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• ​Report shows just how many females are in key IT jobs

  It’s becoming clear that 50:50 gender targets aren’t realistic as there are not enough women but there’s a silver lining in mid-tier organisations.

• ​Pushing STEM in high school is too little, too late

  STEM skills should be taught at a much younger age if there is any hope of filling the growing skills gap, according to Hays Recruitment's A/NZ boss, Nick Deligiannis.

• Walmart finds STEM workers at its stores

  Still, some corporate leaders are urging Congress to make computer science training a national priority.

• Tabcorp turns to Poland for tech skills

  One of Australia’s biggest technology users, Tabcorp, is using a development centre in Krakow, Poland to access application developers with skills needed by the multi-billion dollar organisation to build its digital capabilities.
  

• ​1984 was the year everything changed for women in IT: Lynwen Connick

  Women began dropping out of ICT roles in 1984, the same year personal computers were on the rise, according to Lynwen Connick, First Assistant Secretary - Cyber Policy and Intelligence Division, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

• 2000 school students engaged with tech leaders at BiG Day In launch

  More than 2,000 secondary school students heard insights from around 50 experienced technology professionals at the BiG Day In event launch at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) earlier this month.

• CSIRO to develop digital STEM resources with education tech startup

  The CSIRO has signed a deal with Stile, an education technology startup, to develop digital resources in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

• NSW Parliament takes part in Innovation Bootcamp

  New South Wales ministers and legislative council members were today invited to attend an innovation boot camp in Sydney, exposing them to the fundamentals of coding, robotics and entrepreneurial thinking demonstrated by NSW students.

• ​Human Services to hire 150 tech grads

  The Department of Human Services (DHS) – the government agency responsible for the rollout of the $1 billion welfare payment system – is recruiting 150 graduates with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) qualifications.
  

• ​Picking up STEAM: How the arts can drive STEM leadership

  Can combining the arts with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) provide more innovative thinking and solve our skills crisis?

• Innovation workshop open to Vic students

  In an innovation workshop available to Victorian school students, participants will tackle real-world problems using technology such as 3D printers, modular electronics and robotics.

• Flexible working and new attitudes key to more women in IT

  Advances in technology should be getting more women into the workforce, yet the opposite seems to be true in Australia and the ICT sector, said Professor Gillian Triggs.

• AIIA criticises government's latest STEM report

  The Federal Government’s recent report on how to encourage and leverage STEM skills in Australia has failed to provide any clear pathway to achieve current objectives, according the AIIA.
  

• Machine learning not 'death knell of modern workforce': Telstra CEO

  Advancements in machine learning will not be the death knell of the modern workforce but rather provide ample new opportunities for growth, according to Telstra’s new CEO, Andrew Penn.

• MOOCs deliver robots for everyone

  The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) aims to bring robots to the masses through two massive open online courses (MOOCs) on robotics.