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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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Business links hoped for in 'wake' of Festival 

Published on 30 October, 2006 

Recent CQU graduate Tim Pianta (above) was among a range of exhibitors at the Festival of Innovation in Rockhampton last Thursday.

Mr Pianta is promoting his Hydrofoil Wake Enhancer for outboard motorised boats. His hydrofoil is used inverted to apply a downward load which forces the boat to displace more water and generate higher wake. The complete project involved researching, designing, fabricating and testing the wake enhancer without compromising the safety and stability of the vessel.

PhotoID:3373 Meanwhile, Tim McSweeney (pictured below left) from the Centre for Railway Engineering (CRE) was also part of the Festival.

Three staff members from the CRE presented a session with industry partners, Ergon Energy and QR, on 'Partnering to enhance competitive advantage'.

A range of CQU staff members were involved in the third annual Festival of Innovation event organised by the Department of State Development and Innovation (and sponsored by CQU).

PhotoID:3374 The event was held last Thursday at DPI Parkhurst, with a Celebration of Innovation Dinner later at the Rockhampton Leagues Club. A workshop on Matrix Thinking was presented by Roger La Salle, a judge on 'The New Inventors', on the Friday.