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Forget the couch: online therapy works just as well
More than 80,000 people around Australia have accessed anxiety and depression assessment services since 2013 through Macquarie’s revolutionary digital mental health portal, the MindSpot Clinic, which is fully funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. The clinic now also delivers interventions to help people with chronic pain manage their disability and distress. ...
Law school campaign launch
On 6 November, a crowd of alumni, University staff and leaders, and notable law professionals gathered at Sydney’s Royal Mint in Macquarie Street to see the design for Macquarie University’s new law building unveiled and its name announced as the ‘Michael Kirby Building’. “I can see no finer way to commemorate the contributions of Michael Kirby as a member of the Macquarie Univers...
Macquarie’s PACE Program – Winner of the 2017 AFR Higher Education Employability Award
Macquarie’s Professional and Community Engagement Program (PACE) has won the prestigious 2017 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards. It was announced on 29 August 2017 at the AFR Higher Education Awards night. This is a huge recognition and because it is a collective effort by many, the Awards Event was attended by representatives of the whole PACE community including PACE unit...
2017 Blues Awards: honouring the green and gold era and elite athletes
In a ceremonial showcase of performance, the Macquarie University 2017 Blues Awards were held on Wednesday 25 October. A number of athletes were recognised for their outstanding achievements athletically and academically while representing Macquarie University, their state or nation across the past year. Former Olympic Gold medallist and OAM Brooke Hanson was the Master of Ceremony, with M...
In memoriam: Penelope Watson (1952-2016)
Penelope Watson BA (Hons) Tas, LLB UNSW, LLM Syd Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School (11 June 1952 – 29 December 2016) It is with great sadness that we announce the recent passing of our long-term colleague and friend, Penelope Watson, after a long battle with cancer. Penelope was an outstanding academic, much esteemed and beloved by academic peers and many generations of students ...
Macquarie’s new ‘originals’: our first Juris Doctor (JD) graduates
This year, Macquarie sees in another academic milestone as its first graduating cohort of the three-year Juris Doctor (JD) program receive their degrees. The program began in 2014 as a post-graduate qualification for would-be law practitioners. “We already offered a graduate law program, but with rising demand for students with post-graduate qualifications, we decided to develop a compar...