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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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Civil Engineering students can apply for BMD Constructions scholarship 

CQUniversity Civil Engineering students now have another reason to smile, with BMD Constructions offering an $8000 scholarship paid over two years at $4000 per annum, as well as the opportunity to gain some valuable paid work experience during vacations...

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Scholarships will be offered to students in Term One 2012, and current students should check the scholarship website for more information, www.cqu.edu.au/scholarships.

Students will be assessed on their teamwork, leadership and construction industry affinity skills.

BMD Constructions is a large privately-owned company, that provides civil, industrial and building construction services to public and private sector clients for the development of urban communities and major infrastructure. Established in 1979, BMD Constructions is well known for a deliberately different approach to business where every project is its own unique opportunity to establish the enduring relationships that have become the hallmark of the BMD brand.  With the flexibility, client focus and speed of decision making that comes with private ownership, the company welcomes the opportunity to deliver single stage land subdivisions through to infrastructure projects that are among some of the largest undertaken in Australia.   BMD Constructions offers a relationship-based brand of civil and industrial construction services to a wide range of the following clients and industries: Airport infrastructure;  Building; Department of Defence; Industrial; Port & marine;   Railways; Resources & energy; Road & highway; Urban development; and Water & wastewater.