After motherhood, family responsibilities and two abandoned PhD opportunities, Elevate scholar Sara Yazdanparast is pursuing her research dreamof developing green walls that could clean wastewater and grow food in Australian cities.
New research from an Elevate scholar has found that an AI system can score almost 100% in testing and still perform dramatically differently when put in charge of an electricity system designed to simulate the real world.
An Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM scholarship is helping an emerging STEM researcher uncover how our understanding of mental health is shifting and what that means for how we respond.
New figures showing a 15 per cent decline in domestic research students over the past decade underscore the need for greater investment in PhD stipends, scholarships and STEM career pathways.
A program described in an independent review as a “gold standard” for fostering gender equity in STEM is facing a funding cliff, despite achieving a 96% retention rate among its scholars.
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