Macquarie University Vacation Care will be providing a recreational program for primary school children from 26 September to 7 October.
Yearly Archives: 2016
Fox Sports filming on campus today
Meet rugby greats and cheer on the Sydney Rays at a filming for ‘The Other Footy Show’ this afternoon.
Colliers undertaking asset valuations
Staff are requested to assist in the process of valuing the University’s assets for insurance and financial reporting purposes.
Scheduled IT maintenance this weekend
Scheduled maintenance will affect ask.mq.edu.au (Tracker), eStudent and AMIS.
Snapped on (and off) campus: August
Macquarie City2Surf-ers (left to right): Megan Pope (Community Fundraising Manager, Advancement and Corporate Relations), Ashley Crook (Genetic Counsellor, Department of Clinical Medicine), Billy Lee (Digital Director, Group Marketing) and Ann Schoefer (Faculty Recruitment Manager, Macquarie Applied Finance Centre). Staff hit the ground running in City2Surf More than 100 eager Macquarie University and Macquarie University Hospital […]
Meet our healthcare experts at MQ Health Day
Come and meet the doctors and healthcare professionals driving our new approach to healthcare at MQ Health Day on Monday 12 September. MQ Health Day is a key event taking place during Wellbeing Week, 8 to 16 September. The day will kick off with an official launch hosted by Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton, followed […]
Can playing video games make you a ‘better’ person?
Dr Malcolm Ryan from the Department of Computing and Dr Paul Formosa from the Department of Philosophy. 98 per cent of Australian households with children have at least one form of video game, and the content of these games is sometimes questioned. A recent paper by Macquarie researchers challenges the concept that games are amoral […]
Macquarie skyrockets in online popularity
A focused and integrated social media strategy has seen Macquarie’s Facebook page jump to #2 among Australian universities. It’s been a headline year for the Macquarie social media pages, with the University now ranked as the second most followed university Facebook page in Australia (up from number seven). In six months we’ve had nearly 100,000 key […]
Announcing June 2016 academic promotions
Academic promotions recognise and reward staff who have demonstrated and sustained excellence in the three elements of academic endeavour – teaching, research and community engagement.
60 seconds with… John Shi-Nash
John Shi-Nash is the Director of Strategy for the recently announced Macquarie Park Innovation District (MPID) – a world-class, collaborative ecosystem where researchers, entrepreneurs and some of the world’s most-recognised businesses will come together to incubate creativity and find unique solutions to global and community issues. John took a quick break from his role to […]