Podcast Services Australia is Australia's most experienced podcast production and training partner for the higher education sector. We work with universities, faculties, research centres, and academic institutes to create professional podcasts that extend the reach of research, build their profile, and engage students, staff, and the wider community.
We have been the trusted podcast partner for universities and research institutions across Australia since 2017.
Trusted Across Australia's Higher Education Sector
We're proud to have worked with faculties, departments, and research centres at some of Australia's leading universities, including:
- The University of Melbourne (Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Business & Economics, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry & Health Sciences, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, School of Social & Political Sciences, Historical Studies, Future of Work Lab, Centre for Health Equity, COVA, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems (MACSYS), and The Doherty Institute.
- University of NSW (Division of Research & Enterprise, Media & Communications, School of Business, School of Social Sciences)
- University of Queensland (School of Education)
- Monash University (ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century)
- Western Sydney University (School of Social Sciences)
- University of South Australia (UniSA Student Association)
- Curtin University (University Marketing)Independent Research Institutes including: Grattan Institute, Robert Menzies Institute, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law
Our University Partnership Story
Since 2017, Podcast Services Australia has been a trusted podcast training and production partner at the University of Melbourne, running courses for staff across multiple faculties and departments. Over that time, we've helped dozens of UoM staff go from complete beginners to confident, independent podcast producers - with many going on to launch successful podcasts.
Since 2017, Podcast Services Australia have been the in-house podcast trainers at the University of Melbourne, running multiple courses each year for our staff. Aaron and Christina are excellent trainers. Our participants often comment on how fun and engaging the course is! With many of them going on to start their own successful podcasts. We highly recommend them to anyone who wants to learn the art and science of podcasting!" — University of Melbourne (2020)
Why Universities and Researchers Are Turning to Podcasting
The majority of academic research is locked behind journal paywalls or shared at conferences that require registration fees and travel. Podcasts are almost exclusively open-access - giving your research the chance to reach the audiences it deserves.
A university podcast puts your research, expertise, and voice on a completely new platform - reaching students, graduates, policymakers, industry partners, and the general public in a format they actually engage with.
Podcasting also helps solve a real equity issue in academia. Traditionally, only established academics get broadcast opportunities. A podcast gives early-career researchers and underrepresented voices a platform to contribute to the conversation - on their own terms.
What We Offer Universities
Full-Service Podcast Production
We take care of everything - strategy, content planning, recording, editing, launch and promotion. You bring the expertise and the research, we handle the rest. We work as your dedicated production team, or alongside your existing communications staff.
Podcast Training & Workshops for University Staff
Want to build podcast capability in-house across your faculty or department? We offer bespoke podcast training for university teams - from a full beginning-to-end course to targeted workshops in recording, editing, content planning, and promotion. All training is customised to your department's goals and your staff's existing skills.
Podcast Strategy
Before you record a single episode, you need a clear strategy. We help you define your audience, plan your content, find your format, and build an approach that serves your research communication goals.
Podcast Audits
Already running a university podcast but not sure it's performing as well as it could? Our podcast audit service reviews your existing show and delivers clear, practical recommendations - covering content, audio quality, structure, promotion, and audience growth.
Positioning as a Thought Leader and Benefits for Scientific Communities
Podcasts can also be a powerful way for academics and researchers to benefit their careers and take advantage of opportunities. There are two types of career-specific information that are mostly communicated verbally and not written down.
The first is academic social knowledge, which includes, for example, what grant schemes are available, how to navigate difficult situations, and when new positions become available, among other things.
If you are part of a network that shares this type of knowledge, then you have a distinct career advantage, but it can be difficult for early career researchers to break into these circles, especially those who are intellectually isolated in their departments. It should be noted that, indeed, intellectual isolation is an underappreciated issue which researchers can experience when working in an area their department does not specialise in.
The second type of seldom communicated academic information is the unwritten rules of academia, such as the idiosyncrasies of the academic publishing system.
A university department podcast can be used to break down these social boundaries and discussions on the podcasts can provide valuable career-specific information for early-career researchers, especially first-generation scholars, thus truly making them feel like they are “part of an ongoing conversation or story that was unfolding, sometimes just for them”.
Ready to bring podcasting to your university or research institution?
Get in touch to discuss your department's goals and we'll put together a tailored proposal.
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