A new central office and a council representing historically underrepresented groups should be set up by the federal government to oversee diversity in STEM initiatives, according to the draft recommendations from the Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review.
The proposed office within an existing department would work to coordinate government diversity in STEM policies in consultation with the independent council to ensure the approach is strategic and has measurable outcomes.
The new structures are one of the 19 draft recommendations from the review that will now being considered as part of a second round of public consultations over the next four weeks.
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