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JCU’s Indigenous Winter School helping to foster future success
Fri, 10 Jul 2026
Categories: Students, Events.
From across Australia, 90 students have taken part in James Cook University’s Indigenous Winter School - making new friends, exploring study options, building confidence and discovering they can succeed at university.
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AI set to reshape Indigenous Ranger education
Wed, 10 Jun 2026
Categories: Research.
James Cook University senior leadership are ready to revolutionise the delivery of degree programs in remote communities, using AI to accelerate the integration of western and traditional knowledge systems.
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Defiant Resistance shines light on violence against Indigenous women
Fri, 29 May 2026
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Yuin scholar and advocate Dr Marlene Longbottom has launched her new book centring the voices of Indigenous women survivors and families who have lost loved ones to violence.
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JCU’s Indigenous Education and Research Centre celebrates a decade of impact
Tue, 19 May 2026
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James Cook University’s Indigenous Education and Research Centre (IERC) has celebrated 10 years of supporting Indigenous student success, reshaping curriculum, and building nationally recognised Indigenous-led research.
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Place matters: Reimagining science, innovation and public purpose in Queensland
Tue, 13 Oct 2026
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Queensland is increasingly embracing the language of place-based approaches in policy, science and innovation. But, if place-based thinking is to realise its full potential, it must challenge us to think differently about how public purpose is formed, whose knowledge counts, and how innovation emerges across
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Progress on Closing the Gap is stagnant or going backwards. Here are 3 things to help fix it
Thu, 31 Jul 2025
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This article in The Conversation calls for urgent change in response to worsening Closing the Gap data, outlining three key actions: a rights-based national plan, independent oversight, and proper funding for local-led solutions.
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JCU welcomes next generation through Indigenous Winter School
Thu, 3 Jul 2025
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JCU’s Indigenous Winter School immerses high school students in uni life through hands-on academic experiences, building confidence, exploring career pathways, and seeing a future in higher education.
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Current major party policies fall short for Indigenous communities. Here’s a better path forward
Thu, 10 Apr 2025
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This article, published in The Conversation, highlights the ongoing neglect of Indigenous Affairs in national politics post-Voice referendum, urging evidence-based reforms and outlining potential policy directions under both major party leaders.
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