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Podcast: Dr Julian Droogan on terrorism and national security

“The great majority [of Islamic fundamentalist political, cultural and religious groups] don’t condone violence. They’re instead reacting against the west and western colonisation and westernisation and globalisation by reasserting their own Islamic identity.” Join Department of Security Studies and Criminology senior lecturer Dr Julian Droogan in the latest Pioneering Minds podcast to hear him discuss some […]

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Best of the best: Our 2016 Learning and Teaching Awards winners

We all know that Macquarie is positively swimming with great educators – staff that are transforming lives every day through inspirational teaching. Last night the University paused to celebrate this excellence at the 2016 Vice-Chancellors Learning and Teaching Awards, which recognises and rewards Macquarie staff that have gone above and beyond in contributing to our […]

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Secrets in the rock: Constructing a history of climate change

December’s Macquarie Minds Showcase brings together a compelling group of visionaries, researchers and experts to discuss how we can shape a brighter future.  In the lead up, we are bringing you insights from Macquarie Minds presenters. Here, Sophia Aharonovich, PhD student in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, talks about her time on board an […]

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Grant to help infants with hearing loss

HearWorks, the commercial arm of the HEARing Cooperative Research Centre (which Macquarie is a member of), recently received a $750,000 grant from the NSW Medical Devices Fund. The grant will enable a team based at the Australian Hearing Hub to develop a test – known as ACORD – to determine the best solution for infants […]

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50,000 people (and growing!) with better mental health

From left: Chancellor The Hon. Michael Egan, Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton and The Hon. Sussan Ley with Mindspot Clinic Project Director Professor Nick Titov at last week’s event celebrating the Clinic’s 50,000th patient. The MindSpot Clinic, an initiative of Macquarie University and the Australian Government, has  helped more than 50,000 Australians to date. This milestone […]

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MGSM student’s $150,000 lightbulb moment

MGSM student Anhtai Anhtuan has hit the jackpot: a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for his  product – The Tiny Tower – reached its goal of $35,000 in just three days and exceeded this target by more than $100,000 when it closed yesterday. We caught up with Anhtai to find out more, and spoke to his mentor and lecturer, […]