News & Views The ugly side of becoming a surgeon Mind Body Miko, A Sydney based doctor, writes honestly about the lowest point in her life, shedding light on what becoming a surgeon still entails.
Business Tanya Monro becomes Australia’s first, female Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro has been appointed Australia’s new Chief Defence Scientist and is the first woman to ever fill the role. Congratulations!
Leadership Largest all-women expedition arrives in Antarctica The third Homeward Bound voyage, the largest female expedition to Antarctica with 80 female scientists on board for the 21 day trip, has arrived.
Leadership From Texas to Alaska, to the Middle East, Africa & Australia: Kimberly Walpot’s global career in engineering Kimberly Walpot is an engineer who has travelled the world to try something new and forge a global career in the oil and gas industry.
Entrepreneurs How these founders made kids coding a $6 million business in four years The founding trio of Code Camp, a business teaching coding to kids, has been named the third-fastest-growing SME in Australia.
News & Views Astronomer Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith named Australia’s first Women in STEM ambassador Popular astronomer and author of 40 scientific papers, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith now has a new title, Australia’s first Women in STEM Ambassador.
News & Views ‘Girls need to be told that they can succeed in ICT’: Our future success relies on it Last week, over 170 volunteers welcomed school girls to Go Girl, Go for IT; an event designed to encourage more girls to consider a future career in IT.
News & Views Girls aren’t good at maths or science? Nope. Maths and science haven’t been good enough for girls. Women in Stem are constrained by gendered barriers such as stereotypes and unconscious bias. Progress has happened, but we are nowhere near parity.
News & Views Just some of the Australian women killing it in science leadership right now It’s National Science Week and it’s a pretty special year for women in science, given some of the very visible role models we have available.
Soapbox Let’s banish the myth that there aren’t many female role models in STEM On International Women in Engineering Day Lacey Filipich says the idea that are no female role models in STEM needs to be challenged.
Ed's Blog Just two women make the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list. Really? Just two women make the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list in ‘Enterprise Technology’. Bridget Louden from Expert360 is one of four Australians on the list.
