Staff members from CQU Sydney and Rockhampton campuses met up at the recent ISANA National Conference held at UNSW, Sydney.

ISANA is the representative body for international education professionals who work in student services, advocacy, teaching, and policy development.

Professor Ross Lehman (pictured), Linda Moalem-Wilhelmi, Carina Carmody and Rohan Peterson from CQU Sydney took part.

They were joined by 2 staff members from CQU Rockhampton: Robyn Bailey and Ross Munro.

Also attending were Andrew Roberts and Denise Roberts from C Management Services Divisional Office at the Gold Coast.

The conference theme of 'Educate, Advocate Empower' was reflected in the range of presentations.

Considerable input was provided by staff from Australian Education International and the Federal departments of Education and Immigration.

There was a focus on the forthcoming changes to the ESOS code, with useful recommendations for future staff development.

Professor Ross Lehman successfully presented a paper (in the Policy into Practice stream) entitled 'This is how we do it!'.

His paper was based on primary data collected from Academic Staff Professional Development seminars held in 2005 and 2006 on CQU campuses at the Gold Coast (with Brisbane), Sydney and Melbourne, Networking was encouraged throughout the program.

Photo: Professor Ross Lehman, Teaching & Learning Coordinator at CQU Sydney International Graduate Campus.