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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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Italian student set to feast on what science offers at CQU Mackay 

Published on 03 September, 2003 

School life in Australia doesn’t get much more enjoyable for 17 year-old Clermont-based Italian exchange student Matteo Carlon.

Matteo completed a variety of science activities alongside 35 other secondary school students at Central Queensland University on Wednesday.

PhotoID:970 School in his hometown Acqui Terme runs from 8am to 1pm, with teachers rotating between classrooms throughout the day.

“In Australia I study five subjects. In Italy I would be studying 12 subjects and I don’t get to choose my subjects.” “School is very different in Italy. We don’t do much practical work in science and everything is mainly from the textbooks,” he said.

Other Clermont State High School exchange students have travelled from Colorado, Germany and Norway to study in Australia until June 2004. Students from Sarina and Clermont completed biology-related fieldwork, dissection of hearts and lungs, engineering problem solving activities and studies relating to infection control and circulation.

PhotoID:971 The activities were part of the National Science Week program.