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Wednesday, 5 November 2014
End of semester video teaser
Hi guys,
We have come to the end of another semester. We know that finals week can be crazy. So we decided to make a video showcasing the finals week madness, specifically how hard it is to look for place or a computer in the library. I know that a lot of people can relate, specially now that everyone is at the library to study for the finals. We hope you enjoy our video. Good luck for the final exams!
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
MQU students accommodation
University accommodation for overseas students is a really good chance of contact and integration into Australian life. University dormitory subs male dormitory and female dormitory.
MQ dormitory offers 240 rooms, there are three accommodation options: a single room with separate toilet, single room with shared bathroom and use of single roommates between public health. In the dorm, students have the opportunity to live together with undergraduate and graduate students from different countries and cultural backgrounds, this is a perfect opportunity to quickly improve your English ability. Meanwhile, each of the quarters has a priest and two instructors responsible for providing support services, room cleaning once a week, and the restaurant of Macquarie University offers 21 D meals per week.
Student dormitory is also equipped with a modern kitchen, a lot of students from different countries can choose to cook together, not only can increase the feelings between us, but also to enjoy the cuisine of other countries, learn about different countries of food culture. It will be very interesting and very fascinating life.
Meanwhile, students from different countries live together, it is inevitable there will be friction, we have to learn to control their emotions, always remind myself to do a kindly person, so as to better and students from different countries live together.
Compared to live off campus, to choose to live in campus dormitories, do not worry about the safety aspect. However, students must comply with some campus dormitory’s rules, once the violation of certain provisions, in a particular case is to be forbidden to live on campus dormitory. In other words, off campus to get more liberal than the school dormitory.
We would love to hear your comments, leave them below or tweet us @mqmadness and email us at mqmadness1@gmail.com.
- Chelsea
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
International Students - Settling in at MQ & Student Groups
This one’s for you our exotic friends! We definitely embrace
multiculturalism in Australia and MQ is a university that really embodies this
unique charm of Australia. Many students who go to MQ are not local students
but come from foreign lands which is exciting for everyone at MQ. Despite our
cultural differences, Macquarie brings us together as a special little
community. If you’re planning to study at Macquarie and you come from afar,
look forward to studying and bonding with your future fellow counterparts as
there are groups you can join to help you easily adjust to your new life.
Image
source: http://rainbowbridge.org.au/basics/multicultural-australia/
MQ Website in different languages
Macquarie University is known worldwide and if you are more
comfortable reading more about MQ in your own language, click this link http://www.mq.edu.au/study/international/macquarie_in_your_country/
and click the flag of your country on this webpage to learn more about MQ in your
native language.
Accomodation
For more information about accommodation at or near MQ,
please visit this link http://www.students.mq.edu.au/support/accommodation/home/
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Student Groups
So, let’s say you’ve arrived at MQ or you’ve been here for
quite a while but you still feel absolutely clueless about EVERYTHING. Even as
a local, I was so lost because I felt I had no one to depend on but myself.
However, I was wrong about that. There are student groups in MQ you can join to
make your transition into MQ less stressful and more fun.
Joining a cultural student group can help you feel more at home because
you’ll find friends who come from the same country as you.
Image above: Embracing culture in Australia - Muslim women wearing Australian flag hijab.
Image source: http://mjkfoodjourney.weebly.com/australian-food-history.html
For example: There is
a cultural group called Chinese Students Society (MQCSS) which aims to help Chinese international students learn and
adapt to Australian culture.This is just one example out of some many different
cultural groups to join. Remember you can join more than one group! Don’t limit
yourself if you don’t want to because there’s so much to explore at MQ. There
are faculty, humanitarian, performing arts, political, religious/spiritual and
social groups you can join. For the student group directory and contact
information of the groups, visit this link for more https://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/get_involved/student_groups/student_group_directory/!
Enjoy!
