Research News
School’s in
Driven by alumni, the business of learning reaches far beyond the university campus, with innovative, research-backed thinking that is transforming the lives of students of all ages. Literacy organisation MultiLit – short for Making Up Lost Time In Literacy – has just celebrated its 20th anniversary. Many MultiLit staff, including the Literacy Centre director, tutors and members of the ...
Research briefs
Macquarie University has a tradition of breaking the mould, of being a centre where high levels of research engagement are strongly encouraged and where a pervasive research culture spanning all academic levels provides the opportunity for innovative breakthroughs. Some of the most intriguing stories are below. Healthy reefs Planet of the bugs Transforming surgical innovation Creat...
Students struggle to hear in open-plan classrooms
Recently some schools have begun converting classrooms to open plan learning spaces, with as many as 200 children in one area. While the classroom settings make group work easier and improve children’s social skills, noise can be a big problem for both students and teachers. According to Kiri Mealings, a PhD candidate researching speech perception in open plan classrooms, noise is a real ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...