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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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Taylor at launch of 'Engineers for the Future' 

Published on 19 January, 2009 

CQUniversity's Professor Elizabeth Taylor AO recently attended the launch of the Engineers for the Future report in Sydney.

The immediate past national president of Engineers Australia, Julie Hammer (pictured left) launched the report which addresses the supply and quality of Australian engineering graduates for the 21st century.

PhotoID:6614, Julie Hammer, Professor Mary O'Kane and Professor Elizabeth Taylor AO at the report launch. Photo: Engineers Australia magazine
Julie Hammer, Professor Mary O'Kane and Professor Elizabeth Taylor AO at the report launch. Photo: Engineers Australia magazine

Pictured right is Professor Taylor who is a Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Health and was until recently president of the Australian Council of Engineering Deans.

They are with the chair of the report's steering committee Professor Mary O'Kane (centre), who was also recently appointed as NSW's first chief scientist and scientific engineer.

According to the report, ensuring enough engineers for the future will require improved engineering courses and the attraction of people from more diverse backgrounds, as well as retraining of engineers who have left the profession and mature-age engineers.

PhotoID:6715, L-R Immediate past national president of Engineers Australia Julie Hammer, chair of the report's steering committee Professor Mary O'Kane (who is NSW's first chief scientist and scientific engineer), Professor Elizabeth Taylor AO, and report author Emeritus Professor Robin King - Photo: Engineers Australia magazine
L-R Immediate past national president of Engineers Australia Julie Hammer, chair of the report's steering committee Professor Mary O'Kane (who is NSW's first chief scientist and scientific engineer), Professor Elizabeth Taylor AO, and report author Emeritus Professor Robin King - Photo: Engineers Australia magazine