Joyce
MQU campus --- A "green" place for relaxing
Macquarie University is a vibrant campus. Campus covers 136 hectares, of which more than 50% green area. Beautiful campus scenery, there are large areas of green space, students at lunchtime like hordes of sitting on the grass for lunch, which is a great place for relaxing.
Source: http://www.aen-online.com/UNStudents/MacquarieUniversity
For relaxation, I must mention the enormous courtyard located on the northwest side at the building E7B.Location of most large courtyard is located in the center of campus, there are many trees in the courtyard, under a tree has some tables and chairs, patio way MQ northeast of food court, so this is the students''s lunch and chatting area. Every day at noon there is many students in skateboarding and playing Frisbee. Meanwhile, the courtyard surrounded by buildings of MQ very distinctive, and around more than a green surrounded, therefore, the courtyard also photographed many graduates’ land of nostalgia required.
Source: http://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/program-search
In addition to green, MQ has some artificial rivers and artificial lakes. Simulated river located in the southwest side of the campus, from northeast to southwest extension, while the artificial lake is located on the north side of campus, named the Macquarie Lake. These artificial river and artificial lake surroundings are very beautiful and refreshing, especially in summer time. Many students prefer to sit in the shade by the river or lake.
Source: http://www.educationbrochures.com/University/Macquarie%20University
~Haha, this is our member Crystal, looks really enjoy the feeling of lying on the grass.
MQ's campus relaxation landscape is far more than these, there are many places not covered, such as MQ's sports center, golf courses and historical and cultural museum. These are students who want to go to places where leisure time. Grateful pleasant and fortunate to study at Macquarie University.
We would love to hear your comments, leave them below or tweet us@mqmadness and email us at mqmadness1@gmail.com.
Chelsea
Social Life at MQU
UNI is not all about study, at MQU, uni is also about fun, making friends and being involved socially!
MQU is one of the universities with an active student association which participates actively in facilitating social involvement within students through different social activities, social clubs and different campus activities that give students the opportunity to have fun and get involved.
SOCIAL CLUBS
MQU has a diverse range of social clubs- ranging from cultural clubs, social clubs, religious clubs and special interests clubs. If you have any special interests, hobby or sports, joining a student group is a great way to meet like minded people. Who knows these people you meet could be your BFF's or friends for life!
Example of MQU student groups are:
Social
Anime MQ
Chess club
I heart Macquarie
Cultural
Chinese Students and Scholars association
Deutsche Ecke Macquarie
Indigenous Collective
Religious
Atheist league
Catholic Asian Students Society (CASS)
Hillsong Campus
Make sure you check out these student groups and don’t hesitate to join. This a great opportunity to share your interests and have some fun. This is great not only to meet new friends but this is something that would make your university life much interesting besides all the lectures, tutorials and assignments!
For more information on MQU student groups please visit: http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/get_involved/student_groups/student_group_directory/
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
MQU students are very active in organising social events. Throughout the year plenty of social events are up in campus.
UBAR theme nights
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| source:http://mq.edu.au/on_campus/food_and_shopping/food_drink/ubar/ |
If you are into partying all night, throughout the semester Ubar has organised great themed party nights.
This is a great opportunity to socialise and have fun with friends.
Great way to enjoy drinks and unwind in campus after accomplishing major assignments or if you are free on a friday night or the weekends.
Social activities at the ATRIUM
Everyday MQU students find ways to have some fun that’s why you will be surprised of what students have come up with to entertain themselves during their free time. If you are into action, the right place for you to go is the ATRIUM.
Different student activities are set up in the ATRIUM. We have table tennis, jenga, air hockey and even dance dance revolution.
The atrium is also a hub for some music performances throughout the semester. Students perform live music with their guitars, pianos and any musical instrument. Such a great way to entertain students and showcase the amazing talents of MQU students.
Social event this week!- It's multicultural week!!
A showcase of MQU diversity!
Get involved and enjoy the diversity and immerse yourself in our universities rich and multicultural environment.
