Encouraging girls to study STEM

A Flinders University STEM enrichment program which mentored 46 schoolgirls in STEM subjects in Year 9 led to 91% of them chosing STEM subjects in their senior secondary years.

Science Academy welcomes diversity focus in STEM review

The Australian Academy of Science has welcomed the release of the Australian Government’s final report of the Pathway to Diversity in STEM review.

Girls in STEM

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2024 offered an opportunity to examine the disparities and tackle the barriers facing women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

What next for Australian science and innovation?

Australia needs a comprehensive and well funded plan to drive national progress and prosperity through research and development.

Sustaining women in STEM

Women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and maths are still fighting an uphill battle in Australian workplaces, despite a spike in girls studying STEM subjects in schools and universities.

STEM superstars call for more gender and cultural diversity

Australia’s official Superstars of STEM have backed the campaign to increase the number of women and ethnic minorities in science and technology.

When is the ‘right’ time to invest in women and STEM?

The federal government’s plan to reduce the cost of a university STEM course and provide more related job opportunities will have little impact on girls and women if they don’t identify with STEM subjects.

Supporting STEM skills amid COVID-19

We can’t let our future STEM skills become a casualty of COVID-19, or we will pay for it in decades to come.

Women in STEM still fall short of workplace equality

In 2016, women represented just 29% of workers with university qualifications in science, technology, engineering or maths. And that was before the pandemic disruption.

Are STEM schemes for women effective?

There are more than 330 separate initiatives across Australia to increase the participation of women and girls in STEM studies and careers, but more hard data is needed to judge if any of them are actually working.

The changing face of science

Science is forever evolving. The recent International Day of Women and Girls in Science reminds us that our perception of science, and how it’s taught, should change too.

Challenging the climate of bias

The largest ever all-woman expedition to Antarctica saw women from 34 countries travel and work together to challenge gender bias in science as well as learn more about the effects of our fast changing climate.