Tonsley Technical College, one of South Australia’s five new technical colleges, has unveiled three additional employer partnerships to support career development opportunities within the advanced manufacturing and engineering. ...
Skills
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More than 660,000 women could reskill into tech careers within months, according to new modelling that puts the economic windfall of a more diverse Australian tech sector at $6.5...
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The chair of a landmark review into STEM diversity says the recommendations are a crucial leaver for economic growth and should be beyond politics, as the federal Coalition waits...
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An ageing tech workforce and the absence of succession planning in the Australian Public Service is putting business continuity at “great risk”, according to the federal government’s first digital...
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Hundreds of women will be trained and mentored as part of a new government-funded skills program designed to help tear down the barriers to entering and advancing in Australia’s...
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Engineers Australia has launched a new cyber engineering ‘area of practice’ that opens a pathway for security professionals to achieve ‘chartered’ status in Cyber Engineering for the first time....
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The Australian Computer Society reported an almost $7 million loss last financial year, marking its first deficit in more than a decade and forcing the organisation to eat into...
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An education “crisis” means Victoria won’t have enough high skilled workers to deliver a knowledge-based economy, STEM groups are warning as the Allan government weighs changes to the state...
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A Defence TAFE Centre of Excellence will be set up in Western Australia with the help of the federal government to deliver industry training opportunities in support of AUKUS....
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Government support for industry-developed micro-credentials can reverse a decline in productivity growth and should be prioritised by government, according to one of the Parliament’s emerging leaders on technology and...
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Entrepreneurs, investors and researchers will need to be invited by Immigration minister Tony Burke to apply for Australia’s new National Innovation visa under changes introduced to “target high-calibre migrants”....
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Macquarie University has ratcheted-up ambitions for commercialising technology in the semiconductor industry, launching an on-campus Silicon Platforms Lab (SiP Lab) in collaboration with local startup Atto Devices. The structure...
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Those of us working on the persistent challenge of getting more women and girls into STEM study and careers often remind people that “you can’t be what you can’t...
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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...