AMSI in the news

The World Today (ABC Radio), Wednesday 21 October 2015.  AMSI Director, Professor Geoff Prince recently hit the airwaves to warn ABC World Today’s Brendan Trembath that falling Year 12 high-level [...]

The Australian, Wednesday 21 October 2015.  AMSI’s recent report card for Year 12  mathematics participation has revealed a ten-year decline in the number of students pursuing high-level [...]

“Google Australia chief Maile Carnegie warns Australia is not educating enough of the innovators and entrepreneurs who “will start the next Googles and Atlassians here and help us rewire to [...]

Article by Henrietta Cook and Timna Jackson, The Age, Saturday 29 August, 2015. “I’ve left my glasses at home,” the 30-year-old with perfect vision said. Chisholm Institute of [...]

Article by Denham Sadler, StartupSmart, 24 August, 2015. While Australian women are underrepresented in STEM fields, that isn’t stopping women from excelling in tech startups, according to a new [...]

Radio piece by Stephanie Pradier, Science Show, Radio National, Saturday 22 August, 2015. Mathematics is the basis of all science. And its importance is increasing as computers handle large [...]

Article by Rubee Dano, Lateral Magazine, 10 August 2015. The idea that boys are better at maths than girls is hardly new. Seemingly a common misconception, it leads to a warped perception of [...]

Article by John Ross, The Australian, 12 August 2015 It outshines other sciences in Discovery grant applications and trains graduates for a raft of industries. Yet schools don’t mandate it, [...]

Article by Tim Dodd, Australian Financial Review, 10 August 2015 Bruce Henry, the head of UNSW Australia’s School of Mathematics and Statistics laments that 70 per cent of students now [...]

Article by Tim Dodd, Australian Financial Review, 9 August 2015. Top educators have defended Australian universities’ move away from requiring maths as a prerequisite for science, [...]