Sydney campus hosts the Annual Dr. Martand Joshi Memorial 2011

April 2009, Issue 2
CQUniveristy Sydney Campus April 2011 Newletter
Sydney campus hosts the
Annual Dr. Martand Joshi Memorial 2011
One of the major highlights of April 2011, was the Annual Dr. Joshi Memorial Lecture
which was hosted at Sydney campus.
On the evening of 5 April, Sydney Campus was chosen to host the Annual Dr. Martand
Joshi Memorial Lecture, titled ‘Engaging the Student of the Future’. The function
recognised the outstanding contribution made by Dr. Joshi in promoting international
education, intercultural learning and understanding in Australia.
As former International Cultural Advisor and Honorary Consul of India, Dr. Joshi was a
familiar face around the CQUniversity metropolitan campuses. His engaging manner
and helpful advice enabled many new international students to adjust to study and life
in urban Australia.
In honour of Dr Joshi’s memory, world top-10 speaker and debater, Dominic
Thurbon, was invited to address the audience. On hand to listen was Dr. Joshi’s wife
Zofia and daughter Suman , senior CMS company executives, Sydney Campus Director
Susan Loomes, education industry representatives, teaching and administrative staff.
Dominic’s theatrical performance and delivery quickly won over the audience. A mix of
speculative inquiry, humour and factual content were all used to good effect.
Buzzing with big ideas and concepts, the talk touched on numerous social and
educational issues including the information technology revolution, generation Y
change, the business world, the knowledge economy and the learning expectations of
global students in a rapidly changing world.
Thurbon emphasised that in order to motivate the 21 century student, teachers had to
go beyond simply imparting their specialised knowledge. The real challenge for the
future was to deliver knowledge using innovative teaching strategies aimed at
engaging, capturing and entertaining students. In concluding his presentation, Dominic
invited teachers and educators to cogitate upon three key learning principles;
interactive learning, creativity and collaboration.
Following a round of thought provoking questions from the audience, the function
concluded with a staff and student award presentation ceremony. The awards were
presented by Zofia and Suman Joshi.
The student award for outstanding academic achievement in 2010 was presented to
Gold Coast student Anand Dipak Panchal. The staff award for scholarly contribution to
International Education Research Centre went to Ritesh Chugh. A truly eye opening
evening.
Featured from top to bottom, Susan Loomes , Dominic Thurbon, Suman and Zofia Joshi,
Professor Kenneth Hawkins, Anand Dipak Pancal and Ritesh Chugh
April 2009, Issue 2
“What is Community Engagement?”
CQUniversity Sydney Campus actively engages and connects with the local community
through various activities, on and off campus whereby students and staff have the
opportunity to learn more about the community we live, work and study in.
Recently, Sydney campus Student Services held a ‘Sports and Activities Fun Day’ in Ultimo.
Students and staff travelled to Ultimo Community Centre and took part in sports such as
cricket, basketball, indoor soccer, badminton and many, many more before relaxing to a
typical Aussie BBQ in the sun. The fun day sampled just some of the activities which will be
part of the Chancellors Cup ,which is being held at CQUniversity Rockhampton in August of this year and
Sydney campus will be taking part in this very exciting competition amongst all of our nine campuses.
Two Sydney campus international students, Sadip Pandit and Van Le Hong have been successful
in achieving an academic excellence prize for 2010 study.
Sadip has been awarded the Australian Taxation Office Prize of $1000. This award recognises
the student who achieves the highest GPA in
Company and Association Law, and Assurance Corporate Accounting. Sadip has completed his
Bachelor of Accounting and is working at McDonalds while preparing for an IELTS test.
Van Le Hong, who has graduated from the Master of Professional Accounting, achieved the highest GPA in Australian Taxation Law. For this excellent result she received the Jim Watts memorial prize of $500.
Van Le has returned to Vietnam and was very excited to get the phone call informing her of her award. Van le
said “I was very surprised when you informed me that I won the Jim Watts Memorial Prize. I have never
thought that I would win it. Thanks so much to CQUniversity gave me this sponsorship and my family who
supported me during my course. I was really interested in studying at this university because of the professional teachers, staff, good environment, and high standard of technologies. I liked the international education
environment which made me more confident, and also improved my communication skills and knowledge of
diverse cultures. I’m in Vietnam but I want to say that I love you, my university ; and I will really miss Sydney,
miss my University and my friends”.
