Multilit on track for big things
Macquarie’s hugely successful children’s literacy program, MultiLit, is celebrating 20 years of helping children read in 2015. MultiLit began in 1995 under the leadership of Macquarie University’s Emeritus Professor Kevin Wheldall AM, with a remit to improve children’s literacy with an approach based upon scientific, evidence-based best practice. It has supported various communit...
Existentialism and Romantic Love
Macquarie alumna Skye Cleary has penned a new existential study on romantic love. Her book, Existentialism and Romantic Love, draws on five existential philosophers to offer insights into what is wrong with our everyday ideas about romantic loving, why reality often falls short of the ideal, what can be done to overcome frustrations and disappointments, and possibilities for creating authen...
That’s a wrap: 2014
Macquarie launched a refreshed and cohesive narrative - The Shared Identity project is a strategic re-imagining of who we are, bringing the story of Macquarie to life, with a new outlook for our brand that reflects our unique heritage and the road maps for change being implemented in research and learning and teaching. Research framework - The Macquarie community has united to define the ...
Edward and the Great Discovery
Macquarie alumna Rebecca McRitchie fulfilled a lifelong ambition when her children’s picture book, Edward and the Great Discovery not only hit the shelves earlier this year, but sold out of its first print run in two months. Rebecca, who says she wishes she could tell her young readers that she was raised by wolves in a snowy forest until she saved a village from the fiery peril of a disg...
New clinic helps people read all about it
The Cognition Clinic for Reading is now open to the public, at the Australian Hearing Hub. “Our clinic’s aim is to help people with a range of reading and spelling difficulties, and their supporters,” said Genevieve McArthur. “We help people directly by providing comprehensive assessments and evidence-based advice about treatments. At the same time, we know we can’t help everybody ...
Take your studies further
As we reported previously, one of the standout findings in the 2014 Alumni Survey was the level of interest many of you have in further study. At Macquarie, we have a range of postgraduate degrees and short courses that will help you build on your existing skills and develop the knowledge you seek, in the comfort of a familiar, welcoming environment. So if you’d like to reconnect with old fr...