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Using storying methodology, the study identifies 11 key challenges across the classroom and broader institution, alongside education policy aligned with Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.4 and 2.4. 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It achieves this through sharing the storied experiences of non-Indigenous pre-service teachers, academics and myself. Overall, the study found, through storying methodology, a total of 11 key challenges across interrelated areas of the university. These areas included the university classroom and the broader institution, as well as education policy, specifically the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.4 and 2.4 by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) . This paper will provide an in-depth insight into three key classroom challenges (1, 2 and 4) . It will not address key institutional or policy challenges. Ultimately, this paper will argue that some schools in Queensland need to place a greater value on the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges and perspectives. A practical recommendation is also offered in this article to further strengthen Indigenous education at university.  \nKeywords: Indigenous education, APST 1.4, APST 2 . 4, AITSL, pre-service teachers  \nIntroduction  \nIndigenous1 education at university is filled with many learning and teaching opportunities. However, it is also fraught with complex and colonising challenges for both academic teaching teams and preservice teachers. A 2022 national report by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)2 stated that initial teacher education (ITE)3 should play an important role in developing the cultural competency levels of pre-service teachers in Indigenous education. The report, titled Building a Culturally Responsive Australian Teaching Workforce: Final Report for Indigenous Cultural Competency Project, recommended that “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content should be included as a mandatory unit of study or indeed, mandatory cross-curricula focus, within ITE programs”(AITSL, 2022, p. 6). These national calls to raise the cultural competency levels of teachers in Australia are needed. However, it is important to understand the challenges associated with Indigenous education courses in these university programs prior to putting forward ITE programs as one of the solutions to improving the cultural competency of teachers.  \n1 I acknowledge the diverse identities of Indigenous peoples. I use the term “Indigenous” to respectfully include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the “First Peoples of Australian lands”(Phillips, 2011, p. xiv).  \n2 The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership provides national leadership for the Australian states and territories in promoting excellence in the profession of teaching and school leadership (AITSL, 2011) .  \n3 Initial teacher education programs are provided by higher education institutions for pre-service teachers.  \nPositioning myself  \nThis section draws upon the concept of relationality (Martin, 2008; Moreton-Robinson, 2013, 2017) as away to position myself appropriately as a researcher in this article as well as share my connection (Moreton-Robinson, 2013) with Indigenous education. Yura, (Hello), I am a Quandamooka (Nunukul/Ngugi) man of the Moreton Bay region of South East Queensland, currently living on Jagera and Turrbal lands in Meanjin (Brisbane) . I am descended from and belong to the Junobin/Gonzales family group through the Managai (Māori, Cook Islands) and Day families. Members of my family group lived on the Myora Mission on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) . For over a decade, I have been involved in Indigenous education. More recently, I have worked as a sessional academic in compulsory Indigenous education courses across Queensland. 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