Humanities & Social Sciences
Get a career advantage
If you feel you might be at a crossroads in your career and don’t know what to do next, then why not take advantage of the Career Advantage MQ service? Designed to help you take the next step in your profession, for the special alumni price of $195 (the usual price is $900) Macquarie University’s Career Advantage is a professional vocational advisory service delivered by Masters of Orga...
Reaching for the future
Over the past few months the Macquarie community has united to define the University’s long-term goals and the elements that will make it distinctive within Australia and around the world. This process led to the development of the Strategic Research Framework 2015 - 2024: World-Leading Research; World-Changing Impact, which is designed to guide Macquarie University's research trajectory ...
Supporting Mental Health Month
What do you get when a café with a charitable philosophy meets with a university centre looking for novel ways to raise funds for continued research into anxiety and depression? You get a ‘Coffee for a Cause’. Piccolo Me, the café in the Australian Hearing Hub, is run by brothers Roy and Charlie El Hachem. They partnered with the Centre for Emotional Health (CEH) on 21 October, pledgi...
Personal values affect proactivity at work
Macquarie University alumni recently participated in a survey that may help shape the way candidates are recruited for roles during periods of business uncertainty. The research, by Department of Psychology Senior Lecturer Dr Ben Searle and student Dylan Fuller, found that when there is uncertainty in the workplace, individuals who value security are less likely to show initiative in improv...
Change your life with postgraduate study
Postgraduate study can help you broaden your career options, open doors to more financial security, professional success and valuable business connections, while fitting around your busy life. Whether you want to study full-time or part-time, need to fit your studies around kids or a busy social life, Macquarie has a range of postgraduate study options to help you develop the balance...
Launch of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
One of the joys of leading a university is the possibility it presents to make a real and lasting difference to people’s lives. The most obvious impact we have is on the lives of our students who, in their studies and social lives on campus, are able to follow their interests and turn them into rewarding and fulfilling careers. Universities also have a responsibility to research and creat...