‘Definitions are often very western. This excludes us.’ Our research shows how to boost Indigenous participation in STEM
- Written by: Marnee Shay, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Australian politicians and major government reports keep emphasising the importance of STEM (or science, technology, engineering and maths) skills for our economy and society.
As the Universities Accord report noted last month, engineering and and science are experiencing “significant skill shortages”. Then there is a federal goal to...