Plenty of events are organised by students particularly student cultural groups to give you a taste of their culture imparting their food, knowledge and fellowship.
There will be live performances - live bands, dance showcase and multicultural performances.
Charmaine
Monday, 13 October 2014
Taking Care of Yourself: Holistic Health
University can be stressful for your body and your mind. Stating
the obvious here… At MQ, there are support services provided to keep you in
optimal health when you’re busy with heaps of activities and/or loading your
brain with information coming from all directions! These services are also open
to the wider community.
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Support services at MQ include:
Medical
If you have an enquiry about your health but do not know
which service you need, seek a GP at Macquarie
University Medical Services.
Opening hours
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 6:00pm
Closed on public
holidays.
To make an
appointment with Macquarie University Medical Services, call (02) 9812 3944.
Click on this link http://students.mq.edu.au/support/health_and_wellbeing/medical_services/
for more information. Image is also from the website.
Chiropractic
Call the Chiropractic
Clinic telephone numbers to make an appointment. You can also just walk in to
any of the clinics during opening hours and make an appointment.
Opening hours
Monday – Thursday, 12:00pm – 8:00pm
Friday – 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Saturday – 8:00am – 12:00pm
Sunday – Closed
Closed on public holidays.
To contact the campus Chiropractic Clinic at the EMC building, call (02) 9850 1350. Visit http://chiro.mq.edu.au/Clinics/ for
more information.
Reading
and spelling difficulty
Opening hours
Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
For more information or to contact Macquarie University Cognition Clinic for Reading, call (02) 9850
6889 or visit http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/clinics/cognition_clinic_for_reading/.
Psychology
Macquarie University Psychology Clinic offers specialised
psychology services to the local and wider community.
Contact this phone number (02) 9850 8000 find
out the clinic’s opening hours or more information. Also, check out this link http://www.psy.mq.edu.au/clinic.htm to read
more about the psychology services that MQ provides.
Emotional
Health
The Centre for Emotional Health at MQ is a research centre
dedicated to furthering the understanding of child and adult emotional
disorders. The Centre’s Emotional Health
Clinic provides treatments and support to children, adolescents and adults.
If anxiety, depression or any other emotional disorder is stopping you from being
yourself and achieving your goals in life, please don't hesitate to visit the Campus Wellbeing
and Health Centre at MQ to make an appointment or visit this link for more
information http://www.centreforemotionalhealth.com.au/default.aspx.
Speech
and hearing
Macquarie University Speech and Hearing Clinic specialises in
speech and audiology and provides services to children, teens and adults.
Opening hours
Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Call MQ’s Speech and Hearing Clinic, (02) 9850 2900,
to book an appointment.
For more information, click here http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/clinics/speech_and_hearing_clinic.jsp. Image is also from the website.
I hope that you treat your mind, body and spirit well wherever you are at, school, university, work or home.
Joyce
Tutorials at MQ
Tutorials are different from lectures.
They are made up with small groups, generally 20 to 30, comparing to lectures.
Attendance is compulsory, and sometimes class participation would be a part of
your assessment. For example, in BUSL301, 20% assigned to class participation.
If you missed the class, you would loss the marks.
(Source: Macquarie university website)
During tutorials, tutors normally will
go through the homework questions so it is the best time to ask questions about
last lecture content. Some tutors would even nicer to give a summary of the
last lecture, and then you can have a better idea about the content. Some units
will assess students’ ability of presentation and in most cases it will be hold
in tutorials. Tutors will assign all of you to several small groups, 3 to 5 in
general. The class tests are hold during tutorials as well if any. Furthermore,
if you are still confused about some content, then tutor’s consultation is your
best choice. It is running every week, for some units, it runs at mid-break
even.
(Source: Macquarie university website)
Alright, enjoy you uni life J
If you still have questions about
borrowing books at MQ library, we would love to hear from you. Please tweet us
@mqmadness or email us at mqmadness1@gmail.com.
