Category: Featured

Featuring our best stories and articles.

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Surviving And Managing Marking

Helpful tips from the blog archive on how to manage intense marking periods and stay sane!

/ 8 November, 2018
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Defensive pessimism and self-handicapping: Helping students

Olga shares some lessons from the Staff Wellbeing Week circus skills workshop that can help educators deal with defensive pessimism in students.

/ 8 November, 2018
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Macquarie Employability Programs lead to Career Success

Help students to improve their career development awareness, employability skills and job search skills with the Professional Development and Create Your Future Programs.

/ 1 November, 2018
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Top Takeaways from the Global Classroom Workshop

Top tips from a workshop that got ‘sold out’ just 2 days after being advertised: understanding how to engage and communicate with international students.

/ 31 October, 2018
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Faculties well on their way to transforming the curriculum

Course design and renewal is a job for our experts! Faculties are focusing on maintaining high quality learning outcomes for students in tight timeframes.

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Welcome Dominique Parrish, new Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning & Teaching

Welcome to the new Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning & Teaching, Professor Dominique Parrish. She shares her story and her initial thoughts on arriving at Macquarie.

/ 25 October, 2018
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Thanks and Farewell to JoAnne Sparks

JoAnne Sparks is retiring from the University after almost six years. Some of JoAnne's closest colleagues wanted to say a few words to pay tribute as she says farewell to Macquarie University.

/ 25 October, 2018
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Internship Program Recognised For Outstanding Work With Diverse Young People

Congratulations to the Macquarie Undergraduate Research Internship program (MURI) who have been nominated for a NSW Youth Work Award for the Outstanding Work with Diverse Young People Award! Find out more about the program and how it is helping students...

/ 18 October, 2018
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iLearn Is Having A Facelift

iLearn is changing in February 2019. Nothing too drastic, it'll undergo a facelift, so the navigation and layout will be slightly different. Familiarise yourself now with the changes so you don't get caught out in February.

/ 18 October, 2018