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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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Deputy PM includes CQU Rockhampton on itinerary 

Published on 02 February, 2006 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade Mark Vaile included CQU Rockhampton on his itinerary during a visit to the region arranged by the Central Queensland Area Consultative Committee.

PhotoID:2528 After lunch and a briefing with senior University staff, he was given a short guided tour of rail research facilities, including the Centre for Railway Engineering Hi-Lab which was hosting tests using a new $360,000 thermal camera that CQU shares with Monash and VUT.

The camera is able to detect relative changes in surface temperature and has many potential industrial and transport uses, including indicating the effects of braking on the wheel-rail interface.

PhotoID:2529 Photo (above): Associate Professor Manicka Dhanasekar, Director of the Centre for Railway Engineering, with the Deputy PM.

Photo (left): Rail CRC CEO Professor Dudley Roach (centre) with the Deputy PM and Capricorn Coast identity Mary Carroll.