MGSM announces alumni scholarship
Professor Alex Frino, Dean of Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) is proud to announce the upcoming 2015 MGSM Future Leaders Scholarship Competition, created exclusively for high performing Macquarie University alumni. The competitive program will provide two exemplary students a fully-funded scholarship for the MGSM Master of Management (MMgmt). MGSM, renowned for exceptional...
Historians and scientists collaborate to crack 2,500 year-old mystery
Researchers at the Faculty of Arts’ Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies (ACANS) have joined forces with scientists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to solve a 25 century old mystery behind the technology used to produce ancient ‘incuse’ coins. First minted around 540 BC in the cities of Southern Italy (modern Basilicata and Calabria)...
Alumni benefits
There are many benefits to staying in touch with Macquarie. Alumni continue to enjoy borrowing privileges at the University library, as well as access to more than 10,000 online resources including professionally relevant and general interest sources. If you’re interested in further study, alumni receive a 20 percent enrolment discount for over 15 Executive Education courses at MGSM, a...
Alumni events
As part of a new suite of initiatives to reconnect with interstate and overseas alumni, in 2015 Macquarie is hosting a series of events around both in Australia and overseas that give alumni the opportunity to catch up with old friends and enjoy informal learning. Jakata alumni networking event The year kicked off on 4 February with an event at Jakarta’s Intercontinental Hotel, giving ...
Science has a makeover
Even if you graduated only recently, you might not recognise science at Macquarie. In January 2015 the Faculty of Science was renamed the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Its new name reflects the cross-disciplinary nature of scientific research and the rapid growth of engineering at Macquarie over the last few years. As well as a name change, there have been physical changes: the bio...
New UNESCO physical education guidelines aimed at longer, more productive lives
The time children and adults all over the world spend engaging in physical activity is decreasing, with dire consequences for their health, life expectancy, and ability to perform in the classroom, in society and at work. It’s a trend that the World Health Organization (WHO) has described as a pandemic that contributes to the death of 3.2 million people every year, more than twice as many...