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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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At 75, Thea still too young to just put feet up and watch TV 

Published on 28 July, 2011 

CQUniversity Bachelor of Arts graduate Thea Innes may be 75 but she's still drawing value from her studies and is active in her community in south-east Queensland.

Thea volunteers at a nursing home for the frail aged, helps out at Lifeline and is involved in choral singing.

PhotoID:11181, Thea Innes - still keeping active and appreciating her education
Thea Innes - still keeping active and appreciating her education

Back in the 1960s, Thea was Bursar of The John Flynn College in Townsville and got a taste for continuing her education as she moved between a variety of jobs. She took on her BA via flexible learning and managed to complete the degree in 2001.

"The reason I am computer literate is that my two daughters taught me, and mentored me during my studies. So many of my friends are not on-line and it is unfortunate, as most of them have family overseas," she says.

"The conductor of the choir I sing in now was a student at Townsville at the same time I was in the office at John Flynn."