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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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Calen students ready to tackle uni 

Published on 19 March, 2013 

CQUniversity Mackay welcomed twelve Year 10 students from Calen District State College for their two-day Uni Skills program this week.

Uni Skills is a structured Engage Education program run by the CQUniversity Widening Participation team. This program aims to provide students with insight into higher education and its benefits.

As part of their program, students participated in a campus tour, academic writing sessions, career planning and experiential activities in the areas of Geoscience, Business and Chiropractic Science.  

They also heard from a guest speaker from the CQ Institute of TAFE, who spoke about the school programs available to senior students and the potential pathways from TAFE to university.

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Further information regarding CQUniversity Widening Participation activities is available online at: www.cqu.edu.au/wideningparticipation PhotoID:14283, CQUniversity's Senior Lecturer in Engineering Dr Arun Patil (left) with Senior Lecturer in Geoscience Dr Andy Hammond (centre) talk geology with Calen State High School students Lane Wales, Reagan Laird and Will Munchow.
CQUniversity's Senior Lecturer in Engineering Dr Arun Patil (left) with Senior Lecturer in Geoscience Dr Andy Hammond (centre) talk geology with Calen State High School students Lane Wales, Reagan Laird and Will Munchow.