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Paula Taylor, this year’s recipient of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools.

It took a teacher to put CSIRO tragedy in a nutshell: Why would her students pursue science?

I wish I had an easy answer for her – now that the CSIRO will shed 350 research staff.

  • Ryan Winn

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One billionaire’s plan to build a women-only residential college at major Sydney university

Venture capitalist Solina Chau’s donation will house science, technology, engineering and maths students on campus.

  • Christopher Harris
Samanvi Mathur is the only female student in her Applied Computing class at Southern Cross Grammar.

Samanvi is the only girl in this class. Here are the VCE subjects with the biggest gender imbalances

Despite girls now making up the majority of students in some science subjects, boys still far outnumber girls in many others.

  • Jackson Graham
Nearly half of young women aged 15–24 report no interest in pursuing STEM careers.

We’ve failed girls in STEM, and we’re all paying the price

We need politicians, policymakers, industry and the collective force of women themselves to galvanise change and challenge the paradigm.

  • Lorna Beegan
Seated from left: Lauren Sanchez and Kerianne Flynn. Standing from left: Amanda Nguyen, Katy Perry, Gayle King and Aisha Bowe.

I’ve got a rocket for these space cadets and their pantomime of feminism

The whole exercise was emblazoned with such drippy femininity that all womankind was implicated. It was a test of the implicit feminist pact to Support Women. I suspect I failed it.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Girls have fallen behind boys in both maths and science subjects, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study has revealed.

New science and technology plan could make WA the state of tech

Australia can do better than a C-plus when it comes to the performance of our girls in maths and science subjects.

  • Janie Plant
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The science of DNA, new Scitech displays inspire young minds.

New science displays delight curious minds ahead of school holidays

New exhibition to show young minds they don’t have to go beyond WA to have a meaningful career in STEM.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Boys are outperforming girls in maths in Years 4 and 8.

Queensland has second-worst gender gap in primary school maths in Australia

The results of the latest global tests are in: Queensland girls are still lagging on maths – but so, too, is the state and the nation on some measures.

  • Felicity Caldwell
The latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study shows year 8 maths scores have not budged in almost three decades.

Australian kids falling behind our Asian neighbours in maths and science

Boys are outperforming girls across key maths and science disciplines as overall performance plateaus.

  • Alex Crowe
Experts say universal numeracy screening could halt Australia’s “catch-up crisis”.

Numeracy in schools doesn’t add up. Here’s how experts would solve the problem

All children would be tested for numeracy knowledge in the first two years of school under a plan to tackle underachievement in maths.

  • Robyn Grace

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