High schools are doing better than ever at science…mathematics results mixed. Maaike Wienk commentary in the ‘Financial Review’ [Nine Media paywall access may be required].

Australian high school students have achieved their best-ever results in the latest international maths and science tests, finishing in the world’s top 10 on the back of a significant [...]

The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) is delighted to acknowledge the successes of its members in this year’s Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) premier awards. [...]

“There’s a whole ethos in education departments at state government level, which believes it’s absolutely fine for teachers to teach students even if they don’t have a strong grounding in the [...]

The long-term decline in the number of students taught calculus in Australian schools and TIMSS data due this week should have every policy-maker and teacher extremely worried. Read more in the AFR.

Five more of Australia’s leading mathematical scientists have been added to the ranks of the ‘Superstars of STEM’, a program by Science and Technology Australia that equips [...]

Does the AMSI Director ever buy a lottery ticket? Asha Rao discusses the probability of winning lotto with Morning presenter Leon Compton on ABC Radio Hobart.

Javier Tordable from the Office of the CTO at Google Cloud) on impactful problems across Google and industry to which mathematicians could contribute. High-level, non-technical. Accessible by [...]

Every year, BioInfoSummer brings together many of Australia’s most talented advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and early career researchers to explore bioinformatics — [...]

Expert commentary by RMIT’s Asha Rao and social justice advocate Tim Costello on ABC TV News Sydney [@13:05 — 2 minute view].