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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 trio off to world parasitology conference 

Three CQU Rockhampton researchers will attend the World Association for Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology/Australian Society of Parasitology Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, from October 16-20.

PhotoID:2402 Eridani Mulder (who studies parasites of dusky rats and pythons) will present at the conference, Haylee Weaver (parasites of arid rodents) will display a poster, and Lee Barnett (parasites of marine snails) will attend as a participant.

The trio are contributing to knowledge of Australian biodiversity and have recorded new species of parasites during their research.

PhotoID:2403 Photos: (from left) Eridani Mulder, Haylee Weaver and Lee Barnett from CQU Rockhampton.