Designed to foster collaboration and connections between Australian STEM professionals and Federal Parliamentarians, the STEM Ambassador program has already catalysed some meaningful action. For example, the science and technology community in Melbourne’s electorate of Wills are mobilising to help inform policymaking in Canberra. Candice Raeburn is the STEM Ambassador in Wills, and she has been […]
STEM Ambassador inspiring Parliament to look to the sky
In his quest for knowledge, STEM Ambassador Dr Simon Mutch is trying to find out how the universe’s first galaxies formed and how they evolve over time. “We all want to understand how we came to be here,” Dr Mutch said “The first galaxies are the ancestors of all the galaxies we see in the […]
Seeking Ambassadors to share the best of Australian science and technology
Science & Technology Australia has launched a year-long pilot of their STEM Ambassador Program. Designed to build on the success of Science meets Parliament, the Ambassador program will connect Parliamentarians with STEM professionals working or living in their local electorate. Their job as an Ambassador will be to share the positive stories of their discipline and […]