Networking not working? Here’s the smarter alternative
Culture Who likes networking? I ask this routinely when training researchers in industry engagement. The response is always a collective groan. Maybe networking is fun for exceptionally extroverted people, but for most of us, it seems fitting that the word includes ‘work’,...
How small business can have a big impact on STEM education
Culture To sustain Australia’s STEM industries, businesses need to step up and help schools and teachers to educate and motivate the next generation of innovators. You don’t need to be a large corporation to have a positive impact on STEM education, as demonstrated by...
Researchers need soft skills training to succeed
Industry Engagement To address a lack of essential, transferable, ‘soft skills’ training, Deakin University (DU) and Macquarie University (MU) are developing a series of seminars for Early-to-Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
Advice for early- and mid-career researchers from a diverse thinker (and doer)
Industry Engagement The following is based on Natalie Chapman’s keynote address at the most recent EMCR Forum Science Pathways 2018: Diversify your thinking. I love my job. I am fortunate to be able to help some of Australia’s most inspiring researchers and innovators to improve lives...