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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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Teens keen to experience work as a paramedic 

Senior school students from Blackwater, Gladstone and Rockhampton took a break from holidays this week to experience work as a paramedic.

Guided by Paramedic Science program leader Anthony Weber, the students took part in sessions on airway management, defibrillation, CPR and injections, as well as field trips to emergency service bases.

PhotoID:11768, Anthony Weber takes the students through the basics of Paramedic Science. L-R are Kelsey Smith from Chanel College in Gladstone, Amy Dowie from Blackwater High, Joshua Humphris from North Rockhampton High and Nic Johnson from Chanel College
Anthony Weber takes the students through the basics of Paramedic Science. L-R are Kelsey Smith from Chanel College in Gladstone, Amy Dowie from Blackwater High, Joshua Humphris from North Rockhampton High and Nic Johnson from Chanel College

They completed their three-day experience with a simulation challenge against the clock.