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The 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo is the latest event to be postponed in the wake of COVID-19. But how will the delay until 2021 affect Japan’s tourism industry?

Professor Shaun Bond, from the UQ Business School, shares his thoughts on how to navigate some of the big financial decisions in this time of economic uncertainty.

Services such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo have become essential to cafes and restaurants that can now only sell takeaway food. But it’s a situation that has provoked serious questions. Not only about whether delivery services are safe, but whether it’s ethical to use them.

Terrance Fitzsimmons, a researcher in business leadership at The University of Queensland Business School, says that the children of small-business owners are often exposed from an early age to adult business talk that can serve as a profoundly immersive apprenticeship

The University of Queensland Business School has placed in the top 100 worldwide across all relevant subject areas in the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject, released today.

The issue of wage theft in hospitality is receiving renewed attention after the collapse of George Calombaris’s restaurant empire, but experts say it masks a litany of other “toxic” traits plaguing the industry.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) alumna and PhD student Claire Cunningham shares the firsthand insights she gained during her trip as part of The University of Queensland (UQ) MBA Global Immersion Tour program, and why she’d recommend the program to others.

The latest celebrity-chef-linked wage-theft scandal, with the high-end restaurant Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in Melbourne allegedly underpaying its staff by A$4 million, is the tip of the iceberg for wage exploitation in the hospitality industry.

Online shopping, extended trading hours and supermarkets – despite all the odds, our family-run corner stores are showing good service will always be in demand.

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A lengthening list of celebrities are helping to shine a spotlight on Australia’s bushfires, but there’s also a downside. If that interest is superficial and fleeting, it may actually hinder recovery efforts in disaster-ravaged regions.

Conservationists don’t always agree about the best ways to reinforce the protection of nature. Debates about it can become confrontational. But at the heart of the issue is how to include more people in conservation efforts.

Valley-goers looking for a quick meat-free bite will have another option on Brunswick Street, with the northern expansion of a well-known franchise, Lord of the Fries.

There are numerous research studies that show unequivocally that students in single-sex schools benefit academically from a learning environment free from gender stereotyping, unconscious bias and social pressure.

The initial cohort of a first-of-its-kind program at The University of Queensland has celebrated its graduation as a tight-knit unit.

As we move through The Fourth Industrial Revolution, robots could soon be able to socialise, communicate and empathise with humans.

We already know there is more pressure on women than men to look a certain way in many workplaces. Often it involves spending more time getting ready in the morning, and more money on hair, clothes and make-up. It's a gender bias that some women understandably conform to — largely research tell us looking good helps us get ahead at work.

A national education campaign like the widely successful “Slip, Slop, Slap” sunsmart movement is needed to reverse old-fashioned sexism in Australian households, with young girls still doing traditional ‘women’s work’ like cooking and cleaning.

Australians heading overseas are ignoring potential health risks out of a desire to escape reality through travel, according to University of Queensland-led research

After an extensive and competitive process which saw The University of Queensland (UQ) receive 42 applications from around the world, three PhD candidates have now been awarded scholarships to begin research into some of the most pressing issues facing Australia’s ecotourism industry.