Less than 2 weeks to go for our first STEMM Stroll at Wollongong! Registration is free and a must - to stroll, build networks, and new connections: https://lnkd.in/gqdUQtBK STEMM Strolls is a Women in STEMM Australia initiative to bring the regional STEMM community together - look out for our announcements on other Strolls happening in October in Victoria and Queensland!
Women in STEMM Australia
Research Services
St. Kilda, Victoria 19,370 followers
Connecting women in STEMM Down Under
About us
Women in STEMM Australia began in 2014 and has grown into a nationally and internationally recognised association for women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM). Our core purpose is to advocate for gender equity and equality in Australia’s STEMM sectors, and support initiatives that drive change in the workplace and learning space, engage on gender equity in STEMM, whilst upholding core values such as respect and scientific excellence. Our role is to ensure women in STEMM with the capacity and capability to contribute to the innovation agenda are equally included, recognized and rewarded for their experience and expertise. Our philosophy is “Pay It Forward” and we uphold the core values of scientific excellence and respect for all. Our activities welcome and aim to benefit all women in STEMM regardless of their discipline and profession. Women in STEMM Australia has created a diverse, inclusive network of STEMM professionals at all levels of academia, industry, education, business and government. Our blog is our cornerstone feature, where STEMM though leaders at all levels share their career experiences, their views on gender equity and diversity, best practices and policies, and their experiences of the changing nature of work in the STEMM sector. Our website and social media profiles are our primary engagement platforms so we encourage you to get online. We regularly post profiles of Australia’s women in STEMM – students and professionals. Increased gender equity, diversity and inclusion benefits everyone. If you identify as a woman in STEMM, or you are someone championing change in STEMM, then Women in STEMM Australia is for you. Women in STEMM Australia aims to provide everyone from everywhere ready access to information and resources, so non-voting membership is free – learn more and register at our website.
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https://womeninstemm.au/
External link for Women in STEMM Australia
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- St. Kilda, Victoria
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2014
- Specialties
- biotechnology, medical research, advanced manufacturing, engineering, medicine, mining, physics, computer science, IT, geology, informatics, data science, healthcare, veterinary science, aviation, aerospace, astrophysics, astronomy, and science
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105 Wellington St
St. Kilda, Victoria 3182, AU
Employees at Women in STEMM Australia
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Professor Madhu Bhaskaran FTSE
Professor and Research Leader at RMIT University; Co-Chair of Women in STEMM, Australia
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Priya Rani, PhD, SMIEEE
Lecturer | Board Director | STEM Ambassador | Mentor
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Sarah Chapman FRACI
ChangeMaker | Co-Chair Women in STEMM | Advocate | Science & Technology Australia STEM Ambassador | International Speaker | STEM Educator |…
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Dr Morley Muse
Women's Agenda '22 STEM Winner| Finalist CEO/Board '23 Gender-Equity Awards| Co-founder, iSTEM Co./DEIR| Co-Chair STA Exec Committee| Director…
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Women in STEMM Australia reposted this
📣 Announcing Australia's first Athena Swan Silver Awards! We're very excited to announce that Edith Cowan University and the University of Newcastle have both been awarded the SAGE Athena Swan Silver Award, making them the first Australian institutions to earn this prestigious, world-respected accreditation. The Athena Swan Silver Award recognises an institution's progress to progress towards greater equity, diversity and inclusion. Special congratulations goes to the Athena Swan Leads at both universities, University of Newcastle Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic Excellence) Prof Jennifer Milam and Edith Cowan University Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Regional Futures) Prof Cobie Rudd, and their teams. SAGE CEO Dr Janin Bredehoeft congratulated both universities on this significant milestone: “The Silver Award does not represent a destination, but rather honours an organisation’s ongoing effort and deep engagement with the process of honest reflection and incremental change. The Silver Award represents the distance an institution has travelled while engaging in the SAGE framework.” “Milestones like this are never reached alone: the SAGE Athena Swan Silver Award is the achievement of many. Congratulations to everyone at both institutions who continue to drive their equity, diversity and inclusion work forward.” Read more about what the two universities have been able to achieve: https://lnkd.in/gw9TN5dW #AthenaSwan #EDI #DEI #DiversityinScience #DiversityinSTEM #DiversityinHigherEducation #DiversityinResearch
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Women in STEMM Australia reposted this
