Central Queensland University has joined Eidos – a new consortium of Queensland universities, government and non-government agencies committed to improving education and social change research, policy and practice.

Two Eidos events have been scheduled.

Partnerships that Benefit: Schools and Communities, Brisbane, August 11, 2005.

Professor Ira Harkavy (Associate Vice President and founding director of the Center for Community Partnerships in University of Pennsylvania) will be visiting as a Senior Fullbright Scholar during the month of August. As part of this visit the Australian Consortium in conjunction with Eidos, is running several workshops on schools-community partnerships. More information and registration forms can be found at http://www.eidos.org.au/news/results.chtml?filename_num=11096 .

What is a University? Australian Consortium Symposium, Brisbane, August 12-13, 2005.

This Symposium will bring together as scholars, policy makers and practitioners around the question "What is a university?" The Symposium will also feature an early career researcher Masterclass with Senior Fulbright Scholar, Professor Ira Harkavy on "Doing Collaborative Research." Please let your postgraduate students know about this event (numbers are limited to 20). Numbers are limited for the symposium so register early. More information and registration forms can be found at http://www.eidos.org.au/news/results.chtml?filename_num=09341 .

Visit the Eidos site by clicking: http://www.eidos.org.au