Research & Education Principles on Indigenous Australian Matters

The UQ Education Principles on Indigenous Australian Matters policy outlines expectations in relation to discovery/research by UQ staff and students. For example, 'academic staff will actively collaborate with colleagues in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit to develop protocols for the effective supervision of Indigenous research students and for appropriate guidance of non-Indigenous students conducting research involving Indigenous Australian communities. Research protocols will be developed, disseminated and embedded through staff development for research in:

• clearly indentifiable Indigenous Australian communities;
• communities that have a significant Indigenous Australian population but may not be so readily recognised by non-Indigenous researchers.

Researchers will be made aware of the different protocols that may be required in different locations in response to local sensitivities and that research undertaken by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers is likely to involve

• relationships with community elders and obligations to seek and take guidance from them;
• community and family responsibilities; and
• issues related to access and management of knowledge, including restricted knowledge' (extracts from Education Principles on Indigenous Australian Matters policy).

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