A position paper released today by the Office of the Chief scientist brings a welcome focus on the importance of improving primary school science education.
The paper’s suggested goals are improving the prestige of teachers, creating a national science professional development program for teachers and the creation of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Education Leadership Taskforce to act as a focal point for national engagement on science education.
Eight Fellows from the Australian Academy of Science are among a list of scientists, researchers and industry experts announced as part of the ‘Knowledge Nation 100’.
The inaugural list was compiled by the Knowledge Society and the Office of the Chief Scientist and launched by the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull following on from the government’s recently released National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA). It recognises 100 Australians who are at the cutting edge of innovation and science in Australia and who are contributing to Australia’s future economy.
Professor CNR Rao was formally admitted as a Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science at a ceremony in Canberra yesterday.
Professor Rao, who is one of the foremost world leaders in the area of solid state and materials chemistry, joins 27 other leading international researchers and science advocates with strong links to Australia.
The Australian Academy of Science is proud to partner with the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers to create a bold new Australian government-supported program to transform how mathematics is taught in Australian schools.
The Minister for Education and Training, the Hon. Simon Birmingham, today announced that the Academy and AAMT have been awarded a $6.4 million contract to develop and promote new maths resources for school students and teachers, from Foundation to Year 10.
Letter to Members of Parliament on the Lockhart Report and Patterson Bill (PDF)
The peak body representing Australia's leading scientists, the Australian Academy of Science, has strongly urged Members of the House of Representatives to support the passage of the Patterson Bill and the recommendations of the Lockhart report on stem cell research.
Advances in the physical, mathematical and biological sciences in the past 20 to 30 years underpin $330 billion a year of Australia’s economic output.
These advances also support more than 1 million Australian jobs, or 10 per cent of total employment.
These findings are presented in a new report commissioned by the Office of the Chief Scientist and the Australian Academy of Science and produced by the Centre for International Economics (CIE).
Advances in the physical, mathematical and biological sciences in the past 20 to 30 years underpin $330 billion a year of Australia’s economic output, according to a new report commissioned by the Office of the Chief Scientist and the Australian Academy of Science.
Academy Vice-President and Secretary Physical Sciences Professor C. Jagadish was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the Australia Day honours, for his distinguished service to physics, engineering and nanotechnology, and to education and his executive roles at national and international science advisory organisations.
Australia’s world-leading climate and environmental science capability is facing an uncertain future with the news of more major job cuts at the CSIRO, according to the Australian Academy of Science.
The announcement comes on top of cuts of more than $20 million to climate and environmental science in the 2014-15 Federal Budget.
Australia’s world-leading climate and environmental science capability is facing an uncertain future with the news of more major job cuts at CSIRO, according to the Australian Academy of Science.
The announcement comes on top of cuts of more than $20 million to climate and environmental science in the 2014-15 Federal Budget. Media reports indicate that up to 300 positions in the organisation will change, mainly within the Oceans and Atmosphere and Land and Water divisions.
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