To get a new campus card during the exam period, visit this webpage to get one. Also note, Student Connect have increased their opening hours during this time.

What you tell us will help Macquarie University and Transport for NSW to better understand your individual travel needs, now and in the future.

Please take a moment to fill out the survey for a chance to win one of 10 Opal cards valued at $100 each. Survey closes at 11:59pm on 8 June 2018.

For more information, contact transport@mq.edu.au.
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Macquarie University Campus Chiropractic Clinic & Research Centre
EMC Building, 3 Innovation Road, Macquarie University
Phone: 9850 1350

Eastwood Chiropractic Clinic & Research Centre
Shop 24 Eastwood Village Square, 1 Lakeside Drive, Eastwood
Phone: 9858 3723

Summer Hill Chiropractic Clinic & Research Centre
40 Lackey St, Summer Hill
Phone: 9797 0960

Macquarie University chiropractic students deliver the evidence-based care at the clinics but all consultations are supervised by a fully qualified, registered chiropractor who is an employee of the University.

The clinics are open to everyone – staff, students and the general public. An initial consultation costs $35, with a follow up consultation costing $25. To book an appointment, click here.

This is the third part within the series of ‘Into Abstraction’ exhibitions which explore the diversity of abstraction and its affiliations since the 1960s until the present.

On show is the work of James Doolin, Geoffrey de Groen, Dale Hickey, Christopher Hodges, Robert Jacks, Ildiko Kovacs, Alun Leach-Jones, Rocket Mattler, Harald Noritis, Robert Rooney, Jenny Sages, Rollin Schlicht, Joseph Szabo, George Ward Tjungurrayi, Tony Twigg, Craig Waddell and John White.

For more information, visit the gallery webpage.

Choose from one of the programs, such as  CX Worx, Body Pump, Body Combat, Sh’Bam, Body Balance, which are presented by Les Mills International instructors on big 3x3m TV screens in the Courtyard Studio in the Sport and Aquatic Centre.

If you attend before the last weekend of April, you can go into a draw to win a Fitbit or three x 30-minute personal training sessions.

How to go in the draw to win?

1. Book into a Virtual Group Fitness Class:
   • Via the Group Fitness Webpage or Warrior Web
   • At the kiosk at the Centre entrance
2. Attend the Virtual class you’ve booked into
   
3. Complete a short online questionnaire after the class:
   • Go to this page
   • Entries close Sunday, 29 April 2018
   • Two prize winners will be randomly drawn and contacted Monday, 30 April 2018

View the latest timetable, and book your class to go into the running to win.

A joint initiative between Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Sustainability team, Macquarie University has signed up to be a part of the University Bioquest challenge. This is a worldwide program with universities competing against each other to find out which campus has the most diverse range of animals. The University Bioquest is open all of April, and interested staff and students are encouraged to sign up before 1 April.

For more information, contact Samantha Newton via email.

Here’s a downloadable cheat sheet that you can print out to get you used to the names and abbreviations that may be used on your timetable and booking systems.

For more information, visit the webpage.

Since its founding in 1964, our University has been renowned for its beautiful tree-scape, including the Lemon Scented Gums in the Central Courtyard. Planted in 1968, the Queensland gums have gained a special place in the hearts of many. However, their species type, the location and their age have combined to create an environment today where they are under extreme stress and dying with a high risk of falling branches.

This presented the University with an unacceptable safety risk in the Central Courtyard and, based on the advice of experts and the inherent increased safety risks, the courtyard was closed on 20 October. Our next step will be to remove and replace the trees, which will begin in the near future.

“At the request of the University, Australian Tree Consultants evaluated the Lemon Scented Gums in the Central Courtyard.  Nine trees were identified as being at a critical risk level, and their removal was undertaken. The remaining trees are also in declining condition due to less than optimal original planting techniques, reducing their functional life span. Retention of the trees will increase the risk to courtyard users and prevents installation of a more viable and sustainable planting,” says Hugh Taylor, Managing Director of Australian Tree Consultants.

The trees, which would have had to be removed regardless of the Campus Development Plan works, will be replaced as part of the Central Courtyard upgrade. Where possible, the trees that are removed will be repurposed for furniture and other campus structures. In consultation with the Walanga Muru Centre,  a ceremony will be planned to commemorate the trees that are being replaced.

Ceremonies will also be organised for the new mixed native and deciduous tree-scape that will be planted in the Central Courtyard. The design will maximise summer shading and winter sunlight, and the types of species are being chosen in collaboration with Walanga Muru and external Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consultant specialists in this area.

“We’re working on how we can best respect and honour the trees that are being replaced while working with the University to plan for the future green spaces on our campus,” says Dr Leanne Holt, Walanga Muru’s Director.

“The University is extremely proud of our beautiful green campus. We do not want to see trees removed from campus, but in this case it is necessary,” says Leanne Denby, Director of Sustainability. “However, the Campus Development Plan provides an opportunity to sensitively replace the removed trees. For the Central Courtyard, we are thinking carefully about the species chosen to replace the existing Lemon-Scented Gums and we will pick those that suit the Central Courtyard and are safer when mature. The trees on campus will continue to make Macquarie University a unique and special place to be.”

Macquarie is committed to replanting two trees for every one removed, taking into account the longevity of the trees chosen and the wildlife on campus who may use them. The University also plants 50 trees that are native to the local area every year and engages in programs of assisted natural regeneration and replanting.

We look forward to inviting staff, students and the community to ceremonies and replanting events as we go on this journey together, and will share details as soon as plans are finalised. For questions, email campusdevelopment@mq.edu.au.