Tag: STEM

Kylie Walker to exit ATSE after 6 years as CEO

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Professor Kylie Walker will step down as chief executive of peak STEM sector body the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) in July after more than six...

A mass exodus of science and technology workers is underway

Posted on   |  by Ryan Winn
This time last year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers spoke about five ‘seismic changes’ reshaping the world in his federal Budget speech. Shifts from globalisation to fragmentation, hydrocarbons to renewables, IT...

Science Meets Parliament now meets the economy

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Science and Technology Australia aims to drive commercialisation and productivity outcomes through closer connections between science and business with a new national leadership initiative to be unveiled at its...

AUKUS workforce gets STEM scholarship boost

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Thousands of STEM students will be given a leg up through a new federal scholarship program the government hopes will fill out the pipeline of tens of thousands of...

Reaction: Industry hails ‘multi-generational opportunity’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Tech industry and science professional groups have cheered the release of the Strategic Review of R&D as a “multi-generational opportunity” to fix long-standing weaknesses in Australia’s research and commercialisation...

Big Tech, STEM employers struggle on gender pay parity

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Women working for some of the most prominent technology companies in Australia face pay gaps of nearly triple the national average, analysis of the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency...

Australia’s STEM diversity: A symphony of inaction

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
“We frankly do not have time to stuff around with inane barriers that have stopped people, particularly women and people from under-represented groups, from playing a part in building...

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...