Elizabeth Hitches is an advocate for accessible and inclusive practice, holding workshops with universities, government departments, and communities of practice internationally. Her research is currently exploring academic stress in higher education, and how this can be reduced in inclusive and accessible ways through a UDL lens. Her research interests lie in inclusive education at a national and international level, as well as equity, achievement, and wellbeing for students with disability and/or accessibility requirements (Explore Elizabeth's research here). Elizabeth is a co-host of the ADCET ILOTA Things podcast exploring accessibility and universal design for learning (ULD) in the age of AI. She is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland, Australia. She is also a sessional academic teaching inclusive education across various universities, and a teacher of research methods at the University of Queensland. Elizabeth is a staff member of ADCET, a national faculty member of CAST, and an associate fellow of the higher education academy.