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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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Rockloff discusses gambling on ABC TV Catalyst program 

Published on 13 October, 2008 

CQUniversity's Bundaberg-based researcher Dr Matthew Rockloff featured in the latest ABC TV Catalyst program on gambling.

According to the ABC website promo for the show:

"The modern 'pokie' bears only a passing resemblance to the one-armed bandits of the past. Entire teams now work on the design, music and features of poker machines, to make what is a very slim chance of winning a large jackpot, seem tantalisingly close.

PhotoID:6396, Dr Matthew Rockloff
Dr Matthew Rockloff

"However, even when punters know they're more likely to lose than win, they often continue to play, but why? Dr Graham Phillips goes in search of what makes someone think they can beat the odds and finds a gambler who lost $350,000 on the pokies. He meets a psychologist who is researching how things like arousal and the size of crowds in gaming venues can affect our brains. And he finds out what's being done to help people stop gambling."

Dr Rockloff is a senior lecturer with the Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences.

Details are at: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2386227.htm