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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 backs APICTA 2003 Awards 

Published on 12 June, 2003 

The 2003 International Asia-Pacific Information, Communication & Technology Awards (APICTA) and Trade Investment & Partnering (TIP) Congress to be held in September at the Cairns International Convention Centre will be the foremost international event on the 2003 Australian ICT calendar.

Central Queensland University plans to be a major player by sponsoring the domestic E-learning category and the international Communications Applications category, and strongly encourages the participation of local business, teachers and students to participate in the awards by competing in the various categories.

APICTA 2003, will see more than 200 of the Asia Pacific\'s most innovative developers, who are the vanguard of ICT research & development across 12 industry sectors, demonstrating some of the most exciting, leading edge technologies and applications in the world today.

The benefits of CQU’s partnership will be to promote local ICT industries nationally and internationally, to increase awareness of ICT throughout the community and the business government sectors, and increase the quality of award nominations particularly in regional areas.

Professor Stewart Marshall, Dean of CQU Faculty of Informatics and Communication said it is a “great opportunity for our students and staff to showcase their talent and be up there with leading organizations and establish industry linkage with other ICT companies”.

“The Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) is a good platform to promote and encourage interest in ICT research and development, and to build and strengthen the ICT industry in the Asia Pacific region. It is also an excellent networking opportunity for regional ICT players to meet and form strategic alliances to advance the ICT industry together by showcasing the regions creativity and innovation in ICT.

CQU participated in the second international event in Malaysia, 2002 and such participation aided the promotion of Queensland and Australia as a key ICT destination in the region. In Cairns, awards will be presented for Australia’s most outstanding ICT products and innovations. For more details please visit: http://australia.itawards.com