Pictured right,
Sadip Pandit and
Susan Robtertson
Pictured right,
Van Le Hong
A Day In the Life of Tony Edbrooke
State Recruitment Manager –International Campus
My day commences when my alarm goes off at 6am followed with a journey of about
forty minutes drive to the campus from Sydney’s North Shore.
I usually arrive at my desk around 8am; this is normally a quiet time which allows
me to catch up on emails etc. My daily tasks vary depending on the time of year; the most hectic time is during
the four week enrolment period which occurs three times a year.
My main responsibility is the management of the campus Marketing and Recruitment Team who look after a
network of education and immigration agents and liaise with many private colleges having students articulating
into the University.
Every day we receive many applications some requiring more documents, the student or the students agent then
needs to be contacted. Many students walk into the office situated on the ground floor to discuss studying at the
Sydney campus.
I am often off the campus visiting agent offices where I may be checking their marketing material, discussing
contract issues, or training their staff about University programs, procedures and protocols. I also visit Colleges
that have articulation agreements with the University to deliver presentations to their students and staff.
I also have to manage my Department budget, plan which Education Expo’s and Cultural events.
CQUniversity Sydney Research Day and Development Showcase
On 13 April, 2011, CQUniversity Sydney hosted the annual CQUniversity Research Showcase: Research and Development for your Community as part of a
university-wide celebration to raise awareness of the activities, expertise,
and research engagement of our staff and research students.
Associate Professor and Acting Director of International Education Research
Centre (IERC), Alison Owens, lead the very successful Research Showcase
day, receiving strong campus- wide commendations on the high quality of
research projects taking place at Sydney continuously. On Sydney Campus,
the Research Showcase day was very successful and with those who
attended at each campus and many requests to increase the frequency of
such events have been received. Topics covered throughout the day included:
Key Note Address—Professor Donna Brien
Getting published as part of an integrated career strategy
Dr. Li Xian
Report of thesis: The marginalisation of sessional academics in Australian universities
Associate Professor Alison Owens, Dr. Irene Wex and Ms. Susan Loomes
IERC research collaborations
Dr. Michael Nancarrow
Report of thesis: Challenges, breakthroughs and further research options from a PhD
Panel presentation and audience Q and A session:
The achievements and challenges of doctoral research and supervision at CQUniversity Sydney
Associate Professor Alison Owens said “The success of this day at each of the CQUniversity Campuses was a result of a great team effort across Rockhampton, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne Campuses. It is
inspiring to see the work underway, in completion and in planning in research of discipline-specific matters but
also of international education. I hope that showcasing this work has motivated our staff and students to engage further in exploring, evaluating and improving our capacities to provide an engaging and effective internationalised learning experience for all our students.”
Sydney Campus Academic visits Booming China
Late last year Dr Chris Keane, Economics Lecturer with Sydney International Campus, took the opportunity to
spend a month travelling in the Peoples Republic of China. During his trip he visited the cities of Shanghai,
Beijing, Hong Kong and the special economic zone of Shenzhen.
It was Dr Keane’s first visit to Shanghai – a gargantuan city of over 20 million people which hosted the very
popular 2010 World Expo.
“Anyone teaching business courses to international students in the Asia Pacific region should see at first hand
the amazing economic transformation underway in China. I was impressed by Shanghai’s rapid transportation
system and the super fast Maglev train connecting Pudong Airport to the city was a blast,” Dr Keane remarked.
China is an important source of international students and educational export income for the Australian
economy. However the United States has begun to open up its door to more international students. In 2009-10
China replaced India as the largest source of foreign students entering the United States.
“The United States has become a very attractive destination for Chinese undergraduate students, given the low
US dollar and more flexible visa regime,” Dr Keane said. “China is also expanding its own education
infrastructure and partnering with foreign universities in an effort to meet domestic student demand. I had the
opportunity to visit some of these institutions with expatriate friends in Souzhou.”
After a brief trip by overnight train to Bejing, Dr Keane returned to the ‘economic
miracle’ of Shenzhen, situated adjacent to Hong Kong. Here he met up with Jing Gao, an
MBA graduate of CQUniversity who is employed as Procurement Manager with Allpak
Shenzhen Co.
