10 of Australia’s most influential women in engineering
From public service to private enterprise, biomedical breakthroughs to space exploration, women engineers are changing the world and shaping the ...
Tag: diversity and inclusion
“Understanding, not just tolerance”: How to make engineering more LGBTQ+ friendly
Engineering is in the midst of a ‘culture shift’ as more people and organisations advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion. create spoke ...
Engineering profession makes progress in yearly gender equality index
A focus on flexible work, parental leave and promoting women in leadership helped secure citations for the 141 organisations on ...
Women in engineering need to “walk the talk” to increase diversity, says Aurecon’s Louise Adams
It’s no secret that the engineering profession is male dominant. According to Louise Adams, Managing Director – ANZ at Aurecon, ...
Employers say they’re open to hiring people with disabilities. This engineering firm is doing it.
For employers, there seems to be a big gap between being open to and actually hiring a disabled team member. ...
An unexpected passion for engineering
Felicity Furey never expected to be an engineer. It wasn’t until partway through university that she found her passion for ...
Looking beyond the stereotypes with Australia’s top female engineer
Professor Judy Raper is a chemical engineer, educator and leader on the international stage — widely recognised for her exceptional ...
“Authentic and vulnerable”: Roma Agrawal shares why more engineers need to be leaders
Roma Agrawal cut her teeth on the London skyline icon The Shard. Now, she's working to change hearts and minds ...
Renewable energy is booming, but now focus shifts to better workforce balance
The global renewable energy sector could quadruple in size by 2050 – providing 40 million jobs. But to tap into ...
University experiments with women-only job ads to close its gender gap
The University of Adelaide’s search for engineering academics to fill vacant positions is also being viewed as an opportunity to ...
