About TECHE

Pronounced “teach,” our name comes from Macquarie University’s motto ‘And Gladly Teche’, a quote from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

TECHE is Macquarie University’s Learning and Teaching blog:  learning and teaching news for Macquarie people, by Macquarie people.

This is a blog run for and by Macquarie’s learning and teaching community. It contains news, resources, notices, stories, and general opinion pieces of interest on our learning and teaching.

TECHE Purpose Statement 

TECHE connects and supports our learning and teaching community by:

  • SHARING information and resources, good practice and innovation.
  • VALUING all contributions made to the mission of learning and teaching.
  • CELEBRATING the achievements of learners and teachers and the impacts of learning and teaching.
  • ADVANCING scholarship* and professional and reflective practice in higher education learning and teaching.
*TECHE uses TEQSA’s definition of scholarship as that which:
  • Advances knowledge or professional practice in a field; and
  • Transmits those advances through contemporary approaches to teaching and learning, and research training.

Have you got a story for us?

We welcome contributions from staff and students of Macquarie that have a particular focus on learning and teaching (that aligns with our Purpose Statement). Please check out our Guide for TECHE Authors and email teche@mq.edu.au for more information on how to publish.