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Article by Denham Sadler, StartupSmart, 24 August, 2015. While Australian women are underrepresented in STEM fields, that isn’t stopping women from excelling in tech startups, according to a new [...]

MELBOURNE, THURSDAY 6 AUGUST 2015: Australia’s future as a high technology, research-driven economy will depend on reversing 20-year trends in the mathematical sciences, according to a new report [...]

BRISBANE, FRIDAY 26 JUNE, 2015: When someone says they are a mathematician or describes their research, it is natural to wonder why it is useful. Why do we need it? How will it affect me? What [...]

Article by Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Women’s Agenda BHP Billiton has announced a $22 million partnership with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute to encourage women and girls to [...]

Article by Vicky Validakis, Australian Mining BHP Billiton has launched a $22 million partnership with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute to increase the representation of women in [...]

Article by Tim Dodd, the Australian Financial Review BHP Billiton will spend $22 million on lifting the maths performance of girls in schools and helping them into male-dominated science, [...]

Article by Andrew Trounson, THE AUSTRALIAN Andrew Mackenzie sees mathematics as a key to the nation’s future prosperity, and the head of global mining giant BHP Billiton has slapped $22 million [...]

Every child starts school with mathematical potential, but women in maths careers are rare.  So what inspired Lily Serna to buck the trend? Before explorers stumbled across Australia, Europeans [...]