Study: medication error reporting not indicative of patient safety
23 March 2015
A comparative study at two Australian hospitals suggests that hospitals’ incident data have significant shortcomings, especially as the basis for …
Research
€1M for new international research partnership
9 March 2015
The German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) has awarded 1 million euros to support the development of a trilateral strategic research …
Secondary education integral in enabling international competitiveness
2 March 2015
An Australian study has explored the relationship between educational achievement and a nation’s competitiveness, with the results pointing towards the …
Study shows port is the source of Townsville toxins
27 February 2015
Dust with metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead and nickel) above state and international benchmarks are falling daily onto inner-city Townsville playgrounds. …
Biomarker discovery offers clearer prognosis for bowel and rectal cancer patients
19 February 2015
For the first time, a biomarker discovered by Macquarie University and Concord Repatriation General Hospital researchers will allow clinicians to …
Students struggle to hear teacher in new fad open-plan classrooms
10 February 2015
By Kiri Mealings Many of us would remember our days in primary school sitting in a classroom with four walls, …
Classrooms of many cultures: new curriculum to prepare students for international placements
18 December 2014
As an Australian leader in international work-integrated and community-based service learning opportunities, Macquarie University will develop a new curriculum for …
Fatal attraction: deceptive female mantids skip sex for dinner
17 December 2014
New research into the sexual cannibalism of praying mantids has revealed that starving females deceptively signal to males in order …
Teaching maths ‘a passion’ for Master of Research student, recognised with new fellowship
16 December 2014
A mathematics specialist who wants more students to study the subject at higher levels and become maths teachers has this …
Campus museum holds ancient spell book and other magical mysteries
4 December 2014
An Ancient Egyptian codex from Macquarie University’s Museum of Ancient Cultures has been deciphered for the first time, revealing an …
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