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Celebrating our Master of Disability Studies graduates

Earlier this month, the NextSense Institute team had the pleasure of attending the graduation of our Master of Disability Studies students at Macquarie University.
Image shows six graduates in their academic dress, standing outside on a lawn, looking up as they throw their caps in the air.
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Earlier this month, the NextSense Institute team was finally able to celebrate in person with our Master of Disability Studies 2019 and 2020 graduates at Macquarie University.

After two years of delays due to COVID-19, our graduates, their families and our staff came together to mark the achievements of our latest group of students who will go on to help change what is possible for people with sensory disabilities.

At the ceremony we saw 43 of our 2019 students graduate with a Master of Disability Studies, six of whom received the Macquarie University Award for Academic Excellence. These were just some of our recent graduates who missed ceremonies over the last two years because of COVID-19 restrictions.

‘Dr Sue Silveira, Alison Hawkins-Bond, and I were able to attend in person, along with the graduates’ families and friends, to acknowledge their fantastic achievements as well as our valued partnership and shared outcomes with Macquarie University,’ says NextSense Institute Director, Professor Greg Leigh.

It was so nice to be back on the Macquarie campus, just a short distance from the construction of our new innovation centre, to celebrate this milestone in our students’ education and careers.’

We can't wait to find out what's next for these graduates and about the impact they'll have on the lives of children and adults with hearing and vision loss.

And we look forward to finally celebrating more graduation ceremonies over the course of this year as we catch up with our more recent graduates.

Three NextSense Institute academics, Greg, Sue, and Alison, in academic dress, standing together conversing outside.
Five NextSernse Institute graduates in academic dress standing in a line outside with three of our academics.
Seven graduates in academic dress throwing the caps into the air while standing on the outside lawn.
Two graduates standing on the lawn outside holding wine glasses and their certificates smiling.
Two of our academics walking in academic dress, with two other individuals also in academic dress walking behind them, cut off by the image. A brick wall is in the background.
A white banner with the text 'NextSense Institute' and the NextSense and Macquarie University logos below. There are people and grass out of focus in the background.
Academic Alison smiling as she talks to graduates.
Greg and a graduate looking over, smiling, at another graduate's baby, who is in her arms. There is grass in the background.
A graduate in academic dress holding their certificate smiling, facing the camera. There is a woman in the foreground out of focus and groups of people standing in the background out of focus.
A white graduation certificate surrounded by black with a suited hand reaching towards it.
Three of our academics in academic dress gestering to a white NextSense Institute banner while standing on the outside lawn. A smiling woman is poking her head out from behind the banner.
Four graduates in academic dress standing in a line with Greg Leigh. They are standing outside.

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