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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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Plant project stems from graduate link 

Published on 13 October, 2008 

CQUniversity graduate and Heights College teacher Sam Fesuk is helping students of the school get hands-on experience of how plants can help remediate contaminated soil.

Mr Fesuk, who has both science and teaching qualifications from the University, has arranged for his students to visit Plant and Water Sciences at Rockhampton Campus.

PhotoID:6419, Kaylee Graham (front) is among the Heights students involved
Kaylee Graham (front) is among the Heights students involved

Around a dozen of the students are learning how soil contaminated with sump oil can be remediated using plants (phytoremediation) and microbes (bioremediation).

Associate Professor Nanjappa Ashwath has been hosting the project. This week, the students have been preparing pots for their experiment.

PhotoID:6420, L-R Sahaphop Saengram, Amy Hughes, Zoe Bramhall and Corey Rowland with Dr Ashwath
L-R Sahaphop Saengram, Amy Hughes, Zoe Bramhall and Corey Rowland with Dr Ashwath