Macquarie has been named Australia’s best university workplace for new dads. Pictured: Macquarie Business School’s Mauricio Marrone and family.
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Macquarie has been named Australia’s best university workplace for new dads in the second annual Top 20 Workplaces for Dads study, conducted by private health insurer HBF with research firm CoreData.
The research analysed the largest 500 Australian organisations by revenue to identify workplaces that are leading the way with dad-friendly policies, including parental leave, flexible work and other benefits. Macquarie University was ranked number seven, and the only university in the study’s top ten. Read more >
Six Macquarie researchers from the University have been named in the Web of Science’s Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list, which recognises the most highly regarded scientists and social scientists when it comes to research influence among their peers.
Distinguished Professor Ian Wright, Professor Mark Connor, Professor Colin Prentice, Professor Hendrik Poorter and Associate Professor Anita Ho-Baillie – all from the Faculty of Science and Engineering – were named in the list, alongside Professor Richard Kefford from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Read more >
The Yanama Budyari Gumada (‘walk with good spirit’) research collective – led by Darug custodians, and including Macquarie staff and students alongside other partners – has been honoured at the 10th annual Australasian Green Gown Awards.
The awards recognise exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by tertiary providers, with Yanama Budyari Gumada winning in the Benefiting Society category for its work in facilitating Caring-as-Country initiatives.
Congratulations to Dr Melanie Zeppel, a Senior Research Fellow at the Macquarie Business School, who was recognised at the Scopus Researcher of the Year Awards for ‘Excellence in Research Impacting a Sustainable Future’.
The accolade went to Dr Zeppel for her research program on responses to drought extremes and climate change, and vulnerable populations. Read more >
Two Macquarie teams have been selected for the CSIRO’s coveted ON Accelerate program – a three-month accelerator supporting ventures with high potential impact.
Macquarie’s Redback Systems team is working on a compact and affordable ultra high-resolution spectrograph, which can be used for anything from recording the material composition of stars and galaxies, to spotting defects in next-generation nanomaterials.
The HydGene Renewables team has developed a sugar-powered biohydrogen electricity generator that supplies cost-effective carbon-neutral electricity. Read more about this technology in The Lighthouse >
With support from the Commercialisation and Innovation team, Macquarie has had a team in almost every cohort of ON’s Prime and Accelerator streams since the program began.
Modular Photonics – which completed the ON Accelerate program in 2016 – is now internationally recognised as a leader in photonics innovation.
Two resident companies in the Macquarie University Incubator have been named ‘Tomorrow Makers’, after securing grants from AMP’s Tomorrow Fund.
Adam Martin – a Senior Research Fellow in the University’s Dementia Research Centre – will use his $38,000 grant to advance his work in growing neurons for use in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
Anne Thompson is using her $42,000 grant to grow her Sustainable Schoolwear business. She has developed a school polo shirt made from 100% recycled plastic bottles and hopes to start a circular program for schools that will reduce textile waste by recycling uniform fabrics.
The recently refurbished Student Hub space within the Macquarie University International College and English Language Centre has been named Best Learning Environment (New Building or Renovation under $2m) in the Association for Learning Environment’s NSW Chapter Awards.
This project was managed by Macquarie’s Property team, designed by architectural firm Gardner Wetherill and built by Prime Constructions.
A record five Macquarie students have been selected among the 125 New Colombo Plan (NCP) 2020 scholars – the highest number of Macquarie scholars in a single year since the program began.
Joshua Dale Santos, Danielle Le Large, Darcy Dunkin, Molly Glendenning and Aidan Dunphy-Smith will all be taking up exciting learning opportunities at various locations in the Indo-Pacific.
This follows the University’s record funding in the New Colombo Plan Mobility Program.
Macquarie was a winner at the recent Australia Bangladesh Business Council Awards 2019, picking up the ‘Educational Services’ gong in recognition of the University’s outstanding engagement with Bangladeshi students, and the Bangladeshi community more broadly.
Over 650 Bangladeshi students are currently studying at Macquarie, with Macquarie International having nurtured increasingly strong relationships with government and education organisations in the country over the last decade.
If you would like to learn more about the University’s engagement opportunities in South Asia and the Middle East, contact the region’s director in Macquarie International, Mr Tanveer Shaheed (tanveer.shaheed@mq.edu.au).
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