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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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Pierre presents university model in Spain 

Published on 16 May, 2013 

CQUniversity's Professor Pierre Viljoen has presented at the Global Universities Network for Innovation's (GUNi) 6th International Conference on Higher Education in Barcelona, Spain, this week (May 13-15).

Professor Viljoen, who is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Community & Engagement) and Head of Mackay Campus, presented his paper ‘Engaging with communities - an empowerment approach to university-community engagement.'

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Professor Pierre ViljoenThe paper outlines the engagement approach developed by CQUniversity to help support the development of sustainable communities within the Central Queensland region through community participation and empowerment.

As part of the three-day Conference, participants explored and discussed the most relevant, significant and inspiring issues for advancement in the field of community-university engagement through a series of presentations, workshops and sessions.

For more information, visit www.guninetwork.org