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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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Students more job ready thanks to 'Engineers for the Future' 

Published on 05 September, 2012 

Three years after its inception, the Engineers for the Future program is still going strongly, with another batch of presentations scheduled recently to ensure students keep up with developments in the industrial sector.

The program is a 'work-integrated learning' partnership between CQUniversity and John Holland Group (a contracting, engineering and services provider). It reinforces the University's strong commitment to provide graduate engineers who are ready for the workforce. 

Topics covered by the latest series of presentations include: Environmental Legislation, Working with Endangered Species, Estimating, Construction Methodology, Construction Loads, Risk Management, and The John Holland Way.

PhotoID:13040, John Holland's Risk Manager for Rail Queensland, Donna Festorazzi chats with third-year Engineering student Sergio Leitao (right) and Associate Dean Ian Devenish
John Holland's Risk Manager for Rail Queensland, Donna Festorazzi chats with third-year Engineering student Sergio Leitao (right) and Associate Dean Ian Devenish