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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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Parenting tips on offer at free seminars 

Rockhampton parents are welcome at a series of free seminars to be delivered by students enrolled in the Masters of Clinical Psychology program at CQUniversity.

The student presenters are registered or provisional psychologists and the seminars extend the outreach work of the Psychology Wellness Centre on campus.

Seminars on May 9 include Tracy Bauer with Stop Arguing with your Kids! (1.15pm) and Cassarndra Hackett with Family Roles: Heros, Mascots and Others (2.40pm).

Seminars on May 16 include Priyanka Komandur with Bullying (1.15pm) and Kate Bulbrook with Mental Health in Children with Chronic Physical Health Problems (2.40pm).

Organiser Dr Kumari Fernando says the seminars of between 50-60 minutes will be presented in the Arthur Appleton Building - Building 5, Room G.09 on Rockhampton Campus.

"We'd like to welcome parents, educators and health professionals to the seminars," she says.

Spaces are limited! To book a place at the seminar, please email Karren Tyrrell (mailto:k.tyrell@cqu.edu.au) or phone 07 4923 2233. For further information, contact Dr Kumari Fernando (k.fernando@cqu.edu.au)

Dr Fernando says that families are also welcome to arrange one-on-one sessions or assessments via the Wellness Centre. Bookings can be made via wellnesscentre@cqu.edu.au or (07) 4923 2233 or via the Centre website www.cqu.edu.au/wellnesscentre .