“Happy” Equal Pay Day Australia!!

56 days after EOFY !!🗓️

That’s how long it takes females to equalise the salary of their male counterparts in Australia! 💵

That’s $263.90 PER WEEK! Food for thought… 🤔

#SuperstarsOfSTEM #TheSecretLifeOfChemists

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLG7fCGn/

The month of #ScienceWeek begins! I've got an action-packed ~5 weeks coming up, full of #SciComm and #Space content all around lutruwita / #Tasmania! If you're keen to hang out, or see some great local #science content, check out some of the events below 👇

🌘 Aug 4 - presenting at Beaker Streets "Young Tassie Scientists After Hours: Science for Kids (for Adults)" at #TMAG
🤖 Aug 5 - watching @parisba argue that #AI is anything but #creative in "The Great Debate" at The Theatre Royal
🍎 Aug 6 - speaking at the ABC Ockham's Razor event, LIVE at Willie Smith's Apple Shed down #Huonville
🛰️ Aug 12 - speaking at TastroFest up in #Devonport, as part of a series of presentations running all next week with the support of Libraries Tasmania
🏰 Aug 14 - mingling at the Government House launch of #ScienceWeek 2023, likely whispering in people's ears about my plans for a science centre out west...
🚗 Aug 15-18 - travelling around Tas on the #YoungTassieScientists Southern road trip! This includes about a dozen schools plus at least one event with Children's University!
🎙️ Aug 16 - giving the ECR address at Hobart's #ScienceMeetsParliament dinner, hosted by Minister for Science and Technology, Hon Madeleine Ogilvie MP
🎪 Aug 19 - staffing a booth at Inspiring Tasmania's #FestivalOfBrightIdeas / #FoBI down at Salamanca
🎓 Aug 22 - talking futures and opportunities as the occasional address at the afternoon session of Winter Graduations for #UTAS's College of Sciences and Engineering

(Then I take a week off to catch up on normal work + sleep, and do 2 days of #SciComm training with #SuperstarsOfSTEM)

🏫 Sep 1 - back at it, as a keynote for the 'It Takes a Spark!' #STEM #Education conference, alongside the fantastic Dr Lila Landowski!

(Then maybe I get a break from speaking for a bit, at least until the Australian Space Research Conference comes to town a few weeks later 😬)

Links and tickets:
🌘 https://www.beakerstreet.com.au/2023events/young-tassie-scientists-after-hours/
🤖 https://www.beakerstreet.com.au/2023events/great-debate/
🍎 https://www.beakerstreet.com.au/2023events/ockhams-razor-live-at-willie-smiths/ (Sold Out)
🛰️ https://libraries.tas.gov.au/event/tastrotalk-with-mars-buttfield-addison-devonport-library/
🏰 https://westcoastspacecentre.com
🚗 https://youngtassiescientists.com
🎙️ None (seemingly not public/on the internet at all this year?)
🎪 https://festivalofbrightideas.com.au
🎓 https://www.utas.edu.au/about/events/graduation#content2-1381297
🏫 https://spark-educonferences.com.au/tasmania-2023/

RT @ScienceAU
Globally, women hold only 2 in every 10 jobs in science, engineering and technology. This International Women’s Day we celebrate #WomeninSTEM, salute our game-changing #SuperstarsofSTEM, and say it’s time to crack the code to gender equality. #IWD2023

@KatieOcean thanks.. still figuring this platform out and trying to find folks and not even sure how I see comments on my posts so tips appreciated 😂 So much to like about Mastodon though.. . And here are a few more hashtags to get me started 😊#Introduction #ThanksMastodon #ByeTwitter #FindingOceanScientists #SeekingBirdWatchers #ClimateChange #fisheries #FisheriesScience #WildOz #MarineMammals #SuperStarsOfSTEM #Birding #CSIRO #Wildlife #whales

#introduction post! And what better way than to announce that I am officially part of the 2023/24 #SuperstarsofSTEM program! This program is run by #Science and #Technology #Australia and equips 60 women and non-binary #stem experts from across the country with advanced communication skills - for schools, the stage, and all forms of media. The aim is to smash gender barriers and increase STEM participation by girls, women and non-binary folk by making current experts visible everywhere. As a giant #penguin nerd, I can’t wait to share more stories with you all and hopefully inspire the next generation of said penguin nerds.

yay for all our superstars but particular congratulations to @astro_del@twitter.com!

RT @ScienceAU@twitter.com

We are absolutely thrilled to introduce you to the incredible, diverse and deeply inspiring newest #SuperstarsofSTEM announced today. Read more about their stories and the science, technology, maths, and engineering they do. Congratulations to you all! https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/superstars-of-stem/meet-the-superstars-of-stem/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ScienceAU/status/1593332998325161984

Excited to be announced today as one of the new #SuperstarsofSTEM cohort!

Congrats to all these very bright women!
👍😎
#superstarsofstem #stem #science #engineering #mathematics

Meet the Superstars of STEM | Science and Technology Australia

https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/superstars-of-stem/meet-the-superstars-of-stem/

RT @ScienceAU@twitter.com

We are absolutely thrilled to introduce you to the incredible, diverse and deeply inspiring newest #SuperstarsofSTEM announced today. Read more about their stories and the science, technology, maths, and engineering they do. Congratulations to you all! https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/superstars-of-stem/meet-the-superstars-of-stem/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ScienceAU/status/1593332998325161984

RT @ScienceAU
We are absolutely thrilled to introduce you to the incredible, diverse and deeply inspiring newest #SuperstarsofSTEM announced today. Read more about their stories and the science, technology, maths, and engineering they do. Congratulations to you all! https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/superstars-of-stem/meet-the-superstars-of-stem/

I am tremendously excited & proud to share that I have been selected to join the new cohort of #SuperstarsofSTEM by Science and Technology Australia — a national program to give #WomenInSTEM stronger skills & confidence to have expert commentary roles in the media.

Read more about my cohort's stories and the science, technology, maths, and engineering we do. Congratulations to you all! https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/superstars-of-stem/meet-the-superstars-of-stem/

Super excited to finally be able to share that I have been selected as one of Australia’s #SuperstarsOfSTEM for 2023-24 🎉

In this program, 60 diverse scientists and professionals receive training and mentorship to become top-quality science media correspondents and science communicators—improving representation across science-related media in Australia.
👩‍💻🧪🔭🧬🧫🌱🔥🐝☄️🦠

🔗 https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/superstars-of-stem/meet-the-superstars-of-stem/

#science #STEM #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #WomenInSTEM #SSoS23

Congratulations to all the new #SuperstarsofSTEM announced today by #ScienceAndTechnologyAustralia. This game-changing program is creating real change through diverse visible role models to inspire more women and girls into science. #WomenInScience #STEM #Science #Diversity #ScienceCommunication https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/superstars-of-stem/

@Constababble Hi Lee.. I’ve just joined the herd too and encouraging other #SuperstarsofSTEM to set up accounts, so your post is a huge help to try and find folks while we learn the ropes on this friendly new site :mastoblush: