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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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Music and culture a Faculty specialty 

There's plenty of opportunities to enjoy music and culture during Open Day, thanks to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education.

Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music students are paying a special visit from Mackay and will feature on the main stage and in the amphitheatre throughout the day.

On the cultural side, displays of Japanese cooking and cuisine, linguistics and artistry have been arranged by lecturers and students of Japanese studies.

Capricorn Tourism is providing presentations at 11am. 1pm and 2pm in the Library Research Room (level 1) and you can win pases to local tourist attractions just by coming along.

Multimedia projects by local primary school children who have entered a Multiculturalism in Australia competition, will be on display at Building 33 (G.22).

Visitors to Open Day are encouraged to attend Faculty program information sessions held hourly at 11am, Noon, 1pm and 2pm in Building 33 (G.14) to discover the vast range of study and career options for 2008 and beyond.

Meanwhile, you can visit Building 29 (G.05) at 3pm on the big day to get a dose of cinema.

Thanks to the Alliance Francaise, the French film 'Le Couperet' (The Axe) will screen free of charge. In this jet-black M-rated Costa-Gavras comedy, full of hilarious moments and clever twists, Bruno Davert is retrenched from his job at a paper mill. After two years of unemployment, he decides that there is only one way to get a job: to murder his rivals one by one. For information about the film, people can ring Susan Yates on 0439 420 089.