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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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New Rocky book club tickles interest with 'The Slap' 

Rockhampton residents are encouraged to become involved with a new book club based at CQUniversity's refurbished Rockhampton Campus library.

The club will meet on the ground floor of the library on the third Monday of each month from 5.30pm. Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available from 5pm.  Library tours will also be available at 5pm.

PhotoID:11828, The club will meet on the ground floor of the refurbished library
The club will meet on the ground floor of the refurbished library

Membership is by application and is open to anyone with an interest in books and reading. Application forms are available via www.cqu.edu.au/library/rockhampton-bookclub  or by phoning Debbie Orr (4930 9347). Book club members may borrow free of charge from CQUniversity Library.

The first meeting will be Monday  February 20 and the book will be The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas. Multiple copies are available from CQUniversity Library.

A chairperson will be selected to host each meeting and they will be responsible for preparing background information on the author/book and for circulating a set of discussion questions.

Questions can be directed to Debbie Orr, phone: 4930 9347 or d.orr@cqu.edu.au.

CQUniversity is a National Year of Reading partner ...  LINK also to Uni helps spread word about ‘biggest book group'

PhotoID:11829, Book cover of 'The Slap'
Book cover of 'The Slap'
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