Tag: Women in STEM

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...

Tim Ayres teases Budget updates for STEM diversity programs

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Industry and Science minister Tim Ayres has left the door open for May’s Budget to deliver funding for programs supporting women in STEM, but dodged questions about the government’s...

Gender gap in Industry Growth Program revealed

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Women-owned or led startups have received fewer than 15 per cent of grants through the federal government’s flagship Industry Growth Program over the past year, sparking concerns that structural...

AirTrunk founder’s STEM diversity push shifts gear

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Data centre billionaire Robin Khuda on Thursday urged business, government and academia to unite to draw more women into STEM careers, as he launched the next stage of a...

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...

STEM diversity programs reshaped for new push

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s reshaped funding package for STEM diversity was laid out for the first time on Tuesday, revealing long-term extensions and tweaks to several programs but the end...

Scrapping key STEM equity program could be good news

Posted on   |  by Maria Vieira
Last week, Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic announced with little fanfare that the position of Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador would be discontinued, effective three days later. The...

STEM diversity blockers need strategic fix: review

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...