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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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Queensland Health Young Achiever of the Year 

Published on 09 January, 2003 

CQU graduate Grant Challen has been awarded Queensland Health Young Achiever of the Year for his work on stem cell research. A current PhD student at UQ, Challen is researching treatments of kidney diseases that would not require dialysis or transplants. The former Dalma resident told “The Morning Bulletin” that coming from a regional area had not prevented him from furthering his education. He also told the Rockhampton-based newspaper that his goal was to establish a bio-technology company.