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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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Elise's 'risky business for railways' paper earns award 

Published on 15 November, 2010 

Congratulations to Masters candidate Elise Crawford who has won the Ken Provins Award for the 'best paper' presented at the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc. Annual Conference on the Sunshine Coast recently.

The award came at at exciting time for Elise, who had just returned from the International Conference for Control Room Design in Paris.

PhotoID:10013, Elise Crawford
Elise Crawford

Her awarded and peer-reviewed paper was entitled New technology adoption: risky business for the railways. It was co-authored with supervisors Yvonne Toft and Ryan L. Kift.

Elise has been examining the additional risks that come with new technologies in complex operating environments in safety critical systems, such as those found in railway networks.

PhotoID:10014, Elise receives her award from Christine Waring, President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc.
Elise receives her award from Christine Waring, President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc.