Management/Leadership/Entrepreneurship
Duke of York officially opens Macquarie University Incubator for entrepreneurs and start-ups
HRH Prince Andrew The Duke of York has officially launched Macquarie University’s Incubator, a space designed to nurture, equip and accommodate budding entrepreneurs as they grow a business idea or social venture into a successful start-up. The Duke was on site for a dual purpose, also hosting the inaugural Pitch@Palace Australia event. Deputy Premier and Minister for Skills and Small Bus...
MGSM ranks first in Australia, for the third year in a row
The Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) has once again taken out the title of Australia’s best business school as well as placing in the world’s top 50 business schools. Based on the results of the Financial Times’ global MBA ranking which is considered a benchmark of business school excellence MGSM placed 49th globally and first in Australia, for the third consecutive year. Th...
Macquarie alumnus named Australian of the Year
Macquarie University alumnus and biomedical scientist Professor Alan Mackay-Sim, was named Australian of the Year. Professor Mackay-Sim began his foray into the world of science with an undergraduate degree at Macquarie in 1974, and completed his PhD in behavioural biology in 1980, in what was then known as the Division of Environmental and Life Sciences. Professor Mackay-Sim is renowne...
MGSM’S Women in MBA program hits 100 sponsorship target
Macquarie University’s Graduate School of Management (MGSM) has reached an impressive goal for its Women in MBA Program (WiMBA), with 100 sponsorships established to help women complete MBAs. The WiMBA program works with corporate and government organisations to identify their top female talent and support them through an MBA. This includes not just financial support but mentorship and ca...
The key to charity success: no deadlines
New economics research from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management says charities that impose long deadlines on donations will be less successful than those that don’t. The study by Professor Maroš Servátka and his University of Otago co-authors Associate Professor Stephen Knowles and Lecturer Trudy Sullivan looked at the impact of imposing deadlines on charitable tasks, and found ...
Phillip Salem: Social justice advocate and inspirational leader
For National Managing Partner of Sparke Helmore Phillip Salem (BEcon/LLB '83), it was Macquarie that chose him, rather than the other way around. “I was determined to study law anywhere that would take me,” he says. “I had come from a migrant background and an under-resourced school and feel particularly indebted to Macquarie for giving me that opportunity.” Fearless challenge...