Monash and Melbourne University researchers have recently released a study highlighting how gender-bias has affected women in the classroom and led to them withdrawing from science subjects such as physics at the undergraduate level.  The study was conducted by Monash ...

Demand for arts and humanities courses remains strong in Australia’s two most populous states, despite the fee hikes introduced last year to steer students towards more ‘job-ready’ degrees in nursing, education, science and maths.  Despite fee hikes of more than 113 ...

A new study has found that girls as young as four can both overcome educational disadvantage and feel empowered to participate in STEM-based activities through emphasising play-based learning. Researchers at Monash University found that girls’ “thoughts and actions are endorsed ...

The Australian Mathematical Science Institute’s (AMSI) latest report argues that gender inequity and imbalance will jeopardise the nation’s intellectual capability, compromising both post-coronavirus recovery and future responses to pandemics. The report coincides with the 2020 International Women in Mathematics Day, ...

Last week we celebrated the Prime Minister’s Award for Science, an important time to acknowledge Australian scientific work that has promising applications or has changed the world. And this year, women took out the majority of the awards. This year’s ...

Should a woman wish to study an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney, she would see her ATAR score suddenly jump 10 points. The same adjustment would be made to the ...

Scientists released the first ever captured image of a black hole and the internet reacted in ways that might surprise no one. Earlier this week, the team behind the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) – a planet-scale array of eight ground-based ...

Just how many students are learning maths from those teaching out of field? More than three quarters in years 7 to 10, if data released by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) is to go by. Co-author and AMSI director Professor Geoff ...

The Australian Research Council (ARC) funding announcement delay is increasingly raising concerns among researchers. ARC-funded projects are required to begin research on 1 January 2019. As the date draws closer, researchers are complaining that adequate preparation time is being compromised by ...

"Your mental and physical health are by far the most important consideration in all that you do while in our lab. Moreover, success should not come at the cost of maintaining your interests/hobbies or healthy relationships in your life." This ...