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    OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

    Sep 05, 2018 3 minutes
    BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE

    The statistics speak volumes. In Australia, women make up less than one tenth of engineering students and a quarter of IT (information technology) graduates. Only one quarter of our STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce is female. Women hold fewer than 20 per cent of this country’s senior research positions.

    Staff and management at St Scholastica’s College in Sydney are determined to right this gender imbalance. In the past year, they have introduced a raft of programs aimed at redressing the situation and encouraging their students to

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