More than 1,650 NSW women will benefit from state government initiatives to equip them with tailored skills and flexible working conditions to achieve gainful employment. The NSW Treasury has estimated an additional 300,000 workers will be needed to fill critical ...
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school leaders admitted relying upon blazers as power-dressing mainstay, comparing them to a “suit of armour”, or even a means to mask femininity, which they fear may jeopardise their authority in a masculinist space.
More »UTS to add 10 bonus points to some women’s ATAR scores
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 ...
More »Calls to consider caring for children when looking at research output
Universities should give more consideration to female academics caring for children, a new paper has argued. One way they could be doing this is by offering financial aid to cover childcare costs for those attending conferences. Another recommendation was that institutions ...
More »How the other third live: experiences of Chinese women studying in Australia
I never got to know Angel*. She would appear in my journalism class sporadically, and when she did, always sat by herself. She never spoke in class, unless spoken to by the lecturer. Then, she would reply in broken English, ...
More »Women, meet your ‘superstar’ STEM role models
"So God created mankind in his own image." — Genesis 1:27 The same can often be said for managers who hire employees who are just like them. This is a result of the mere-exposure effect, whereby people tend to be attracted to what ...
More »Building bridges, tearing down walls
Civil engineer says more women should get involved in the field. By Antonia Maiolo. Hervey Bay woman Laura Taborda has proven that engineering is no longer a man’s job, and is encouraging more females to consider a career in the ...
More »The Blog Rankings: Deconstructing the architectural imbalance
Zero to 9000 unique browsers in two months suggests that the topic of Parlour – gender inequity in the world of architecture – has hit a nerve. Parlour [http://www.archiparlour.org/] is the result of research by a team lead by Dr ...
More »Ballarat initiative on women’s research
A research network to overcome negative trends affecting women researchers has been launched. The women’s research network was launched at the University of Ballarat in regional Victoria last week, with one of Australia’s leading researchers on gender in higher education the ...
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