First-ever student-built rocket to launch next year
Students from the University of Queensland (UQ) could become the first to fly a student-built rocket into space next year.
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Australian and New Zealand high schools can order up to 100 free copies of Careers with STEM: Technology magazine.
How to become an engineer: Live webinar recording
So you want to become an engineer? In this live webinar recording, Careers with STEM co-founder and journalist Heather Catchpole online speed tests the latest edition of Careers with STEM: Engineering and talks to three engineers working on some fascinating challenges and learns about how they got involved in their careers.
Group project goals! How citizen science is key to our bushfire recovery
This National Science Week, Chief Scientist Alan Finkel reflects on the growing value of citizen science, emphasising the need for more collaboration as we deal with an evolving climate.
Apparently watching YouTube could improve your uni marks
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, universities are using video for so much of their teaching. Some worry this will hurt student learning, but that's not what we found.
New engineering magazine out now!
In the latest edition of Careers with STEM we explain what engineering is all about and showcase a diverse mix of real-life engineers.
Hacking for social good
Here's why engineering is a career choice for social good: you get to hack innovative humanitarian solutions for Pacific Islands
Do your teachers use emojis? Research shows they should
Studies show emojis can help students accept online feedback and motivate them to do better during home-schooling.
Three regional schools are the latest to benefit from STEM industry school partnership program
Three schools in the Illawarra region of NSW will now have their own academy of STEM excellence under the NSW Department of Education’s STEM Industry School Partnerships (SISP) Program.
Year 12 students have a lot to say about the Government’s uni fee overhaul
As surprised as us to hear of the Government’s plans to overhaul the university fee system? We hit up a group of Year 12’s and asked them how it’ll effect their 2021 pathway planning.
Huge locust swarms are threatening food security, but drones could help stop them
A swarm of roughly 40 million desert locusts can eat the same amount of food in one day as about 35,000 people - but drone technology could help control infestations.
Swinburne Uni dumps ATAR for popular degrees
From 2021, Melbourne's Swinburne University has announced you won't need an ATAR at all to get into a bunch its popular Bachelor's degrees, including science and engineering.