Sound, sight and touch are how Samsung Australia hopes to get kids with disabilities involved in arts education.

Sound, sight and touch are how Samsung Australia hopes to get kids with disabilities involved in arts education.

While teaching the teachers of Nauru, associate professor Pep Serow has learnt one thing – Australian teachers could do far more with the resources they have.

While teaching the teachers of Nauru, associate professor Pep Serow has learnt one thing – Australian teachers could do far more with the resources they have.

When O'Kane was in her first lecturer position at the University of Technology, Sydney, in the 1970s, her boss, professor John Debenham, was one of the first to teach Lovelace’s life and work to students. “I think he was distantly related to the Lovelaces or something,” O’Kane recounted.

Regardless, O’Kane spent much of her early academic career talking about Lovelace. She says this served to remind her of what women can do in engineering.

When O'Kane was in her first lecturer position at the University of Technology, Sydney, in the 1970s, her boss, professor John Debenham, was one of the first to teach Lovelace’s life and work to students. “I think he was distantly related to the Lovelaces or something,” O’Kane recounted.

Regardless, O’Kane spent much of her early academic career talking about Lovelace. She says this served to remind her of what women can do in engineering.

After high school, Nisha Pradhan wanted to be a hairdresser. Her male high school careers advisor thought “this was a great idea.” But when Pradhan, now a University of New South Wales fourth year electrical engineering and commerce student, told her mathematics teacher Mrs Wilcock, of her ambitions, Pradhan says her teacher “had something completely else in mind.” She encouraged Pradhan to try out engineering.

After high school, Nisha Pradhan wanted to be a hairdresser. Her male high school careers advisor thought “this was a great idea.” But when Pradhan, now a University of New South Wales fourth year electrical engineering and commerce student, told her mathematics teacher Mrs Wilcock, of her ambitions, Pradhan says her teacher “had something completely else in mind.” She encouraged Pradhan to try out engineering.

In a packed program this week, Loren from Early Learning Review talks about how childcare rorting might be funding terrorism, James from Education Review and Campus Review discusses the #LetThemStay movement among academics and Dallas Bastian from Aged Care Insite steps in to provide some expert commentary on the Five Big Myths of Growing Old, according USQ’s resident expert gerontologist.

In a packed program this week, Loren from Early Learning Review talks about how childcare rorting might be funding terrorism, James from Education Review and Campus Review discusses the #LetThemStay movement among academics and Dallas Bastian from Aged Care Insite steps in to provide some expert commentary on the Five Big Myths of Growing Old, according USQ’s resident expert gerontologist.