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Girl Geek Academy launches cybersecurity skills workshop for primary school girls

Gina Baldassarre - April 4, 2018 2 MIN READ

Girl Geek Academy has partnered with NAB to launch a cybersecurity workshop for primary school girls in the upcoming school holidays in Melbourne.

Opinion

We need to talk about STEAM instead of STEM

Gina Baldassarre - March 23, 2018 6 MIN READ

NSW Minister for Education Rob Stokes sparked debate about the value of and need for STEM education this week after calling the focus on the field a “fad”.

News & Analysis

Federal Government committee finds Australian STEM education is on a “decay curve”

Gina Baldassarre - June 20, 2017 3 MIN READ

A Federal Government committee has warned that there must be more investment in quality STEM education if Australia is to turn back the “decay curve” of STEM-capable students and grow its “nascent but promising” innovation ecosystem.

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Profiles

Refraction Media produces STEM-focused content to encourage students to pursue STEM careers

Gina Baldassarre - April 13, 2017 3 MIN READ

Refraction Media produces a variety of magazines, websites, posters, teaching guides, and even apps to encourage students into STEM.

Profiles

Edutech startup Machinam engages students in maths by linking the textbook to the real world

Gina Baldassarre - March 31, 2017 4 MIN READ

Machinam has created an app that takes what students are learning in class and helps them apply it to real world problems.

Fintech hub Stone & Chalk is opening in Adelaide

Paul Little’s seed round fund, Skalata Ventures, has made its first investments, including F1 engineers using driving simulators to make roads safer

Thousands of Google Play apps could be fakes used to steal your data

11 startup founders reveal the best advice their mothers ever gave them

How a crackdown on comparison websites led to this white label startup

Throwing a Gronade at the fear of AI

What we learned from launching our app in five months with a $5k budget

Why an all-in-one tech vendor can be risky business for startups

Regulatory technology could fast-track banks to salvation

Here’s what I learnt from spending the night outdoors at the Vinnies CEO Sleepout

3 simple ways to get your personal brand to soar

Here’s the tax checklist startups need to prepare for the end of financial year

Accelerator: Do you have the next bright idea to revolutionise clubs in NSW?

[VIDEO] Go inside KPMG’s Sydney Innovation Lab

[VIDEO] How developer Lend Lease is embracing innovation

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