Last Wednesday was an exciting day for Associate Professor Blake Johnson, Distinguished Professor Stephen Crain and David Meng of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD).
Monthly Archives: June 2014
50 years young and looking Lean
Mark Robinson from the University of St Andrews demonstrated to a packed audience that even institutions as venerable as his can adapt and innovate, using the simple principles of Lean.
Introducing the Global Leadership Entry Program
Early entry to the Global Leadership Program for year 12 students allows a new group to join our community before they finish high school.
History and business experts share VIVID ideas
Professor David Christian spoke to a packed house about developing a multidisciplinary approach to telling the story of our universe.
Highly Commended announced for Research Excellence Awards
It is with great pleasure that we announce the shortlist of Highly Commended applications for the 2014 Macquarie University Research Excellence Awards. All applications and nominations were very strong and highly competitive, but after great deliberation the judging panels have selected the following applicants as Highly Commended. Winners in each category will be announced at […]
Let the celebrations begin
More than 500 staff celebrated the launch of our Golden Jubilee on Thursday 12 June, reflecting on highlights of our first 50 years and sharing ideas for the 50 to come.
Collaborative effort improves our research data management
Macquarie has new processes and tools to help researchers apply best practice data management.
Macquarie partners in $19.3 million boost for translational cancer research
Macquarie researchers will work closely together with fellow research institutions at the new Northern Translational Cancer Research Centre, which has been awarded $6.3 million in funding.
Planned system maintenance window: Sunday 15 June from 6am – 8am
Maintenance is being undertaken behind the scenes to improve resilience and reliability of University IT systems and services.
Research seminar: The impact of China’s new labour contract law on socioeconomic outcomes for migrant and urban workers
This seminar by Dr Zhiming Cheng examines the effect of having a labour contract on a range of employee outcomes (wages, hours worked, social insurance coverage and subjective wellbeing) for a sample of urban and migrant workers in China using data from the Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) project. Using several different methods, we find that the […]
In the media
TV, radio, print and online – the achievements of our community are recognised across a range of media outlets.
60 seconds with…
It’s not all fun and games for Campus Life Director Craig Oliver.