Yearly Archives: 2016

Scholars connect at annual reception

More than 200 students at the Macquarie Scholars Connect Reception 2016 were recognised by the Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton for their hard work and commitment in being awarded a scholarship, or for inbound and outbound mobility at Macquarie University. Hosted by Macquarie International, this annual event celebrates domestic and international scholarship students and is […]

What should we do with competing interests in research?

Photo attribution: flickr (Pills by Jamiesrabbits). Modified to include picture inset. Senior Research Fellow Adam Dunn, together with colleagues from Macquarie University and Boston Children’s Hospital, is proposing a global public registry for recording the competing interests of researchers. Here he explains why.  Published research varies across a spectrum that at one end is simply […]

Squiz Matrix CMS training available

IT is currently providing training sessions, covering basic content editing and use of the CMS. The two-hour training sessions are held fortnightly.

An alliance to achieve safer health test results

At a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded Partnership Project stakeholder forum held last week, members of the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research (CHSSR) at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation met with representatives from 14 other stakeholders to work on a plan to deliver safer, more effective and sustainable IT systems in healthcare. The […]

Librarian’s paper is one for the books

Image courtesy of State Library of NSW. (Left to right) Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian; Emma Lawler, 2016 Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship winner,; and Nola Barkl, President, National Council of Women of NSW. Congratulations are in order for Emma Lawler of Macquarie University Library, who was recently announced as the 2016 winner of the Jean Arnot Memorial […]

60 seconds with… Phil Dartnell

You know him as the man behind the PayDay Reminder emails, but there is a lot more to Phil Dartnell. He took some time out from his role to share a few things about himself. I’ve been at Macquarie for… 18 years. In a nutshell, my job is to… Support a range of HR systems that focus on payroll, […]

Introducing our Social Media Showcase

As part of the new Group Marketing structure, improved social media pages for the University have been launched. “Our goal with the revamped pages is to showcase the University’s pioneering research and teaching initiatives in a compelling, visual way for key audiences – our staff, current students, future students, industry partners and more. I encourage […]