, 2005 

Gladstone engineering students, Zach Zwisler and Michael Wilkinson will be heading out west for their summer vacation to gain valuable work experience with the Diamantina Shire Council.

Located at Bedourie, 1600 kilometres west of Brisbane, the first-year students will put theory into practice when they take on the roles of assistant engineers within the council.

PhotoID:2401 The students said they were both looking forward to starting work in November and were hoping to be able to put some of the theory learnt this year into practice.

“I’d thought about trying to find some form of work experience over the holidays because any experience you can get during your degree is valuable, but it was hard to know where to start.

“We got an email from CQU’s Careers and Employment Service about the Central Western Placement Program and when we applied we were even given help on how to write our application letters. It made the whole process really easy for us which was great,” said Mr Zwisler.

Both students said they were looking forward to seeing some of Australia’s Outback and joining in with the small community of Bedourie.

CQU Careers and Employment Advisor, Troy Dobinson, said the paid vacation work program had been established to address a recruitment shortfall in attracting professionals to the Outback.

“Hopefully this program will encourage more graduates to apply for jobs out west instead of aiming for positions in the major cities.

“The program gives employers the opportunity to show their region to the students and is a flexible way to manage fluctuating workloads using highly motivated and effective student employees.

“The benefits for the students are numerous and include the opportunity to relate their theory to real-life situations and the chance to develop contacts in industry from a very early stage.

Employers interested in taking on CQU students for discipline-specific paid Vacation Work or Graduate Employment can contact Troy Dobinson from the Careers and Employment Service on 4930 9456 or email careers@cqu.edu.au.