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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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Student organisation presents CQU research 

The Central Queensland University Postgraduate Student Organisation's 2003 Postgraduate Symposium was a huge success with 19 diverse presentations staged.

PhotoID:957 Honours, Masters and PhD students presented their research in 20-minute segments to an attentive audience throughout the day.

Topics were diverse ranging from a presentation on 'Krombit tinker frogs' to 'Researching education through images'.

The best presentations were from honours student Lee-Anne Maher (Business & Law), John Clarke (Arts, Health & Sciences) and Nicholas Young (Informatics & Communication).

Supervisor of the year was Associate Professor Tony Ward (Business & Law) and an honourable mention went to Professor Dudley Roach (Engineering & Physical Systems) and Dr Christine Murphy (Business & Law).

PhotoID:958 The formal proceedings culminated in a cocktail party.

The Postgraduate Student Organisation (PSO) is an advisory committee of the CQU Student Association Board which represents all postgraduate students in providing a voice for and promoting the interests of the CQU postgraduate community.

Photo: Kylie Radel presents her topic Indigenous Tourism Business Success Factors.