Crystal
Lectures at MQ
Lectures
This post is specially made for
international students as in some countries there is no difference between
lectures and tutorials. For example, in China, universities combine lectures
and tutorials so they will hold only one class per week for students who
registered that specified class.
At Macquarie, the capacity of lecture rooms
generally is over 200. This room is wheelchair accessible and equipped with
audio recording- echo360 recording. Students who enrolled in that unit have the
access to the lecture recording which allows them to watch or listen to it at
home.
Lecturers generally will only talk about
the scheduled content (maybe a chapter of the textbook) of this lecture, no
working question, and no class test. If you have any questions about the
content, you may ask lectures during or after the lecture, or go to lecturer’s
consultation if you have lots.
One more thing deserving mentioning is that
lecturers will not call the row so you can go with any lectures available that
week. It does not have to be the one you registered. Of course, I know some of
you would skip the lecture sometimes, but it is better if you catch the pace
with others by watching lecture recordings at your own time. J
If you still have questions about
borrowing books at MQ library, we would love to hear from you. Please tweet us
@mqmadness or email us at mqmadness1@gmail.com.
Sunday, 12 October 2014
MUSE- coolest building in campus!
MUSE
Have you heard of MUSE in campus?
MUSE is the coolest place to hang out at Macquarie university.
MUSE is the newest student space in MQU campus that opened this year. With its modern and quirky architecture it is the new favourite space for students to hang out if they don’t like the dead silence and restrictions of the library. It is my favourite place to hangout and study!
What’s cool about MUSE- Design!
Muse is a representation of a great 21st century architecture and great use of the repurposed old library. It is very colourful incorporating modern and eco-friendly design featuring repurposed material. The picture on the left are actually old classroom desks, repurpose as wall dividers separating individual study rooms.
Cool things about MUSE - the PERKS!
Compared to the library, MUSE offers more freedom. There are no silence signs and you are free to bring food and have it with you while you are studying. Several areas are dedicated for reheating food and water refilling.
If you are tired and needs some break, this recharge area is at your reach at level 2 of MUSE. There is another area with microwaves and a water refilling station at level 2 within the BIG DESK area.
SLEEPY? Did a study session until 3am or had an overtime at work until midnight? No problem, muse can offer you the comfort of your own home.
A lot of beanbags are scattered around MUSE, if you feel like lying on your back go grab one.
Often you’ll see students are too relaxed and comfy on these giant beanbags and treat it as their beds. On a monday, I have this 4 hour break, and i’ll go to muse at around 2 pm and have a nap:)
As u can see on the left, a student is comfortably lying on a green comfy seat. This is totally fine as long as you don’t disturb everyone else with a loud snore. Don’t worry about security, they won’t wake you up, unless your snore can be heard 2 blocks away:)
A lot of beanbags are scattered around MUSE, if you feel like lying on your back go grab one.
Often you’ll see students are too relaxed and comfy on these giant beanbags and treat it as their beds. On a monday, I have this 4 hour break, and i’ll go to muse at around 2 pm and have a nap:)
As u can see on the left, a student is comfortably lying on a green comfy seat. This is totally fine as long as you don’t disturb everyone else with a loud snore. Don’t worry about security, they won’t wake you up, unless your snore can be heard 2 blocks away:)
Cool things about MUSE - Amenities!
MUSE is the new home of Student Connect. Student Connect is the uni’s students admin that deals with everything regarding student enrolment, subject enquiries, timetable clashes, concession card issues and any problem regarding your studies.
MUSE has also dedicated easy access to printing stations in both levels 1 and 2. In 2014, MQU introduced wireless printing, and printing is so much better and hassle free.
All photos taken from: http://iconosquare.com/tag/mqmuse
OPENING HOURS:
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 10:00 pm (after 5:30 pm access requires student ID to be scanned at entry)
Unfortunately, MUSE is close on Saturdays and Sundays.
For more cool things about MUSE, please visit: http://students.mq.edu.au/services_and_facilities/services_facilities_a-z/muse/about_muse/
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