This document provides an update on the successful implementation of the Participation Strategy for the AMSI Vacation Schools and Scholarships Project 2012-2016 and should be read in conjunction with the annual stage reports for the project.
Program Objectives
Short-term
- Male and female participants should reflect the current cohort of enrolled mathematical sciences undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Participants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) descent should reflect the current cohort of enrolled mathematical sciences undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Participants from low socio-economic status backgrounds should reflect the current cohort of enrolled mathematical sciences undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Long-term
- Male and female participants are approximately equal in number and of a high calibre.
- Significant increases in participation of high calibre persons of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) descent.
- By the year 2020 at least 20% of participants will be from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds.
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