Tag: Sally-Ann Williams

Government sidesteps key STEM diversity recommendations

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government has broken its silence on a landmark review of diversity in STEM fields by issuing a statement that conspicuously avoids tackling the central recommendations, and avoids...

Cicada lands NSW govt innovation lead as new CEO

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Investment NSW executive director of innovation Liza Noonan will take the reins of Cicada Innovations next month to lead the 25-year-old deep tech incubator’s new era. Ms Noonan leaves...

Fund the funders move floated to close NSW ‘missing middle’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New investment models and a dedicated scaleup plan are needed to build up NSW’s industrial “missing middle”, according to the government’s innovation council, which found growing firms are underserved...

The tortured path of the STEM Diversity review

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Six months after former Industry minister Ed Husic publicly accepted all 11 recommendations of the long-running Pathway to STEM Diversity Review, the federal government has walked back from those...

Sally-Ann Williams set to leave incubator Cicada Innovations

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Sally-Ann Williams will step down as the chief executive of deep tech incubator and Tech23 organiser Cicada Innovations after six years in the role supporting Australian science and technology....

Govt must rise to its Innovation Blueprint ambition

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A new state plan for a decade of innovation in NSW has identified gaping holes in strategic industries, funding and talent, while floating ambitious policy options to close them....

On local R&D, the real problem isn’t just spending

Posted on   |  by Sally-Ann Williams
Australia has a proud history of invention. But we have repeatedly failed to capitalise on our breakthroughs. Despite Australia’s strong research impact, with 3.5 per cent of global publications...

Govt accepts all Diversity in STEM Review recommendations

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will overhaul its STEM diversity programs and develop a new strategy to drive greater inclusion of under-represented groups, in line with the recommendations from last year’s...