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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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Funding helps 'manufacture' future for Bundaberg students 

Published on 23 November, 2004 

A grant of $329 000 to CQU Bundaberg from the Sustainable Regions Funding Program will provide the impetus to expand the nationally and internationally-recognised innovative CAD/CAM technologies developed by Bundaberg State High School’s Technology Design Centre.

The Centre was created last year as a direct result of the vision of teacher Keith Holledge and a partnership between Education Queensland and Re-Engineering Australia Forum.

PhotoID:1816 The grant will extend access to these innovative facilities to other relevant groups and entities within the regional community.

Collaboration between CQU Bundaberg, Bundaberg State High School, local training providers and industry will contribute to rebuilding a locally-sourced, stable industrial workforce after recent losses following the closure of Austoft and work reduction by Walkers Engineering.

“The project’s goal is to enable students to work collaboratively with their peers, universities and high-tech industry on design and technology projects by allowing remote access to Bundaberg State High School’s facilities,” Mr Holledge said.

The expanded facilities are available to local entrepreneurs, providing low-risk testing of business innovations.

CAD/CAM design applications important to company development can be tested prior to making a commitment to infrastructure, thus facilitating new manufacturing company start-ups.

“CQU Bundaberg is very happy to support this process to help our regional community,” Head of Campus, Professor Alex Grady said.

“There are strong potential synergies between this project and the new developments taking place at the new Bundaberg Technology Park.”.

Bundaberg Technology Park will provide a mix of site, infrastructure and support services designed to encourage a strong, actively growing manufacturing industry based in Bundaberg.

Photo: Professor Alex Grady with Cameron Bisley (Executive Officer, WIde Bay Burnett Sustainable Regions Advisory Committee), Keith Holledge (teacher, Bundaberg State High School) and Paul Neville (Federal MP for Hinkler).