News & Views item - January 2012

 

 

Is Science Crucial to Australians' Quality of Life? (January 20, 2012)

Australia's Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb, commissioned Universities Australia "to analyse first year [university] students’ attitudes toward the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The result is a 144-page report STEM and non-STEM First Year Students.

 

Universities Australia's take-home message?

 

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