BHP Billiton invests $22 million in women studying maths
Article by Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Women’s Agenda BHP Billiton has announced a $22 million partnership with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute to encourage women and girls to [...]
BHP Billiton wants more girls to study maths
Article by Vicky Validakis, Australian Mining BHP Billiton has launched a $22 million partnership with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute to increase the representation of women in [...]
BHP backs maths for girls with $22m
Article by Tim Dodd, the Australian Financial Review BHP Billiton will spend $22 million on lifting the maths performance of girls in schools and helping them into male-dominated science, [...]
BHP digs deep for $22m to boost school maths levels
Article by Andrew Trounson, THE AUSTRALIAN Andrew Mackenzie sees mathematics as a key to the nation’s future prosperity, and the head of global mining giant BHP Billiton has slapped $22 million [...]
Who said girls aren’t interested in maths?
Every child starts school with mathematical potential, but women in maths careers are rare. So what inspired Lily Serna to buck the trend? Before explorers stumbled across Australia, Europeans [...]
BHP Billiton Foundation invests in Australia’s mathematical future
MELBOURNE, TUESDAY 28 APRIL 2015: Today, the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and the BHP Billiton Foundation launch Choose Maths, a five-year national program that will turn [...]
Holiday road trips made easier with maths and stats
NEWCASTLE, 27 DECEMBER 2014: Thousands of Australians will be hitting the roads this summer; cars packed with eskies, tents and boogie boards. But who makes sure the roads are safe, the traffic [...]
Eradicating Ebola with mathematics and statistics
MELBOURNE, 28 November 2014. The most effective and, perhaps, surprising weapons in our current battle against the spread of diseases like Ebola, HIV and cancer may prove to be mathematics and [...]
Women in science and maths denounce stereotyping in Libra tampon ad
Article by Andrew Trounson, The Australian, 27 August 2014 TAMPON maker Libra is being called on to remove and apologise for crass advertising that female scientists and mathematicians have [...]