UC's Professor Michelle Lincoln is profoundly aware of the unique challenges faced by women working in health and medical research. “The mid-career stage is a particularly vulnerable point for...
Category: STEM
How we engage with and think about robots
According to Government statistics, women only make up 27% of the workforce across all STEM industries. That's why it can feel a bit lonely! And those professionals may long for a wonderful support...
Innovative scholarship for researchers helps alleviate unpaid caring
Grassroots social enterprise, Franklin Women has awarded six health researchers funding to alleviate barriers associated with unpaid caring responsibilities so they can take advantage of career...
Diversity and Inclusion in Space: What can we do?
“This isn’t just about exporting existing structures and systems into outer space, but new possibilities and new futures for all”. When asked why diversity in the space sector matters, this answer...
STEM: It’s time to measure our impact
As an astrophysicist, I’m used to being the only woman in the room. I’ve participated in, or witnessed so many initiatives that aim to teach people how to navigate a broken system, rather than...
Celebrating female ancestry and wisdom
'Do you want to meet your Grandma?' is a humorous and insightful book for young children about our shared universal ancestors. It celebrates female wisdom and ancestry. Illustrator Auntie Fonu...
The universe’s mysteries and smashing the gravitational ‘ceiling’
Distinguished Professor Susan Scott, a theoretical physicist from The Australian National University (ANU) whose pioneering work has fundamentally altered our understanding of the deepest and...
Banding together to combat gender bias on Wikipedia
When you stop to think about it, it is mind-boggling that of the millions of biographies on Wikipedia, only 19% of them are about women. This statistic is even less for those working in the...
UC funding win builds female biomechanics expertise
Targeting the two critical points at which the numbers of women in engineering pathways and careers dip the lowest, a University of Canberra project linking girls in high school with early career...