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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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CQUni academics present at Bangkok conference on international education 

CQUniversity academics recently presented papers at the 7th annual APAIE Conference & Exhibition hosted by Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand....

The Asia Pacific Association for International Education event featured Melbourne Campus lecturer Liz Sidiropoulos, with a research paper about Navigating the sustainability journey of tertiary international students in Australia: engaging and scaffolding their progress in a distributed learning environment.

PhotoID:12217, Liz Sidiropoulos at the conference venue
Liz Sidiropoulos at the conference venue

Ms Sidiropoulos also gave a workshop on Creating synergies in sustainability initiatives across a tertiary institution - building momentum for institutional transformation.

PhotoID:12218, CQUni reps Dr Clive Graham, Assoc Prof Alison Owens and Susan Loomes
CQUni reps Dr Clive Graham, Assoc Prof Alison Owens and Susan Loomes

Associate Professor Alison Owens and her paper co-author Susan Loomes addressed Trading Places: a case study of a cultural exchange and social integration initiative for international and domestic students. Alison is Director of CQUniversity's International Education Research Centre and Susan is the Campus Director for Sydney.

Sydney-based Program Head Dr Clive Graham spoke on Teaching Creativity Across Cultures.

PhotoID:12219, Liz Sidiropoulos presents a workshop
Liz Sidiropoulos presents a workshop