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Mapping the route through the research pathway
Universities have always performed work that benefits the broader community. But in recent years there has been much more emphasis on demonstrating and measuring the impact that this work has outside academia, with impact assessment now embedded in many national and international research rating systems, which in turn feed into funding.
No time to connect: Social needs of older people unmet by aged care workers
Aged care workers are so rushed and pressured to provide basic physical care for older people, they have no time to meet their clients’ basic social and emotional needs, a joint UNSW Sydney, Macquarie University and RMIT study has found.
Record funding for student mobility opportunities in the Indo-Pacific
Macquarie University students will have more opportunities than ever to study and complete internships in the Indo-Pacific region in 2020, after projects totalling $2.4 million were awarded funding under the New Colombo Plan Mobility Program.
Macquarie’s global success recognised in Premier’s NSW Export Awards
Macquarie University has been recognised for its strong global partnerships, winning a Premier’s New South Wales Export Award in the category of International Education and Training.
School leavers have greater workplace choices amid career uncertainty, says Macquarie University academic
With more than 200,000 Year 12 students across Australia about to sit their final year exams, many school leavers are feeling the pressure to choose a career path at the age of 18.
ARC Future Fellowships recognise outstanding Macquarie research
Research in quantum computing, birdsong musicology, star formation and computer image recognition are among the Macquarie University projects awarded $5.4 million funding in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships.
Like sniffs that pass in the night – modelling airborne disease diffusion
With outbreaks of airborne diseases such as measles occurring with growing frequency, modelling how the diffusion process works in dynamic contact networks is an increasingly important research area for epidemiology.
New research centre to grow Australian agriculture
Federal Minister for Education Dan Tehan has announced $35 million in funding to establish the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture.
Announcement of the new Centre of Excellence for Synthetic Biology
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced that a consortium centred around Macquarie University’s Biofoundry will receive $35m in funding to create a new ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB) from 2020.
$3 million funding awarded to trial lifestyle interventions against Alzheimer’s Disease
Lifestyle factors that may protect brain health and reduce the risk of dementia will be trialled in a newly funded Macquarie University study.
Macquarie University’s Global Leadership Program wins 2019 PIEoneer Award
The winners of the 2019 PIEoneer Awards were announced in London with Macquarie University’s Global Leadership Program (GLP) receiving the Progressive Education Delivery Award.
Macquarie University receives SAGE Athena SWAN Bronze Award
Macquarie University has been awarded SAGE Athena SWAN Bronze accreditation in recognition of action it has taken to address gender inequity in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) disciplines and achieve tangible outcomes across the University.