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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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Students encouraged to enter General Sir John Monash Awards 

Published on 12 April, 2005 

Applications for the 2006 General Sir John Monash Awards close on August 31, 2005.

Application forms are now available at www.monashawards.org .

The awards are Australia’s prestigious equivalent to the Rhodes scholarship and the American Fulbright program.

The awards offer up to $150,000 over three years for postgraduate studies (PHD, DPhil or professional Masters Degree) at the best universities overseas.

Only eight Awards are made each year to Australian citizens adjudged to have outstanding academic achievement, community consciousness and service and leadership potential of their field and the community.

The Foundation expects award winners to make a significant contribution to the future development of Australia.

There is no restriction on the age of applicants or the fields of study. The average age of past winners is 26 and they have come from universities across Australia including from the fields of:.

Science; Engineering; Law; Economics; Social Studies; Health; Arts; and Music.

Profiles of the 2005 Award Winners can be found at: http://www.monashawards.org/news.asp .

Profiles of 2004 Award Winners can be found at: http://www.monashawards.org/reports.asp .