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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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CQU acknowledges the importance of information literacy 

Published on 13 November, 2002 

Information literacy is now being recognised by Australian Higher Education as an important generic attribute.

Central Queensland University acknowledged this by engaging literacy expert Associate Professor Christine Bruce to run three information literacy workshops at CQU's Rockhampton campus.

PhotoID:352 About 40 people participated in the workshops which were thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Christine proposed a number of different models for including and supporting information literacy skills in CQU's curriculum, as well as assisting individual academics on their courses.

The workshops provided opportunities for CQU staff to develop partnerships and collaborate with Library and Division of Teaching & Learning Services staff.

Organiser Debbie Orr said follow-up forums would be held to discuss and showcase initiatives that flow from these excellent sessions.

It is also envisaged that opportunities for collaborative research between academic, Library and Divisional staff could flow from these workshops.

PhotoID:353 Information literacy is currently integrated in the courses that make up the STEPS preparatory program.

Above: Associate Professor Christine Bruce (centre) with Sue McIntosh (left) and Ingrid Kennedy (right).

Left: (L-R)Philip Marsh, Terry Waters-Marsh and Pauline McNee attended the literacy workshop.