🚨 Last call for applications! Apply for an #ElevateSTEM 2025 scholarship. Are you: 🧑 a woman or non-binary person? 🦘 enrolling as a domestic student at an Australian university? 📚 commencing a STEM degree OR a STEM professional commencing a business degree in 2025? If you answered yes to all, the #ElevateSTEM program is here to support your STEM study starting in 2025. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity—apply now! The program is funded by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and supported by the Department of Defence and Snowy Hydro Limited. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gRKmPUxX 📲 Ready to apply? https://lnkd.in/ghQSGJyu 📺 Info sessions on the scholarship application process: https://lnkd.in/gVqDJ7dg Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG)
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Women in STEMM Australia reposted this
📣 BREAKING: SAGE has been granted $7.1 million over five years to deliver an expanded accreditation framework to improve diversity in the Australian science workforce. The funding comes from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR), and was announced last night by the Hon Ed Husic MP, Minister for Industry and Science, at the 2024 National Youth STEM Summit 40th Anniversary Dinner. The funding will enable SAGE to increase resources, tools and support for diversity initiatives in independent Medical Research Institutes and develop new supports for the Vocational Education and Training sector. The accreditation framework will ensure that STEMM disciplines can access and retain the best talent, and meet the workforce needs of the future. READ MORE: https://lnkd.in/gfnsPjbC The funding will enable SAGE to increase resources, tools and support for diversity initiatives in independent Medical Research Institutes and develop new supports for the Vocational Education and Training sector. The George Institute for Global Health is a medical research institute that has been participating in the SAGE framework since 2019. Chief Executive Officer Professor Anushka Patel reflected on the impact SAGE has made: “The tailored tools and supports provided by the SAGE Framework have been invaluable in improving our support for parents and carers. "This new funding will mean that SAGE can expand its reach to ensure that the medical research sector can attract and retain the best researchers, and support them throughout their careers to tackle important medical and public health challenges.” SAGE Chair Libby Lyons celebrated the news as an important step forward for the sector: “This funding demonstrates the depth of the Australian Government’s commitment to ensuring diverse and inclusive science workplaces. "By enabling SAGE to implement our rigorous, proven framework, the Department of Industry Science and Resources will be setting the standard for inclusion in Australian STEMM, maximising the potential of our diverse population and future-proofing our scientific workforce.” Mathematician and SAGE co-founder Professor Nalini Joshi AO said “SAGE was established with widespread agreement in the Australian Scientific Community that cultural change was needed to enable all scientists to thrive in Australia. It has been wonderful to witness SAGE’s consistent impact over a decade with dynamic, reflective processes based on rigorous tools to enable systemic change towards true equity, diversity and inclusion in higher education and research." “It’s very encouraging to see SAGE’s impact recognised with this funding, which will allow it to expand and scale up their transformative work to the whole STEMM workforce.” #DiversityinSTEM #DiversityinScience
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Women in STEMM Australia reposted this
The $3.8 million investment boost in the game-changing Superstars of STEM program will powerfully elevate diversity in science and technology and inspire girls and women to study STEM subjects. The funding – announced last night by Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic MP – pays for the program to run until 2030, and provides for an increased focus on reaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences. Superstars of STEM is run by Science & Technology with funding from the Australian Government. The program takes women and non-binary scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians, and gives them the skills, training, and support they need to turn themselves into highly-visible role models in the media. Since 2017 it has created 210 Superstars of STEM, including such well-known scientific media commentators as whale expert Dr Vanessa Pirotta, infectious diseases expert A/Prof Kudzai Kanhutu, and Gamilaroi astrophysicist Karlie Noon. The program was praised in the recent Pathway to Diversity in STEM review as one that was making a tangible difference and shifting the dial in getting more women and girls into STEM study and careers. Applications for the next intake of the program which begins in 2025 are open now. https://lnkd.in/gVVPjdCp #SuperstarsOfSTEM Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Australian Government
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Nothing silly about it Laura Driessen. :) A beautiful video of how diverse the jobs are in #STEM and some amazing superstars in them.
Postdoctoral researcher and science communicator at the University of Sydney. Brand Ambassador for Rise & Shine Education's Orbit Centre of Imagination.
