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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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Innovative teaching comes first with Sciences, Engineering & Health 

For CQU's 2007 Learning and Teaching Showcase the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Health will be highlighting the innovative works currently being undertaken by their teaching teams.

The Showcase focus is on continuous improvement and at this forum the Faculty wants to highlight the good works of its teaching staff in the hope that it can add the collegial atmosphere within the wider University.

PhotoID:3860 From the quest to overcome significant deficiencies in the management and communication within programs through to the innovative usage of communication technologies by teaching staff.

The Faculty envisages a rosy future in teaching and wants to shout it from the rooftops for all and sundry to benefit from.

As stated by Executive Dean Professor Elizabeth Taylor, ‘This is an important year of implementation, consolidation and growth. Our teaching teams are constantly striving for new and innovative ways to balance teaching, research and consultancy activities. I am happy to endorse the Learning and Teaching Showcase and hope that all staff can see their way clear to attend’.

Please accept this invitation to the event and if you have not already done so, please visit the website http://learning.cqu.edu.au/showcase2007 and complete the registration form http://content.cqu.edu.au/Showcase/register.jsp indicating which sessions you are able to attend.

If you are interested in contributing a story for your faculty/division, please contact the relevant Showcase Committee representative: AHE - Julie Fleming, j.fleming@cqu.edu.au 4930 6969.

FBI - Beth Tennent, b.tennent@cqu.edu.au 4930 9333.

SEH - Dale Trott, d.trott@cqu.edu.au 4930 9706.

AIC - David Hamilton, d.hamilton@cqu.edu.au (03) 8662 0808. Divisions - Leone Hinton, l.hinton@cqu.edu.au 4930 9854.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Photo (left): Professor Elizabeth Taylor, Executive Dean, Faculty Sciences, Engineering & Health.