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On Campus
“Safe rooms” set up for Jewish students at Sydney unis
A high-security “safe room” has been set up for Jewish students at a top Sydney university after some reported feeling…
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Top Stories
Union movements: Macquarie staff underpaid by $2m, Victoria uni staff on strike
Macquarie University has found it underpaid almost 3,000 casual academic staff by a combined $1.9m between 2017 and 2023. The…
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News
Macquarie’s free Voice Referendum microcredential
Macquarie University has developed a free online microcredential to help Australians make an informed decision when voting in the Australian…
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News
ANU and Macquarie partnership
International undergraduates from ANU and Macquarie University will be able to study across both campuses as part of a new…
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Strictly speaking
Strictly speaking | Munted
Most English words have a history which can be traced back through centuries and even millennia. So those which the…
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Podcasts
Improved menopause guidelines could keep senior academics on the job: podcast
Improved policies and communication around menopause at university could tackle the loss of senior academics’ expertise and recruit more women…
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News
Indigenous leaders reflect on the legacy of the Queen and colonialism
Indigenous figures have reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth II by examining the legacy of her 70-year reign over…
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Industry & Research
How can universities reduce their digital pollution footprint? podcast
Online classes, Zoom meetings and emails have an often overlooked environmental impact, and one researcher is arguing universities can do…
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Industry & Research
Using literacy to bridge equity gap in higher education
Australia’s top universities have partnered with six under-resourced high schools in NSW to help improve equity and access to higher…
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Industry & Research
Research in the 21st Century: legacy forms, ‘new’ media and ERA
As Australian universities prepare their submissions for the 2023 round of Excellence in Research Australia (ERA), the national research evaluation…
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Strictly speaking
Strictly Speaking | Skinship
Words and phrases are quite often borrowed from other languages to express a concept for which there is no existing…
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Industry & Research
New study shows how injuries, illnesses interrupt education and can lead to long-term consequences
A Macquarie University study has discovered that children who are affected by injury are more likely to have worse educational…
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Industry & Research
Why do some people need to break the rules? Macquarie experts weigh in
Monday was proclaimed “freedom day” for Sydney residents who were double vaccinated, allowing them some extra privileges such as getting a…
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News
Alzheimer’s could be diagnosed more than a decade before symptoms appear with new blood biomarker
Newly found blood biomarkers could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease more than a decade before symptoms start to emerge. A world…
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Industry & Research
Australian Manual of Style goes online
Can infinitives be split?a When do you use a pie graph?b Can ‘Earth’ be preceded by ‘the’?c What…
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News
Do Australian students have a ‘problem’ with writing?
A decade’s worth of NAPLAN data and a sweeping review of how writing will be taught in NSW has suggested…
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News
Researchers reverse memory decline in mice in ‘ground-breaking’ Alzheimer’s trial
Two scientists at Macquarie University have discovered a revolutionary way to treat Alzheimer’s disease, the leading cause of death for…
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News
Are you really helping your friend being bullied online?
It seems a virtuous thing to do: your friend or a peer is being cyberbullied and you defend them in…
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News
The new ‘Edflix’ model of education
Education these days can be delivered in a similar fashion to how we enjoy our entertainment. It is an “on-demand,…
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Features
Academics, uni management skewer ‘overhyped’ campus free speech debate #CRFreeSpeech
Professor Marguerite Johnson bristles at the issue of free speech on campus being termed a 'fight'. But that is indeed how…
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News
The fight for free speech: what it means for universities seminar – 21 November 2018
Universities are the guardians of robust debate. However, questions about the roles and responsibilities of universities in providing a forum…
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Strictly speaking
Strictly speaking: unicorns and zebras
We think of unicorns as imaginary, mythical creatures, so you may be surprised to learn they actually exist. In the…
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Strictly speaking
Strictly speaking: capitals
Capital letters create alternative forms for each character in the Roman alphabet. They help to mark the particular functions of…
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Strictly speaking
Strictly speaking: anamorphosis
In classical Greek, anamorphosis meant “transformation”, and was first applied by Renaissance artists to a highly regarded technique of manipulating…
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Features
Cash cows or human capital? Perspectives on international students in Australia seminar: Part 1
There was controversy before Campus Review's latest conference, 'Cash cows or human capital? Perspectives on international students in Australia', began.…
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