Older people are being portrayed as being in ill health, victims, or being a burden on society in the Australian media, leading experts to call for broader changes in how society perceives ageing. A new QUT study 'Visibility and invisibility ...

Cadmus CEO Herk Kailis joins the podcast to outline how EdTech companies have emerged to provide support services to help individual universities focus on what they want to be great at. He describes the importance and scope for technology innovation ...

Changing your mind increases your chances of success, a new study from the University of Queensland reveals, yet people seldom do so. According to the researchers, people tend to change their mind to correct an error they made. "If you ...

Conflict over property rights could delay scientific progress on COVID-19, due to international vaccine developers refusing to share their resources, an expert has said. Vaccines and other COVID-19 technologies have been shared via the World Health Organization's Covid-19 Technology Access ...

A new study has shown that the 20 per cent of older people who needed mental health support during COVID-19 couldn't access it due to health fears and a lack of knowledge around technology. Researchers from Edith Cowan University surveyed ...

Teaching adult professionals can sometimes be a challenging task, and not all teaching techniques work effectively across age groups. Currently, multiple methods are available to prepare and deliver lessons, and with experience, those teaching older cohorts adapt these techniques and ...

Professor Malcolm Press CBE joins the HEDx podcast as the VC of Manchester Metropolitan University. He shares insights into his commitment to his staff and students and the commitment Manchester Met has to its civic setting in a major city ...

In a rapidly changing society, ongoing learning is important for vocational training teachers; one way for them to keep learning is through the workplace.  In her new book, Supporting the Workplace Learning of Vocational and Further Education Teachers: Mentoring and ...

As of 2019, Australian universities produced about 10 thousand PhD graduates each year, a number that kept growing in the previous 20 years while increasing the competitiveness of the academic job market.  A recent study from the University of Sydney analysed over ...

A new study by UNSW Business school, Yale School of Management and Guanghua School of Management at Peking University reveals that feeling attractive while shopping changes consumer behaviour.  According to senior lecturer in the School of Marketing at UNSW Business ...