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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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Plant Sciences farewells Frenchwoman, welcomes back expat 

Published on 01 August, 2005 

Marthe Vivant has returned to her home instititution of Isara Lyon University in France, after a six-month internship working on near infrared spectroscopic techniques with the Non-invasive Assessment unit of the Primary Industries Research Centre at CQU.

Associate Professor Kerry Walsh reported that Marthe had been a valuable addition to the team, making good use of equipment infrastructure and learning the use of chemometric software pacakages from a cold start.

PhotoID:2333 Her work program was designed in conjunction with Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries Senior Researcher and Honorary CQU Fellow Dr Robert Dixon, and involved the use of spectroscopic techniques to assess the % composition of grass and stem, and legume and non legume in a ground pasture sample.

Such measurements lie at the heart of good pasture management but at present they are made by visually separating components from raw pasture samples.

Marthe reports that her experience here was very positive (missing only French food), and she looks forward to an opportunity to return to Australia.

Meanwhile, Queensland expatriate Professor Douglas Rutledge has arrived for his three-month placement with CQU Plant Sciences.

Associate Professor Kerry Walsh secured the placement through Queensland's Smart Returns Fellowships Scheme, which is funded by the State Government.

The Scheme encourages successful expatriates to return to Queensland on a working stay, helping to establish links with overseas institutions and to 'fertilise' local communities.

Professor Rutledge works as a professor in a Paris-based university and manages several large EU grants. He works in the area of food chemistry.

PhotoID:2334 Professor Rutledge will work on food quality issues with the Plant Sciences Group's Non-invasive Assessment unit.

Professor Rutledge received his undergraduate qualifications through the University of Sydney in 1974 and continued his postgraduate education overseas. He graduated with both Masters and PhD qualifications through the University of Paris.

For further information contact Associate Professor Kerry Walsh on 4930 9707.

Photo (above): Associate Professor Kerry Walsh (left) and Honorary CQU Fellow Dr Robert Dixon with Marthe Vivant, before her return to France.

Photo (left): Professor Douglas Rutledge.