STEM pipeline proving hard to build
A data-driven approach can encourage girls to take up science, technology, engineering and maths.
Special Reports
Check out the talent
Schools around Australia are highly innovative — and so are their students.
Big dreams build a path from school
We need a bigger pipeline to ensure that Indigenous students do well in high school and then go onto university here and overseas.
Corporates need to step up for women
Negotiation only goes so far when it comes to pay. It’s harder to overcome the structural barriers to inequality.
It will take buy-in from men to beat the ‘glass cliff’
It is time women were proactively rewarded for their achievements because waiting will bring nothing.
Coal sector shows its resilience
Despite plenty of headwinds, an essential industry is displaying its staying power.
Coal vital for NSW economic recovery
Despite the global economic downturn, strong demand for NSW coal will continue to provide opportunities for more investment and jobs in NSW.
Workers upskill for new digital jobs
Workers from outside the mining industry are upskilling to meet demand, as jobs in the industry are forecast to be reshaped by digital technologies.
Miners make mates’ mental health a priority
Mining workers are being trained to check in on their mates, as COVID disruptions to employment and social routines increase pressure on Australians.
Industry must maintain advantage
Australian coal is a major contributor to investment, highly skilled and high-value jobs, exports and government revenues.
Land’s repair all part of the plan
Transformation is among a range of uses for rehabilitated land after coal mining, and is now written into company policies and approvals regimes.
Nation switches on to carbon capture
Carbon capture and storage projects in Australia are switching on as the nation looks to cut emissions and meet international climate change commitments.
‘Endless opportunities’ for women in mining
The mining sector is changing from its male-dominated past to a more diverse workplace.
Coalboat diplomacy: an own goal for China?
As of last Friday, there was about 8.8 million tonnes of Australian coal sitting on 82 ships anchored off China. So what happens next?
Jobs program driving change
One man is fostering Aboriginal employment in the local mining, construction and industrial-supply industries, and in many cases, creating the jobs from scratch.
Automation driving new opportunity for industry
Big data and analytics are driving mining operations and efficiencies, as a safety focus increases efforts on remote operations.
The time is right to upskill
Learning a new set of skills in mental health has proved ideal for Dom Kettlewell during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Back to school for Covid career changers
Covid career-changers are hoping advanced teaching qualifications will land them jobs.
A solution for career roadbumps
A telecommunications professional and an architect opted for government-subsidised short courses to reskill and move on.
Multitude of specialisations on offer
With more choice and flexibility than ever before, postgraduate law students seize the chance to network and make contacts.
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