Journey into Engineering

Click to download PDF WENDY H. FOX-TURNBULL, PAUL D. DOCHERTY, MARYAM MORIDNEJAD AND JOSY COOPER There is a considerable lack of females in the engineering disciplines at tertiary level in New Zealand. This is an economic issue as well as an equity issue as a diverse...

Gender in University Mathematics

Click to download PDF Dr Jennifer Hall & Travis RobinsonMonash University Gender issues have long been a focus of mathematics education research, but in recent years, there has been less focus on it as people perceive that it is a problem that has been solved....

STEM-ing the Flow

Click to download PDF Dr Christine Devine &Dr Dana BurfeindSTEM EducatorsQueensland University of Technology Christine and Dana explore the ‘leaky pipeline’ of women out of STEM academia from the perspective of mothers of young children seeking to marry careers...

Gender and Career Aspirations

Click to download PDF Dr Carole Ford Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor.Rich man, poor man, beggarman, thief.Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. It seems that the sexual division of labour has a lengthy and intriguing history! This well-known counting-out rhyme, which has its...

Become a Nurse

Click to download PDF Prina ScottGuidance OfficerEverton Park State High School The World Health Organisation estimates that there will be a need for an extra nine million nurses in the next ten years. The shortage is reflected in Australia with four out of five...