One of the most cited comments on Australiaâs STEM industries is our strength in science, and our lack of strength in commercialisation. This claim is not without foundation. In...
Those of us working on the persistent challenge of getting more women and girls into STEM study and careers often remind people that âyou canât be what you canât...
Last week, Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic announced with little fanfare that the position of Australiaâs Women in STEM Ambassador would be discontinued, effective three days later. The...
The federal governmentâs ambassador for gender equity in STEM is being wound up, with existing functions to be slotted into other programs. The Pathway to Diversity in STEM review,...
Women working in STEM fields face gender pay gaps worth tens of thousands of dollars a year, some of the highest across the economy, according to newly released data...
A myriad of government programs have failed to address the structural diversity barriers in Australia’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields over the last decade, according to an outside...
An Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence has achieved gender parity among its researchers and students in half a decade, without the need for quotas. Its leaders say its...
Posted on | by Dr Nigel McGinty and Professor Tanya Monro
The Manhattan Project has been in the spotlight through the movie Oppenheimer. It was a mission-driven race that sought strategic competitive advantage. This was a project on a massive...
Advocacy group Science and Technology Australia says a new tax incentive might be the best way to drive âsystemic shiftsâ in employee diversity within Australia’s largest companies and improve...
The governmentâs Diversity in STEM Review is striving not just for gender equity but for a re-think of what STEM means by integrating First Nations thinking with the institutionalised...