Careers with STEM

Sometimes careers are non-linear - and that's cool (and helpful) says space solar researcher Jamie Harrison. “There are so many pathways available to you that are not just linear from high school straight to a career in a specific field. Taking a meandering path can sometimes be an advantage too because it gives you a different perspective. “So don’t be afraid to wander a little bit on your way to whatever goal you have.” Jamie uses her #STEMskills every day in her PhD at UNSW. Read her career story here: https://lnkd.in/guykUDDh

Heading to uni this year? Here's a handy to-do list, starting with checking out student clubs and societies - it's all about the networking and LinkedIn is a great place to connect with these groups. Some of our faves include: - UTS Women in Engineering and IT - QUT Civil Engineering Student Society (CESS) - Student Energy UNSW - Sunswift Racing - FRC Team 3132 - Thunder Down Under https://lnkd.in/gz-XH8pb

With the worlds of tech and engineering always colliding, #STEM workers of the future need skills to work on products from concept to prototype. This from RMIT University's Glenn Matthews who we caught up with to discuss the uni's new Bachelor of Engineering (Software Engineering) https://lnkd.in/girM9sXY

Looking for some holiday reading that is light but also educational? We've got just the list for you, from some superstars of science including: - Lee Constable (How to save the whole 'blinkin planet) - Dr Karl Kruszelnicki (A periodic tale) - Zoe Kean (Why are we like this?) https://lnkd.in/gkPVvt87

Careers with STEM's most popular post in 2024 was.. 💙 The A-Z of STEM careers No better place to start if you're looking for a career change in 2025! https://lnkd.in/dc2gwaG

Our most popular Job Kit of 2024 was... 🍏 Nutrition Scientist! Thanks to the teachers and grads who shared their stories with our readers including: - HelloFresh Recipe Tester Julian Pauncz - Dietitian Iesha Eivers - Associate Professor Nutrition and Dietetics Sharon Croxford And thanks to Australian Catholic University for support to make it happen! https://lnkd.in/gbR7rY9P

Our most popular quiz on Careers with STEM in 2024 was... 👩🏽🎓 Should I do a PhD? If this is something you're considering in 2025, we've got so many inspiring stories for you! Just some of the PhD candidates we've featured include: - Human computer interaction PhD Cael Gallagher helping to develop virtual reality (VR) solutions for geology research - Physics PhD Emily Ahern exploring atomic clocks for use with satellites - Materials science PhD Scarlet Kong, PhD harnessing shape-changing materials to send soundwaves through the deep! https://lnkd.in/eWPmYiBn

Helping people get from A to B over this busy time is the Google Maps team - we loved meeting a few of them this year for the Careers with STEM Technology magazine. You can read their day-in-the-life in the mag, and hear from them via the video below. Thanks again to Sophie Gardner, Pat Hwang, Live Nemes-Nemeth and Harrison Cook for sharing your #worklife with us! https://lnkd.in/gtnTFDU2

Boys are not better than girls at mathematics. Boys are not naturally more interested in math than girls. We have spent years - decades - trying to educate, support and uplift women and girls in STEM and yet female participation in math continues to fall. Participation in general continues to fall. And yet AI, climate science, quantum, health, medicine, agriculture... and so much more depends on strong mathematical foundations. We need to be smarter about how we tackle the challenge of encouraging our young people to engage with mathematics. So how do we change the narrative? Policy and education is a start (and starting with early childhood would be great!), but we also need to speak about it differently in our communities and homes. Every day. I challenge everyone to have one conversation (even just one sentence) with someone today that highlights math. With a young person if you can! Find something that you use every day, or is part of your job, that couldn't exist without mathematics and tell someone about it. Maths is not just blackboards and chalk and equations. It's not just robots or engines or buildings. Math is creative, artistic, its storytelling and communication and varied in it's type and application. It is the language that underpins all of science (and more!) and, just like a language, practice and exposure makes you better at it. For everyone. Let's make that our conversation. #Mathematics #ChangeTheConversation #SuperstarsOfSTEM

The Good Universities Guide ratings for 2025 are now available! The independent ratings compare all 42 Australian universities across measures of student experience and graduate outcomes, including employment rates, social equity, student support and teaching quality. These student-centric ratings can assist youth in making a more informed decision about their post-school options. The 2025 results are available in full on Good Uni Guide: https://lnkd.in/gutEzM3e