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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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Easter debate ends research festivities on high note 

Published on 16 April, 2010 

The final Research Week debate ‘Reflections on Easter: The Bunny or the Bilby' was well contested by University staff.

Using humour, sledging, bribes, the occasional profanity and little or no real evidence, the speakers gave their all to impress the judges (some more than others).

PhotoID:8776, Megan Barrett and Robyn Bailey play up to the crowds during the debate.
Megan Barrett and Robyn Bailey play up to the crowds during the debate.On the bunny's side, proclaiming that the bunny is the universal image of Easter and that the bilby was just a ‘wanabe', were Leone Hinton, Merv Connell and Megan Barrett (the playboy bunny).

In the Bilby's corner, haggling the other team for supporting a disease ridden, randy pest, were Andrew Fenning, Karina Burke and Robyn Bailey.

In the end the adjudicators Wayne Jones and Daniel Nolan gave the winning prize to the bunny team.

The audience however was impressed by both teams as well as Jones' humorous recount of the event.

PhotoID:8777, Happy ending to hardy debate.
Happy ending to hardy debate. 

PhotoID:8778, Debate mascots added some playful entertainment to the event.
Debate mascots added some playful entertainment to the event.