Editing Macquarie University (section)

==Governance and structure==
===University Council===
The university is governed by a 17-member Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://universitycouncil.mq.edu.au/ |title=Macquarie University Council Website |publisher=Macquarie University |access-date=5 September 2009 |archive-date=13 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913160657/http://www.universitycouncil.mq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The University Council is the governing authority of the university under the ''Macquarie University Act 1989''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mq.edu.au/university/governance.html |title=Macquarie University Governance |publisher=Macquarie University |access-date=20 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910051448/http://www.mq.edu.au/university/governance.html |archive-date=10 September 2009  }}</ref> The Council takes primary responsibility for the control and management of the affairs of the university, and is empowered to make by-laws and rules relating to how the university is managed. Members of the Council include the university vice-chancellor, academic and non-academic staff, the vice president of the Academic Senate and a student representative. The Council is chaired by the chancellor of the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/structure-governance/council/members |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Macquarie University |language=en}}</ref>

The Academic Senate is the primary academic body of the university. It has certain powers delegated to it by Council, such as the approving of examination results and the completion of requirements for the award of degrees. At the same time, it makes recommendations to the Council concerning all changes to degree rules, and all proposals for new awards.  While the Academic Senate is an independent body, it is required to make recommendations to the university Council in relation to matters outside its delegated authority.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://senate.mq.edu.au/ |title=Macquarie University Senate |publisher=Macquarie University |access-date=20 September 2009 |archive-date=13 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913051556/http://www.senate.mq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor ====
Macquarie's current vice-chancellor, [[S Bruce Dowton|Bruce Dowton]], took over from Schwartz in September 2012. Prior to his appointment Dowton served as a senior medical executive having held a range of positions in university, healthcare and consulting organisations. He also served as a pediatrician at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, and as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. There have been five vice-chancellors in the university's history.

===Faculties and departments===
[[File:Cochlear Building Macquarie University.jpg|thumb|Cochlear Building]]
The university currently comprises 35 departments within four faculties:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mq.edu.au/faculties/index.html |title=Faculties – Macquarie University |access-date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712130103/http://www.mq.edu.au/faculties/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Macquarie University Faculty of Arts|Faculty of Arts]]
* [[Macquarie Business School]]
* Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
* [[Macquarie University Faculty of Science and Engineering|Faculty of Science and Engineering]]

[[File:MacQuarrie coat of arms.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The coat of arms of Lachlan Macquarie, as granted to the university by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1967.]]

=== Heraldry and insignia ===

==== Coat of arms ====
Macquarie University's coat of arms (often erroneously referred to as a '[[Crest (heraldry)|crest]]') was assumed through a 1967 amendment of the ''Macquarie University Act, 1964'' (Confirmed by Letters patent of the [[College of Arms]], 16 August 1969), and the [[Grant of arms]] reads:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Low|first=Charles|title=A Roll of Australian Arms|year=1971|publisher=Rigby Limited|location=Adelaide|page=24|isbn=0-85179-149-2|oclc=246821}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
:''Vert, the Macquarie lighthouse tower, masoned proper, in Chief the star Sirius, Or.''

The [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] (in green taken from the [[tartan]] of [[Clan MacQuarrie]]) displays the [[Macquarie Lighthouse]] tower, the first major public building in the colony when completed in 1816, as well as the [[Sirius|Sirius star]] (in gold), which was also the name of [[HMS Sirius (1786)|the flagship]] of the [[First Fleet]]. The motto chosen for the university, which following the rules of [[English heraldry]] does not form part of the original grant of arms, was ''And Gladly Teche'', a phrase taken from the general prologue of ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' by [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] (circa 1400), and symbolises the university's commitment to both learning and teaching.<ref name=":2" />

The university's founders originally wanted to base the university's arms on [[Lachlan Macquarie|Lachlan Macquarie's]] family arms, but they decided to go for a more conceptual approach that represented Lachlan Macquarie as a builder and administrator.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://jubilee.mq.edu.au/Story/1056/Macquarie-s-radical-coat-of-arms|title=Macquarie University - Jubilee Hub|website=jubilee.mq.edu.au|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303114940/http://jubilee.mq.edu.au/Story/1056/Macquarie-s-radical-coat-of-arms|url-status=live}}</ref> They did however identify that the arms used by Governor Macquarie had never been formally granted by the [[Court of the Lord Lyon]] in Scotland, and was successful in having a grant of arms issued for Macquarie by the [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]], as well as the right to display his arms. These arms, along with the new arms of the university, were formally unveiled on 31 May 1967 by the chancellor, [[Garfield Barwick|Sir Garfield Barwick]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Campus display of heraldry |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 June 1967 |page=4}}</ref>

The coat of arms and the motto are used in a very limited number of formal communications.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/marketing/our_shared_identity_project/our_shared_identity_faqs/|title=Our Shared Identity FAQs - Macquarie University|website=mq.edu.au|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=3 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403034649/https://mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/marketing/our_shared_identity_project/our_shared_identity_faqs/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Branding ====
Macquarie has had a number of logos in its history. In 2014, the university launched a new logo as part of its Shared Identity Project. The logo reintroduced the Macquarie Lighthouse, a popular symbol of the university within the university community and maintained the Sirus Star.<ref name=":3" />