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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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Peter sports an award for learning and teaching excellence 

Associate Professor Peter Reaburn received a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching during the recent graduation ceremony on Rockhampton Campus.

This award acknowledges Peter for applying inspirational, student-centred teaching strategies and research-based assessment practices, to achieve outstanding, long-term student learning outcomes, through exercise physiology courses.

PhotoID:11968, Associate Professor Peter Reaburn
Associate Professor Peter Reaburn

Peter has been recognised as a learning and teaching leader at CQUniversity. He actively seeks and responds rapidly to student feedback and engages his students in project-based learning.

His use of a unique approach that strongly focuses on CQUniversity's identified graduate attributes is an excellent example of the ‘teaching-research nexus'.

Peter's philosophy of ‘learning by doing' has significantly contributed to excellent student learning outcomes in the courses he teaches.

He has displayed a profound professional and personal commitment to excellence in learning and teaching. He is highly regarded by his students and peers at CQUniversity, in the local community, at national peak industry bodies and across the higher education sector.