Australia’s first nationally selected team achieved two gold and a silver medal at the 9th International Earth Science Olympiad held 13-20 September 2015, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gold medal winner Zoe Thompson, a student of Redlands School in Sydney, along with her three fellow team members, Sacha Mann from Girton Grammar School in Bendigo,
Earth Science Week will be celebrated from 11-17 October 2015. This annual event is an initiative coordinated by the American Geosciences Institute (of which AIG is an affiliate organisation). Information about Earth Science week and activities being organised around the world are available here. Geoscience Australia and other Australian geoscience organisations will be will be hosting
Geoscience Australia hosts regular public talks that provide insight and news about the work undertaken by Australia’s lead public geoscience agency. The talks cater for a range of technical and general audiences and are delivered by leaders in their respective fields. These form part of the Geoscience Australia Wednesday Seminars and Distinguished Geoscience Australia Lecturer (DGAL) series. The
Earth Science Western Australia were recognised last night (27 August) at the Premier’s Science Awards in Perth. ESWA was named the Chevron Science Engagement Initiative of the Year at the Premier’s Science Awards ceremony. The ESWA board expressed thanks to all of the individuals and organisations that helped to make this possible.
Have your say on the future of science in Australia The Australian Government wants ideas and feedback from industry, the research and education sectors and the wider community on a long term strategy for boosting Australia’s capability in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). A copy of the consultation paper released recently dealing with
Kaylene Camuti Chair, AIG Education Subcommittee In the education report for last year’s May issue of AIG News I wrote that we were going through a difficult period for geoscientists and for geoscience students. Little has changed in the last twelve months: unemployment and underemployment remain at high levels and students are graduating into a
The application form for the 2015 AIG Geoscience Student Bursary Program is now available from the AIG web site. AIG Bursaries are offered to Third Year, Honours and Postgraduate students. The closing date for applications is the 28th July. In addition to AIG bursaries offered in all geoscience fields, the AIG also offers a number
AIG has implemented an initiative to endorse training and other forms of continued professional development offered to Australian geoscientists by companies and educational institutions. Under this initiative, groups seeking endorsement of their training and CPD offerings are required to provide AIG with full details of the course outline and content, and collect structured feedback from
Geoscience Australia has unveiled a beta version of its Classroom Resources web portal, designed to provide access to educational resources produced by the agency. Geoscience Australia produces teaching resources for primary and secondary levels. Resources include background information, student activities, full-colour cut-out 3D models and posters. For more information contact education@ga.gov.au or visit the classroom resources web
AIG’s Western Australia Branch is offering two $1000 sponsorships for Curtin University and University of Western Australia undergraduate or postgraduate student members of AIG to attend the CODES – SEG conference September 27 – 30 in Hobart, Tasmania. To be considered for this grant, you will be required to submit a poster presentation or talk abstract to
