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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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Investigative journalists of the future make connections 

Published on 02 July, 2002 

Students attending the CQ Connections school holiday program at Central Queensland University got a taste of where studying an undergraduate course in electronic journalism could take them.

Approximately 25 students from year 10 and 11 from towns such as Rockhampton, Mackay, Bundaberg, as well as Longreach, Blackall, Sarina, Miriam Vale, Agnes Water and Clermont spent some of their school holidays learning about courses offered at CQU.

PhotoID:156 At a session conducted by Associate Lecturer in Journalism, Jeff Young and 3rd year Journalism student Ross Green, students were informed about the careers that they could embark upon after successfully completing a degree in Electronic Journalism at CQU.

"There are varied and interesting careers available for graduates" said Young. "Apart from being journalists in radio, television, print and on the internet, there are also careers in public relations, media management, and corporate communications." A highlight of the session was a presentation made by John Schalch, Editor of Rockhampton's Morning Bulletin newspaper. John outlined the upsides and downsides in being a newspaper reporter. Schalch advised students, "One important thing to remember is that a regional paper is a good grounding for someone who wants to make a career in journalism. Regional journalists are highly sought after, as they get a good grounding in many areas of journalism that they might not otherwise get in a metropolitan newspaper." The journalism session was held during the five day CQ Connections program that is regularly run over the June/July School holidays. For further information regarding the journalism courses or the CQ Connections program please contact : 4930 9681 or 4930 9691 respectively.

PhotoID:157 -ENDS- Captions Photo one: Senior High School students from many areas through Central Queensland attended a seminar on Journalism as part of the CQ Connections program which was conducted again this year to give students an insight into the courses available at CQU Photo two: Students took time out with newspaper editor John Schalch to enquire into what characteristics made a person a good journalist.