CSIRO’s Young Indigenous Women’s STEM Academy opens applications
The CSIRO's Young Indigenous Women’s STEM Academy has announced that applications for its next cohort of students are now open.
Contract ‘carrots’: Proposal to link lucrative government deals to gender diversity in STEM
Ensuring businesses have gender diversity action plans when applying for contracts is important, says Girl Geek Academy CEO Sarah Moran.
“Trying to do the right thing”: Husic backs decision to pause new STEM grants as diversity review takes place
Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has backed the federal government's broad-reaching Diversity in STEM Review and its consultative process, following industry pushback to the decision to pause new grant funding as the review takes place.
Four Australian startups that have raised almost $7 million this week
We're still at the beginning of the year but this week four Australian startups managed to raise almost $10 million in funding.
How encouraging more women into agtech can better feed Australia’s population
With agriculture critical to Australia’s economy, representing 12% of goods and services exports in 2020-21, there is an urgent need to fix its workforce crisis.
Australia’s low female representation in STEM is hurting innovation. Let’s encourage women to be engineers
In today’s modern climate, an engineering workplace that does not benefit from the mindsets and skill sets of both genders is at a loss.
ATSE’s $41 million program to provide 500 STEM scholarships for women
The government-funded program will provide scholarships to help women in STEM re-enter the workforce, seek higher qualifications and develop senior leadership skills.
Chief scientist Cathy Foley on how to tackle Australia’s tech talent shortage
Australia is facing a skills shortage in the STEM sector, and encouraging diversity in the field could make a start towards addressing it.
STEM Equity Monitor shows slight improvement in women representation, but more needs to be done
In early May 2021, the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources released new STEM Equity Monitor data showing a small improvement in women’s participation in the STEM workforce.
Winners of Women in AI Awards demonstrate how a “diverse workforce equals diverse solutions”
The Australia and New Zealand Women in AI Awards has named its winners, with a broad range of work and industries highlighted across the list.
STEM cadetships for women: Why $25 million is a small investment compared to the scale of the challenges to be overcome
As part of the JobMaker scheme, the budget allocates $25 million to create pathways to STEM careers for up to 500 women.
We need to help unemployed postgraduates start businesses, says CSIRO chief scientist Cathy Foley
Highly skilled postgraduates should be employed by organisations looking to boost R&D or assisted in starting businesses of their own.
