Connected experiences

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A fresh approach to orientation for 2023

The new academic year sees the University roll out a fresh approach to student orientation. Instead of the traditional O Week model of onboarding, our students will benefit from a more extensive, personalised and engaged approach designed to enhance comfort and belonging.

Students Jude Tan and Alice Temblett with the Fuji Xerox Australia team for their PACE placement.

PACE demonstrates impact with new data and great placements

With Macquarie’s annual PACE prizes recently being awarded to students, and new quantitative evidence of the positive impact of work-integrated learning with our industry partners, it’s time to check out what’s going on with PACE. Two students were recently put through their paces with Fuji Xerox Australia as part of the PACE FOSC300 Unit – […]

Drones and droids go the distance

Dr David Inglis (right) delivers a dose of virtual inspiration to rural and remote students during National Science Week. A love of science can be born in the heart of a child in Baulkham Hills or Bourke. But for school children in rural or remote locations, access to enriching and engaging learning opportunities can be […]

Refugees make big LEAP onto campus

Early Lorkovic is a Project Officer with the University’s LEAP Mentoring Program, which supports and inspires high school students from refugee and Pacific Islander backgrounds to pursue further education. Here she reports on their recent University Experience Day, which saw students from all over Sydney getting a taste of life as a Macquarie student. The […]

Macquarie-born, Oxford-bound

Backed by her experience at Macquarie University, Hannah Dawson has her sights set on an Oxford University doctorate.

The Lucy sisterhood

Christine Chung is Program Coordinator for the Lucy Mentoring Program in the Faculty of Business and Economics. Here she talks of the transformative benefits of the program, and her satisfaction in seeing its participants succeed. The Lucy Mentoring Program is offered to female undergraduate students in the Faculty of Business and Economics, and provides them […]