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The latest Community Colleges Australia Report shows that Community Colleges over-perform on almost all tracked measures in reaching vulnerable and disadvantaged students.

They say you can learn something new every day…and you should! This month, we celebrated Adult Learner’s Week at Macquarie Community College. As the CEO of the College I find that  Adult Learner’s Week is a great occasion every Spring to celebrate the Philosophy of the College: “We believe that participation in quality life-long learning is transformational”.

In September and October, we have 2 free events for you to experience our classes in Leisure and Self Improvement, Business, Aged Care, Child Care and Computing. Come along - you may pick up a new hobby or sport, decide to upskill or realise it's time to change your career!

Macquarie Community College is an educational institution but in many ways we are also very much a community where we “walk together and talk together” to deepen our intercultural understanding and personal bonds, regardless of our beliefs, backgrounds, colour, abilities or other “differences”. Today is a day where we celebrate the richness of working and living in our diverse multicultural communities of learners.

On International Women's Day, it's important to reflect on how participation in education and training empowers women, enabling them to create better futures for themselves, their families and their communities.The majority of our motivated learners at Macquarie Community College are women, many of whom are mature aged students balancing their busy lives of study, work, volunteering and family commitments. We are here to celebrate and support the learning journey of the thousands of women enrolled each year in our courses.

We recently held 2 events which encouraged the local community to get a taste for learning - an Open Day and a Seniors Week Festival event.

Come along to our Open Day and Seniors Week celebrations in February. You can enjoy free taster classes and demonstrations in a variety of courses.

Macquarie Community College recently celebrated its 2018 Staff Recognition Event where we handed out Staff Excellence Awards and Anniversary Awards. See the list of all the winners.

With 100% of NSW declared in drought, MCC students and staff banded together to raise over $2300 for our farmers recently.

Celebrate Adult Learner's Week and come along to our Open Day at the Mt Druitt campus! Enjoy lots of free workshops on computer and business skills, aged care and child care as well as a sausage sizzle, coffee cart and more.