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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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CQUni researcher off to join Beach Socceroos in China 

Published on 05 July, 2013 

CQUniversity PhD candidate Michele Lastella has been representing Australia in the emerging sport of beach soccer and hopes to play at Olympic level one day.

His latest tournament with the Beach Socceroos is the Asian Cup in Haiyang, China, for six days from July 10.

PhotoID:14995, Michele Lastella pictured playing against the UAE in Qatar earlier this year. Photo by official photographer Manuel Queimadelos
Michele Lastella pictured playing against the UAE in Qatar earlier this year. Photo by official photographer Manuel Queimadelos

Michele says the Aussies will try to qualify for the 2015 FIFA World Cup. There's also a chance that beach soccer may be accepted into the Olympics in time for the Games in Rio in 2016.

Meantime, Michele is involved in starting an Adelaide beach soccer competition towards the end of this year.

When not engaging in his sport, Michele investigates sleep behaviour in elite athletes. He's based at the Appleton Institute in Adelaide.

LINK for details on the emerging sport of beach soccer: http://www.beachsoccer.com/