Life as a PhD student abroad: exploring the wonders of Canada
By Rachael Bartlett, If I had been told a year and a half ago that I would be spending five months living on the other side of the world I would have been sceptical. After receiving financial support...
View ArticlePostcard from Italy: emerging technology to preserve historical artefacts
By Global Challenges Travel Scholar Andrew Squires In December, I was fortunate enough to travel to Frascati, Italy to attend the 1st annual THz-ARTE conference. This conference was funded from...
View ArticlePostcard from Scotland: Talking bras with biomechanists
By Celeste Coltman, Global Challenges Travel Scholar With the help of a Global Challenges Travel Scholarship, I attended the 25th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics in Glasgow,...
View ArticlePostcard from the UK: what does the future hold for coastal living?
By Charles Gillon (@CharlieGillon) I’m a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Communities at UOW. My research interests centre on the motivations and decision-making...
View ArticlePostcard from Seoul: one step closer to affordable MRI scans
By Dipak Patel I was really excited as soon as I found out I was awarded with a Global Challenge Travel Scholarship. I wanted to use the scholarship to attend a conference to present my new research...
View ArticlePostcard from the skies: coastlines, climate change, and the Beatles
By Lauren Cole, Global Challenges Travel Scholar Aeroplanes. One cruising the beautiful New South Wales coast and another destined for Liverpool, England. My Global Challenges PhD scholarship sent me...
View ArticlePostcard from Portland: coastal research and coffee roasters
By Chris Owers, Global Challenges Travel Scholar The Global Challenges Travel Scholarship gave me the opportunity to attend one of the largest international conferences for coastal and estuarine...
View ArticlePostcard from Jervis Bay: tracking fish living on sand
By Lachlan Fetterplace, Global Challenges Travel Scholar A big part of my December last year was spent sitting in a boat and performing surgery on fish; perhaps not the most normal lead up to Christmas...
View ArticleAgeing in leaps and bounds: A Conversation With Professor Alexandre Kalache
By India Lloyd Professor Alexandre Kalache grew up in the bustling Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, at a time when the average life expectancy for the nation’s citizens was just 43. More than five...
View ArticleEnabilise: working with users to create new mobility aids
By Dr Eliza de Vet How do you imagine yourself as an older person? Are you hunched over your uniform grey walker, fearful of falling, no longer able to bend your knee for a game of lawn bowls? These...
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