“Jing and her parents were delighted to meet with me. I was given a guided tour of Shenzhen’s ‘economic miracle’, and told that the Special Economic Zone is home to more
millionaires than any other part of China”. Jing attributed her good fortune to the economic reforms begun by the late Premier Deng Xiaoping.
“After posing in front of a sculpture of the great reformer, we all had lunch at a famous
restaurant noted for its surly waiters, hot spicy food and the late Chairman Mao’s patronage. Next day a fast boat from Shenzhen harbour saw me disembark in Hong Kong,
concluding what was a most memorable and educational journey.”
Story and photos by Dr Chris Keane
Makiko Mukaeda
CQUniversity Student Reflects on Life at Sydney Campus
Bachelor of Hospitality degree holder Makiko Mukeada is proud to have completed her studies at
CQUniversity’s Sydney Campus. She told Uni News that what attracted her to the University was its reputation
for “looking after the international students”.
Makiko was educated in the United States and Japan and came to Australia in 2009. She did 6 years of early
education in the U.S. and studied two years of science in Japan. After studying for her diploma at a private
business college in Sydney, Makiko was advised by her agent to transfer to CQUniversity and gain credit for
success in her previous studies.
Although a novice in the field of business and management, her drive to succeed saw her achieve numerous
Distinctions in her Hospitality Degree, including the challenging course ‘Strategic Management’.
Makiko says she found her tutors “very spportive and helpful” when learning to prepare group work
assignments. With an excellent spoken command of English and an outgoing personality, she soon became team
leader of a small group of fellow students, including a Swede, Korean and Brazilian.
Managing the tensions of group work sometimes proved difficult. Makiko learnt to bridge inter cultural
communication problems by “breaking down” complex questions into simple tasks. She had to make unpopular
decisions about team discipline and cohesion.
All of this gave her an appreciation of the challenges managers face working with culturally diverse employees.
“It was nice to learn about different perspectives other students have about learning and work”, she says.
Makiko used her group learning experience to create exam study groups. She found this approach to exam revision an effective way of digesting a big load of work materials and
readings. By allocating different tasks to the study group the exam
discussion time became more focused and productive.
Job searching was never far from her mind. Late last year Makiko visited
the United States to attend a big ‘Career Expo’ in Boston. “There were
over 100 companies participating in the Expo and I was offered three
exciting positions.”
Secondary interviews were held in Japan and Makiko has decided to
work for Mitsubishi Electric Co. This month she returns home to take up
her new position, “hopefully in sales or marketing,” she says.
The staff of CQUniversity wish Makiko all the best with her future
career.
Story and photos by Dr Chris Keane
Student Association
NSW Coastal Tour Adventure
Student Association staff member, Niral Joshi, with assistance from Student Services, organised a
successful trip to the Coast for thirty-eight students. The group left on the morning of Saturday 2nd
and returned in the evening of Sunday 3rd April. They departed from Sydney and headed to Newcastle,
Port Macquarie, Arrawarra Beach, Woolgoolga, Coffs Harbour and lastly Macksville. Along the way,
they climbed the challenging Queen’s Wharf Tower in Newcastle, enjoyed a stunning sunset cruise at
Port Macquarie, visited the landmark Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Woolgoolga, took the fun Big Banana Toboggan Run at Coffs Harbour and were taken on a guided tour of a Bush Tucker farm.
The group saw all manner of native produce like lemon myrtle, macadamia nut, finger limes and the
famous Davidson, all grown in the orchards. Saturday night was also an important night for many of
the students due to the Cricket World Cup finals being broadcast live. Many in the group stayed up
late to watch the game. The Indian Team fans were ecstatic with their teams’ victory! All in all, the trip
was a fantastic bonding exercise and an unforgettable experience, allowing the students to experience
more of what NSW has to offer. Two days and a night was spend engaging in some educational and
lots of fun activities cruising, dancing, singing, swimming, beach cricket, park rides, watching
informative theater shows , tasting natural jams and nuts and bush walking.
Participants described the trip experience in beautiful words like ‘unforgettable’, ‘confidence
boosting’ and much more. Students would like to thank our Campus for the support and the planning
for this special experience of the trip. Full story of this trip will be published in the Pipeline Student
Magazine’s next edition.
Students pictured above: Gary Kuo Benson Cheung, Cherie Wang and many more ...
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