According to Engineers Australia’s Women in Engineering report 48 per cent of Australia’s workforce are female, yet only 13 per cent of the engineering profession are female. This has to change.
Justine Romanis, National Manager for Professional Diversity and STEM at Engineers Australia sits down with inspiring women to discuss how we can move the dial as part of create’s Women in Engineering video series.
Courtney Freebody, Leader of Learning and Technology at Mater Dei Catholic College in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, is passionate about giving girls a better chance of success when it comes to STEM subjects.
Freebody, who wishes engineering had been promoted as a pathway when she was choosing a university degree, says it is important that girls are encouraged to embrace STEM from an early age.
“I loved maths at school, but I didn’t see engineering as an option,”…
