MQ Health experts (front row, from left to right) Dr Kevin Seex, Dr Brian Hsu, Dr Davor Saravanja with Dimitri Godefroy of Spineart (front row, far right) and participants in the Macquarie Spine Advanced Surgical Skills course.
MQ Health surgeons show spine fellows how it’s done
MQ Health is all about bringing together world class clinical care, teaching and research, and this was recently demonstrated with Macquarie hosting an advanced surgical skills course for a group of spinal surgeons-in-training from throughout the Asia Pacific.
Held in the newly-refurbished Clinical Skills lab, and supported by Swiss medical device company SPINEART, the course saw Macquarie’s Dr Brian Hsu, Dr Davor Saravanja and Dr Kevin Seex share their expertise on anatomy and surgical techniques before supervising delegates in practice sessions, using cadavers made available for such training through Macquarie’s Body Donor Program.
StationLink train replacement service revealed
Staff got a sneak peek at the brand new StationLink bus fleet last week, with Transport for NSW filming on campus. StationLink will provide high-frequency bus services between Epping and Chatswood train stations while the line is upgraded ahead of the Sydney Metro opening in 2019. A dedicated high-frequency service will also operate to the campus from Epping station during semesters.
Macquarie hosts official Chinese delegation for workshop on curriculum innovation
A delegation of 23 senior directors from the Ministry of Education and universities in China, visited Macquarie on 6 June for a workshop focused on learning and teaching and curriculum development and innovation.
Professor Sherman Young, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching), and Professor Bernard Mans, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, provided an overview of Macquarie’s approach in embedding learning and teaching into development and innovation.
The Associate Deans, International, from the Faculties of Arts, Business, Human Sciences and Science and Engineering, then shared their knowledge and exchanged ideas with delegates on how to best promote universities internationally.
The feedback provided by the delegation about the Macquarie workshop was very positive.
Macquarie the new home for telescope technology
Members of the newly formed AAO-Macquarie group, pictured with Faculty of Science and Engineering Executive Dean Professor Barbara Messerle.
Optical instrumentation for some of the world’s largest telescopes is now being developed at Macquarie, with the University assuming responsibility for the research and optical instrumentation capability of the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) from 1 July.
More than 40 AAO staff have moved to Macquarie from the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science to form AAO-Macquarie.
AAO-Macquarie, in conjunction with partners from University of Sydney, the Australian National University, and Astronomy Australia Limited, will continue AAO’s long history of designing and building innovative instruments for telescopes around the world.
Seminar explores science education for the digital generation
Left to right: Mun Son Kim (HDR student); Dr. Jina Chang(Seoul Univ.); Asst/Prof. Jiyeon Nah (Chuncheon National Univ.); Dr. Anne Forbes (MQ); Prof. Joanne Mulligan(Mq); Dr. Hye-Eun Chu(MQ); Prof. David Treagust (Curtin Univ.); Prof. Jinwoong Song; Jin Hee Kim (Seoul Univ.), and Wenting (school teacher).
Dr Hye-Eun Chu, Professor Garry Falloon and Professor Joanne Mulligan from the Department of Education Studies hosted guests from Seoul National University and Curtin University in late June to discuss science education for the next generation.
There was a particular focus on e-textbooks and how technology can be used to make science accessible and connect students with the global science community.
Professor David Treagust from Curtin University noted that Korea’s science curriculum successfully uses arts to increase student interest without sacrificing challenging science content or academic standards.
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