{"id":16567,"date":"2024-02-28T13:24:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T02:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/?post_type=article&#038;p=16567"},"modified":"2024-03-01T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T23:08:12","slug":"careers-news-14","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/article\/careers-news-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macquarie University Opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Friday, I had the joy of visiting Macquarie University for the Career Practitioners Day to learn the latest developments across course offerings and entry pathways and tour the new state of the art buildings. The day opened with Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mq.edu.au\/macquariematters\/professor-rorden-wilkinson-joins-macquarie-university-as-deputy-vice-chancellor-academic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rorden Wilkinson<\/a>, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), who spoke of the values of the university, which includes instilling in students \u201cWhat is my place in a world of need?\u201d All students at Macquarie University undertake a PACE (Professional and Community Engagement) unit that explores key economic, social, and ethical challenges as part of their degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also had the absolute pleasure of hearing from the Deans from each faculty of the university, which included Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/researchers.mq.edu.au\/en\/persons\/yvonne-breyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yvonne Breyer<\/a>, Deputy Dean of Education and Employability, Macquarie Business School and current Shore parent. Professor Breyer shared her three pieces of advice she tells all first year university students. It includes: i) Show up, ii) Ask questions, iii) You have got this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new B.Business degree at Macquarie commenced this year, offering students a generalist management degree and for those students wishing to pursue a professional degree, there is still the &nbsp;B.Commerce, which has over ten majors, including Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Economics, Business Analytics and Cyber Security Governance to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macquarie University is ranked number one in the world for &#8216;Life Under the Sea&#8217; and is re-designing its B.Science program with a new major in Marine Science. Next year will also see a B.Criminology being introduced. The new Law Building is now open, and under current construction is an Engineering, Physics and Astronomy precinct housing Australian Astronomical Optics, an organisation that is a world leader in innovative astronomical instrumentation, software, and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/02\/Michael-Kirby-Building2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/02\/Michael-Kirby-Building2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/02\/Michael-Kirby-Building2.jpg 705w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/02\/Michael-Kirby-Building2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/02\/Michael-Kirby-Building2-225x150.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New Law Building at Macquarie University &#8211; Opening 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many pathways into Macquarie University, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mq.edu.au\/study\/admissions-and-entry\/pathways\/schemes\/leaders-achievers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leaders and Achievers Early Entry Scheme<\/a>, which will open in June. We are excited to be developing a strong partnership with Macquarie University, as feedback from students is always positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest Shore Career News is available on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lampada.shore.nsw.edu.au\/homepage\/14892\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lampada.shore.nsw.edu.au\/homepage\/14892\" target=\"_blank\">Lampada<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ms V Shirriff<\/strong><br>Head of Careers Education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday, I had the joy of visiting Macquarie University for the Career Practitioners Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[23],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-16567","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-academic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/16567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=16567"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=16567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}