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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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Primary students head to uni for a day 

Published on 11 April, 2003 

Around 100 students from years 4 to 7 got to experience life at university on Thursday.

The students, from Emu Park State School, visited the James Goldston Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems to learn more about solar energy.

PhotoID:802 As part of their science studies at school, the students are learning about energy, particularly the generation of electricity through renewable resources. Focusing on how solar energy is converted to useful energy, each student was involved in an activity investigating water heating and photovoltaics.

CQU Physics Lecturer Cathy Capern said the day was a great opportunity for the primary students to experience some of the many applications of science in real life.

“As well as having a really good time, I hope we’ve inspired a few would-be scientists today,” she said.

PhotoID:803 As well as visiting CQU, the students also spent time at the Rockhampton Heritage Village.

Photo above: Rebecca Masters, Holli Brown and Tabitha Marshall investigating solar energy, photovoltaics and electricity.

Photo left: Stephen Donaldson, Samantha Pearce and Rebecca Garson having fun with solar powered fans.