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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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CQUni academics contribute to scientific consensus on Great Barrier Reef 

Published on 11 July, 2013 

CQUniversity academics Professor John Rolfe and Dr Jill Windle have made a major contribution to a Scientific Consensus Statement on the Great Barrier Reef.

The Statement was released this week along with Reef Plan 2013 and a 2011 Report Card, following the Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Forum in Brisbane. You can read the Scientific Consensus Statement.

PhotoID:15031, Dr Jill Windle and Prof John Rolfe
Dr Jill Windle and Prof John Rolfe

Professor Rolfe was one of the lead authors on the Scientific Consensus Statement, as he was responsible for working on the economic and social factors affecting landholder adoption of best management practices. Dr Windle also made a major contribution to that chapter.

Both of these contributing academics are based on Rockhampton Campus.

Reef Plan 2013 sets the scene for work for the next five years. It is available on the Reef Plan website .