Professor Mark Taylor recently visited Indonesia with Bret Ericson of Pure Earth to test lead contamination levels in vulnerable communities. Despite it being one of Australia’s closest neighbours, the situation is markedly worse there. Jakarta is home to some 1,000 informal used lead acid battery recycling plants that cause significant human and environmental lead contamination. Next […]
In honour of Mental Health Month in New South Wales, we continue to share information to help remove the stigma associated with mental health and anxiety. Last week, Professor Jennie Hudson, Director of the Macquarie University Centre for Emotional Health, gave tips for adults on how to manage stress. This week on the Pioneering Minds podcast, […]
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer Tim Beresford welcomes Robin Payne as the new Chief Financial Officer. It is with pleasure that I announce that Robin Payne will join Macquarie University as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on 5 December. Robin has more than 30 years’ experience in finance and has acted on the advisory side […]
With a plebiscite on marriage equality likely to be defeated in the Senate, Professor Nicole Anderson, Head of the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies, asks whether a public vote should ever be used to determine laws around human rights. Imagine if that instead of issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 that abolished […]
Congratulations to Macquarie’s Sumiya Sultan, who was last week named NSW International Student of the Year in the Higher Education category. Sumiya is a recent graduate of Macquarie’s undergraduate engineering program and a driving force behind the establishment of the group Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) at Macquarie University. The awards, organised by StudyNSW within […]
Nominations for the election of representatives to the Academic Senate close at 3pm on Tuesday 18 October.
The results are now being cascaded to five key University groups.
Volunteers must be 40-60 years old, have normal vision (glasses or contacts OK), and have no history of neurological impairment or brain injury.
IT is running a series of daily hints and tips during this week, covering social media, passwords, email security, how to secure devices, and more.
This adjusted tax rate may result in a small increase of between $1 and $12 to your fortnightly net pay for the remainder of the income year.
