North Ryde. Uni wins $2.06m for research

Eight collaborative research projects led by Macquarie University have received $2.06 million in Linkage Project grants from the Australian Research Council.The grants will boost Macquarie's leading research into autism support in schools, marine and wildlife conservation, employee participation, biophotonics, iron ore processing and surgical innovation. Linkage Projects must be collaborative efforts involving universities, industry and government to ensure Macquarie's research is relevant to industry and government demands, with practical solutions for community issues.

North Ryde. Top spot for university

The UK-based Times Higher Education web site, listing of the top-ranked institutions in Australia and New Zealand, has placed Macquarie University in the top spot for environmental sciences and ecology research. The list, which was put together using the Essential Science Indicators database, of Thomson Reuters, ranked institutions based on the citation impact of journal articles published over the last decade. Macquarie appeared on the list in the number one spot locally and ranked as number 14 in the world. “This achievement further illustrates the quality of research and teaching we are developing at Macquarie,” said Professor Stephen Thurgate executive dean, faculty of science

North Ryde. University in the 'top group'

The Australian government’s inaugural Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative has given Macquarie University 5 out of 5 for scientific research. The ERA assesses research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprising experienced, internationally-recognised experts. "In achieving the maximum ratings for these five key disciplines, Macquarie has demonstrated that it is in the top group of Australian universities," said Professor Jim Piper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). "Only five larger institutions have done better overall, and even fewer have matched Macquarie across the experimental sciences."