Tag: STEM

Alarm as STEM support gets the cold shoulder

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An association representing thousands of engineering, science and IT workers has slammed the government for its failure to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the budget. Professionals Australia,...

Aussie science wants a ‘legacy defining’ budget

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Climate change mitigation, STEM education, and research commercialisation and funding are atop the budget wishlists of Australia’s scientists, engineers and medical researchers. They say this year’s budget could be...

Chief Scientist on ‘glacial’ STEM diversity progress

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Achieving gender parity in senior STEM leadership positions in Australia will take more than 150 years at the current pace, according to Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley, who...

Coding skills, a vocational gift beyond STEM

Posted on   |  by Simon Tyrrell
Australia will likely still fall short of meeting its near-term tech skills needs with its conservative approach to STEM and vocational education. Longer-term, this approach threatens to saddle graduates...

Women in STEM fall far short of equity

Posted on   |  by Alan Finkel and Lisa Harvey-Smith
The events of 2020 are reshaping the way we live, work, teach and learn. And while we have all been affected differently, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

Science and tech council meets again

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s peak advisory body on tech and science has turned its attention to the development of an artificial intelligence ethics framework and lifelong learning of STEM skills. The...

Govt unveils new engineering push

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry Minister Karen Andrews will this morning unveil new details of a $6.2 million schools-based program to produce a bigger pool of potential engineering students from across the nation....

Budget concerns for science leaders

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While the Coalition budget’s science announcements hold one marquee boost to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), there was precious little to impress science leaders in other areas and...

Karen Andrews on science ambition

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry, Science and Technology Minister Karen Andrews says Australia needs to address where the skills shortages are now before the country looks to importing labour. This is one of...