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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 helps lead international tourism volunteer projects 

Published on 09 February, 2012 

CQUniversity is taking on national leadership for international tourism volunteer projects sponsored by the Australian Government.

The new tourism degrees at CQUniversity have led to a strategic engagement between the University and the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development Program (AYAD).

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LINK HERE for details on CQUniversity's new tourism degrees

These links will enable students, graduates and local communities to consider getting involved with international sustainable tourism projects of up to 12 months' duration.

CQUniversity's tourism lecturers will act as Australian Partner Organisation (APO) mentors, facilitating AYAD placements for community-based tourism programs in Vanuatu.

Dr Scott Richardson (Noosa Campus) and Steve Noakes (Mackay Campus) are currently APO mentors for two AYAD placements commencing in March for community-based tourism initiatives in Vanuatu and are now supporting nominations being called for two more international placements in Peru and Vanuatu commencing in May this year.

PERU: Volunteer opportunity for a young Australian - Ollantaytambo is known as the only 'living Inca city' remaining in Peru.

VANUATU: The volunteer will assisting the Vanuatu Department of Tourism and the Lelema community with the implementation of the 'World Heritage Bungalows' development project at Chief Roi Mata's Domain, a cultural landscape inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2008 - working closely with a community-based bungalow planning committee known as 'Tupirou'.

"The engagement of our new tourism degree lecturers as mentors for young Australians on AYAD projects illustrates how internationalisation is a valued and enabling concept at CQUniversity," says Professor Roger March, Dean of the School of Management and Marketing.

"Tourism is a global industry and the international, cross-cultural perspective is integrated into our course content."

Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman says engagement with the AYAD program complements CQUniversity's purpose to help students be what they want to be, through local relevance, regional commitment, national leadership and international standing.