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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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Horse owners and scientists link grass roots with research 

The forthcoming Australian Horse Keeping Conference will enable horse owners and scientists to exchange knowledge about sustainable horse keeping practices, from the researcher down and from the grass roots up.

That's according to CQUniversity Research Fellow Dr Kirrilly Thompson*, who is a co-convenor and presenter for the event scheduled for November 12-13 in Melbourne.

PhotoID:13503, Dr Kirrilly Thompson
Dr Kirrilly Thompson

"Horse owners talk about weeds, dust, mud and emerging diseases, yet scientists and natural resource managers talk about water quality, biodiversity and climate impacts. We are all talking about the same thing," Dr Thompson says.

This event will feature a range of expert speakers and would suit horse owners, horse property managers, NRM and Local Government officers. educators, lecturers, coaches, equine and racing students, and LandCare leaders involved with typical peri-urban small horse keeping properties or commercial horse keeping enterprises.

LINK HERE for details.

Dr Thompson is based at CQUniversity's Appleton Institute in Adelaide. She's an advisory board member for the Australian Horse Industry Research & Development Trust Fund and a management committee member for the Horse Federation of South Australia. She's a member of the Human-Animal Research Group, South Australia (HARG), the Equine Research Network (EqRN), and the Australian Animal Studies Group.