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  • Buying and Storing Food Safely with Helen Highwaters

    “Food safety is an issue wherever food is stored, prepared and served. Safety in the home is of particular concern, simply because it can involve such a wide range of people – people of all ages and people of various cultural and educational backgrounds. In this program we take a look at this critical issue, covering topics such as: buying the best and healthiest items in the supermarket, transporting them home in a safe fashion and safe refrigeration and storage methods.
    Helen Highwaters, the presenter of this program is ‘on a crusade to save the world from food poisoning.’ We follow her as she does her grocery shopping in a logical and safe order, and shows us how to put everything away correctly on her return home.”

  • By Any Means Necessary: Ergogenic Aids

    “In recent years sport has been revolutionized into a multi-billion dollar industry. In this program we investigate the substances, techniques and equipment that athletes have used throughout history, and are using today, to enhance their sporting performance. Intended for use as a general introduction to the full spectrum of ergogenic aids in modern sport, this program covers: nutrition, training, and traditional ergogenic aids, pharmacological aids and the issues of drugs in sport, the rise of physiological aids, sports psychology, the impact of sports equipment, clothing and other (bio)mechanical ergogenics, issues of ‘fair play’, and ergogenic aids of the future.”

  • Cafeteria Food: Healthy Cafeteria in Our Schools

    This is the program to get the whole school talking about the most important of school facilities: the cafeteria! It examines the importance of developing healthy eating habits at a young age and the role the school cafeteria can play in encouraging students to eat nutritious food. Students express their views together with nutritionists, cafeteria managers and teachers. Schools committed to promoting healthy eating tell their stories.

  • Case Studies of Change in Human Resource Management

    This program looks at changes in the Human Resource Management (HRM) policy at ICI Australia. Examining two separate HRM policies changes – workplace culture reform and managing diversity – the program identifies the need for the changes, the features of the changes and their success. By studying two changes in the one organization, the program enables students to consider the inter-relationship of the need for, and the nature of the changes.

  • Catering for an Event

    Events and functions need careful planning and execution. This program examines a range of areas relevant to event or function catering. It focuses on general planning, budgets, the food – including menu planning, presentation, the kitchen, food quantities, transporting food, and food storage and handling for outside functions. The program also looks at the importance of good timing and flexibility, and explores some of the legal requirements involved in catering for an event. This is a brilliant resource for all hospitality students.

  • Characteristics and Properties of Food – Part One

    Simple food preparation examples are provided to explain the main properties of food. The program also lists food compounds as well as factors causing changes in food composition. Topics examined are: aeration, coagulation, denaturation, gelatinization, crystallization, testing for pH, emulsification and gelation.

  • Boost Juice: A Franchise Case Study

    This program provides students with a vibrant example of a successful franchise model. The founder and controlling shareholder of Boost Juice, Janine Allis, explains how Boost Juice operates and what its priorities are. The program also features Richard Evans, the CEO of the Franchise Council of Australia. The franchise model is examined in context with the Australian economy and covers such things as the success rate of franchises and regulation of the industry sector.

  • Boys in Schools

    Around the country, boys in education are in trouble. Numerous reports are advising that boys’ literacy levels are poor in relation to girls’, fewer boys achieve the national benchmarks and males comprise a huge proportion of students with disciplinary problems and school expulsion. Education, it seems, is not meeting every boy’s needs. The good news is plenty of excellent work is being done to address the cause of these problems. In this program, we talk to renowned educational psychologist Michael Carr Gregg about boys’ educational needs, see how a cluster of schools in Australia are addressing the issue and take a look at the Federal Boys Lighthouse program in action.

  • Bullying: The Inside Story

    “Bullying – The Inside Story, is a view inside the mind of Ben, a typical student in secondary school. Ben finds himself in a variety of situations in which he is potentially a victim, bully and on-looker of some unpleasant business in his school. As he faces three key scenarios, he debates in his mind the pros and cons of each dilemma. The debate takes place between four animated characters – Party Marty, B. Negative, Max Power and Dr. Sensible – who although funny at times, treat the issue seriously.
    Interviews with students and psychologist Dr, Andrew Fuller provide additional insight into the scenarios and give hope for challenging the culture of bullying in schools.”

  • Bullying Behaviors: Investigating Myths and Facts

    Bullying is an everyday problem that occurs in all schools. Every student will be involved in bullying in one form or another at some point during their formal education, whether as a direct target, as the bully, a participant or a bystander. This program explains to students what bullying is and the many different forms it can take. It also provides students with a range of coping mechanisms and strategies.