Social inclusion documentary gains PACE in Ryde
Students working on a multi-year Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) project have used the power of documentary filmmaking to explore local community members’ experiences of racism, as well as positive stories around diversity and community harmony. The PACE project, Unified Ryde, explored the power of community filmmaking for raising awareness about racism and cultural diversity and...
Welcome to 2016
It is a pleasure to write to you at the start of another exciting year. The campus has come back to life after the summer break, with students taking up or resuming their studies for the year. As the world of higher education continues to evolve quickly, this year promises to be full of opportunity and challenge. Increasingly, we find that universities need to be clear about their aspiratio...
Vice-Chancellor’s Fund takes off
Macquarie supporters are helping to make ground-breaking discoveries in medicine as well as making education accessible to promising students, whatever their financial circumstance. Following a calling campaign that ran for nine weeks from November to February 413 donors have given $136,084.19, with a further $500,000 in outstanding pledges to be fulfilled over next five years. The Vice-...
For the love of hearing, turn the volume down
“You wouldn’t stare into a laser for four hours, because you know it would permanently damage your sight, so why do people think it’s okay to risk permanent hearing loss by attending loud music concerts and sports events?” asks Professor David McAlpine, Professor of Hearing, Language and the Brain and Director of Hearing Research at Macquarie. “Saying you were deaf for a week afte...
Innovative technologies
In the final of our series on Macquarie’s five future-shaping research priorities, we are exploring Innovative Technologies, which focuses on advancing our interconnected world with frontier technologies, systems, designs and creative practice. Recently, Professor Nicolle Packer won a 2015 Research Excellence Award for her work understanding the role carbohydrates play in the spread of di...
Doctorate leads to fundamental shift in thinking for business expert
For Dr. K. Kayani, studying for a doctorate in strategic tourism management alongside industry professionals and academics at MGSM taught him to keep striving for his goals, no matter what obstacles he encountered. He says that this has been the key to professional achievement. Currently employed at the Commonwealth Bank Australia, Dr. Kayani also sits on the Board of technology firm Konced...