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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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CQ Junior Robotics Competition hailed as success 

Published on 16 August, 2007 

The CQ Junior Robotics Competition held in Rockhampton last Friday has been hailed a success, with 27 teams attending from as far as 300km away.

The 5th annual competition included a new venue and a change from weekend to weekday, yet teams were still keen to take part.

PhotoID:4589, Jason Bell congratulates best entry winner Matthew Pozzebon
Jason Bell congratulates best entry winner Matthew Pozzebon

Organiser Jason Bell, High Performance Computing Support Officer for the Information Technology Division, said the top 4 teams were only separated by 4 points in the dance section.

In the soccer section, the final score was 10 to 9 in a very close competition.

"We had a lot of positive feedback about the competition," he said.

"The new rescue category was a hit, even though it was a lot harder and many didn't succeed at first.

"A number of new teachers came to watch/help to get the general idea what is expected and plan to bring students next year.

"An entire class from Yeppoon travelled 50km to watch and hope to participate next year;

"Many teachers are keen to enter and be involved in the soccer competition.  To assist their development, I will be donating old soccer fields to a number of schools.  There was also a significant number asking for a soccer workshop, to assist many new comers on where to start, etc.

"Many students were rebuilding and improving their robots throughout the day with great information exchange from all of the students.

"There were a significant number of people that assisted to make the competition happen. On all accounts, this was probably our best ever competition and there are plans for it to be bigger and better next year."

Details are at: http://cqrobotics.cqu.edu.au/cqjrc.html 

Results are as follows:

Soccer

1st - Matthew Pozzebon

2nd - Brandon Bowen

3rd - Just Joshin

Premier Rescue

1st - Clayton's Team

2nd - Toolooa Bot 3

3rd - Colin's Team

Rescue

1st - John's Team

2nd - Kit's Team

3rd - Child Genius

Dance

1st - Disco Dancers

2nd - Homer

3rd - Big Brother

Outstanding Effort - Homer

Best Entry for 2007 - Matthew Pozzebon

PhotoID:4590, One of the dance robot entries
One of the dance robot entries