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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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Karuna scoops up award for soil science 

Published on 08 January, 2013 

CQUniversity’s Dr Karuna Shrestha has been awarded the Soil Science Australia (Queensland Branch) Postgraduate Award for Excellence in Soil Science for 2012...

The judges commended the originality of Dr Shrestha’s work and relevance to the state of Queensland.

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Dr Karuna ShresthaThey were impressed with her breadth of work including a wide-ranging review of the properties of various organic compost products and use of an array of methodologies to characterise the chemical and biological properties of these materials and their effects on soil properties.

She was awarded a $300 cash prize, a $100 book voucher and a one-year’s membership to Soil Science Australia.

Karuna previously won an Endeavour Postgraduate Award (EPA) to pursue her PhD.

To learn more about Karuna’s work watch this video...