WIMSIG NEWSLETTER — July 2018
APR Intern Success Stories
The APR Intern program is an expansion of the AMSI Intern program that now includes all academic disciplines. Lots of PhD students are helping Australian companies solve problems. The APR Intern webpage features stories of some of their successful partnerships, including some fabulous female mathematicians and statisticians.
Mathematics, Gender and Mathematics Education workshop
Report by Inge Koch (AMSI)
AMSI Choose Maths held its first Mathematics, Gender and Mathematics Education workshop in Melbourne from 19–21 June 2018. Invited speakers from Canada, New Zealand and Australia presented their research which was complemented by the showcasing of the inspirational practical work of the major Choose Maths Teacher prize winners and the Choose Maths Outreach team.
The 35 workshop participants comprised teachers, state department of education representatives, researchers from ACER and academics from mathematics, statistics, mathematics education, psychology, engineering and, of course, the Choose Maths team.
The participants welcomed the opportunity to meet with people from outside their normal 'boundaries' with a clear indication from all participants to continue with this new network of people with similar aims. The mix of presentations and working groups — complemented by a welcome reception and dinner — led to fruitful discussions in particular on maths anxiety in students, parents and their teachers and on how to address it.
AustMS Teaching Awards 2018
To encourage excellence in mathematics teaching in higher education, the Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) has established the annual Award for Teaching Excellence and the annual Award for Teaching Excellence (Early Career).
Applications for the inaugural Awards close July 31. Please apply, and spread the word! More info here: http://www.austms.org.au/Teaching+Awards.
Gender Gap in Science: Global Survey
A major global survey is aiming to answer a big question: How can we measure and reduce the gender gap in science?
The Global Survey of Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Scientists is being run by the International Council for Science and is open until October 31, 2018. The survey is targeting 45,000 respondents in multiple languages to develop a better knowledge of the gender gap in global science.
Further information and the survey itself may be accessed via the following link:
Please contribute by completing the survey; it only takes around 10 minutes.
OPPORTUNITIES
Monash University
- Professor in Applied Mathematics — Mathematical Biology or Computational Mathematics (full time, continuing)
— Closing date: Sunday 8 July, 2018 - Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics — Mathematical Biology or Computational Mathematics (full time, continuing)
— Closing date: Wednesday 11 July, 2018 - Lecturer in Applied Mathematics — Female Only
(full time, continuing)
— Closing date: Sunday 22 July, 2018 - Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics — Female Only
(full time, continuing)
— Closing date: Sunday 22 July, 2018 - Lecturer in Applied Mathematics — Mathematical Biology or Computational Mathematics (full time, continuing)
— Closing date: Sunday 22 July, 2018 - Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics — Mathematical Biology or Computational Mathematics (full time, continuing)
— Closing date: Sunday 22 July, 2018
UNSW Sydney
- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Mathematics & Statistics
(full time, tenure track)
— Closing date: Tuesday 17 July, 2018
UNSW PhD Scholarship
Topic: "The role of unconscious bias in higher education"
— commencing 2019
Applicants should submit their expressions of interest by July 20, 2018. Enquiries can be directed to Dr Yanan Fan (Y.Fan@unsw.edu.au).
MEDIA
- Searching for diversity in Silicon Valley tech firms – and finding some, The Conversation — June 25, 2018
- Data ethics is more than just what we do with data, it’s also about who’s doing it, The Conversation — June 22, 2018
- In science, is brilliance ever an excuse for bad behaviour?, ABC News — June 20, 2018
- Astronaut Sally K. Ride’s legacy – encouraging young women to embrace science and engineering, The Conversation — June 18, 2018
- Amid rampant sexual harassment in science, academies aren’t ejecting abusers, Ars Technica — June 13, 2018
- Science benefits from diversity, Nature — June 6, 2018
- Mathematical Modelling Disproves Decades-old Hypothesis, SIAM News — June 1, 2018
- A new, data-based checklist to help boost women in science leadership, The Conversation — May 31, 2018
- The Most Awesome Codebreaker in World War II was a woman, Wired — Dec 27, 2017
- Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities, The Atlantic — Dec 18, 2017
Have you read an interesting article? Have some news? Have an opportunity available?
Please send items to WIMSIG-news@women.austms.org.au.
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