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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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Qing Huang's 'The Way' film gets Art Gallery airing 

Rockhampton Campus lecturer Qing Huang's short film entitled The Way is among a handful featured in a Short Films Showcase at Rockhampton Art Gallery, on the riverbank in Victoria Parade.

Entry is free and the 30-minute continuously-screened showcase is on offer until March 29.

PhotoID:6869, An image from 'The Way'
An image from 'The Way'

Qing's film is described as a 'stunning animation reconciling ancient Chinese philosophy and western chaos theory'.

The showcase represents some of the best home-grown short films screened in recent years in the Rocky Fringe Short Film Festival.

Other featured films City for Lifestyle (a visual perspective on contemporary society and modern urban environment), created by Performing Arts graduate Julia Thornton.

Patrons will also see False reflections (a local bartender has to choose between his job and integrity and loyalty to his best friend); Unravel (an experimental stop-motion animation); I fish and I vote (a relaxing day angling outdoors suddenly turns ugly); and Drivin (3 boys rely on hidden skills and each other to survive a weekend drive).

PhotoID:6870, Another image from 'The Way'
Another image from 'The Way'