About two weeks ago I had a silly** idea to make a video to show case a few of the amazing STEM pros who are part of the current cohort of the Science & Technology Australia Superstars of STEM. And of course these absolute legends immediately jumped in to make it happen. These are just a few of the fabulous scientists that are part of the current cohort, and applications are now open to join the next cohort. So if you or someone you know would like to be part of future shenanigans (as well as amazing training, experiences, and confidence building), send them this link and tell them to apply by the 1st of September https://lnkd.in/gUanaaYv I can truly say that we now have a community of supportive STEM pros lifting each other up on our journeys 🌟 Superstars in order of appearance: Dr Laura Driessen - astronomer Dr Melissa Humphries - statistician Dr Adelle Goodwin - astrophysicist Dr Eliza Middleton - ecologist Dr Sarah Scholten - laser physicist Dr Christina Maher - biomedical engineer Sally Hurst - palaeontologist Dr Taylor Szyszka - synthetic biologist Dr Flora Hui - vision scientist & optometrist Dr Tatiana Soares da Costa - plant biochemist Professor Kirsten Benkendorff - ecotoxicologist Dr. Rachelle Kernen - energy geoscientist Paula Wasiak - conservation biologist Dr Kelsi Dodds - neurophysiologist Dr Caitlyn Forster - entomologist Dr Charlotte Birkmanis - shark biologist Dr Jessica Bohorquez A. - water engineer Associate Professor Karen Livesey - magnetician Professor Prue Francis - marine scientist Associate Professor Theresa Larkin - anatomist Dr Susi Seibt - (bio)chemist Edited together by the amazing Dr Caitlyn Forster ** The initial idea was a little silly because of the reel I was inspired by. But it certainly turned into a fun and beautiful way to demonstrate the diverse STEM professionals in the Superstars program (though there are many more superstars than we could showcase in this one reel) and the supportive community that we've created
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Reposting to generate more responses for this important survey by UNESCO. Final week - have your say today.
📣 Calling all scientists and tech professionals! Here’s your chance to help shape policies for #GenderEquality in STEM at the #G20. How? By completing a 15-minute survey, designed by UNESCO and Gender Scan, where you can give your important insights on the challenges and opportunities for employees in STEM fields. Who’s eligible? If you work in STEM fields, in all capacities, including teachers, academics, analysts, administrators and more – make your voice heard! Access the survey here: https://lnkd.in/d-jt8BGQ #WomenInSTEM #ScienceAndTechnology #UNESCO #GenderScan
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All important in attracting more students into #STEM👍
PHD Candidate at University of Melbourne and Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre
I had the fantastic opportunity to volunteer at the University of Melbourne Open Day, where I demonstrated various experiments in the Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne Engineering Lab. It was incredible to engage with future engineers and showcase the hands-on learning experiences that make chemical engineering such a dynamic field. Explaining complex processes to prospective students reminded me of the importance of making science accessible and inspiring the next generation of problem solvers. Thank you to everyone who visited, and to my fellow volunteers and staff for making the day a success! #UniMelbOpenDay #ChemicalEngineering #STEMEducation #FutureEngineers #UniMelb #openday
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Women in STEMM Australia reposted this
#Tenacious | Mind-bending couple of days at the International Women's Forum Australia Symposium 2024. Grateful for the time of the leaders who updated us on progress being made on gender equality, building cultures of respect, global innovation in ag/biotetch, avoiding burnout, women's entrepreneurship and the unique challenges for Indigenous entrepreneurs, the criticality of foresight, robotics and the impact of male violence, neurodiversity in leadership, the impact of philanthropy and inclusion and the power of #yarning circles. ... We celebrate Karen Bolinger, Gabrielle Dolan, and the many members who collaborated to present this remarkable two-day program. ... So grateful to Carol Vale and Bianca Stawiarski (MAICD) for the incredible yarning circle experience. So moving and powerful.
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Women in STEMM Australia reposted this
Commercialisation Manager - Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre
Great to see the panel getting into some curly questions with broad perspectives on decarbonisation of the energy sector by Women in Energy - Perth, Australian Institute of Energy (AIE) - Perth, Young Energy Professionals (YEP) Perth this morning. Added bonus of running into a talented woman and friend in the sector, Abbey Trewenack.
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