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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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Chinese scholars broaden campus culture 

Published on 10 April, 2008 

CQU Rockhampton has been hosting a group of Chinese scholars who have helped with Mandarin language community classes and forged links for future academic projects.

Associate Professor Qing Liu (known as Julie) - at CQU for 12 months up to August this year - is Director of an English College in the Foreign Language Department of Northwest A & F University in Yangling, Shanxi.

PhotoID:5606, Visiting scholars (from left) (from left) Julie, Sally, Rebecca and Christine
Visiting scholars (from left) (from left) Julie, Sally, Rebecca and Christine

Ying Rui (Rebecca) - at CQU for 6 months up to May - is from the Shijiazhuang Vocational Technology Institute at Shijiazhuang City.

Qin Yang (Christine) - at CQU for 6 months to September - is from the English Department at Tong Ren University in Guizhou Province.

Sally Zhou - at CQU for 6 months to September  - is from the Foreign Language Department of Guizhou Commercial College in Guiyang, Guizhou.

The visitors, who are all funded by their home instituions, have been made to feel at home by CQU lecturer Qing Huang.

Qing says: "their efforts and help in the classroom have proved to be invaluable and successful in helping students overcome the hurdles of Chinese language learning ...  students appreciated them very much".

PhotoID:5607, CQU lecturer Qing Huang with the visitors
CQU lecturer Qing Huang with the visitors