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Australia has not yet made the systemic changes required to achieve diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, according to the findings of newly released research.

Global engineering software company Altair is collaborating with RMIT University to provide unlimited access to high-tech simulation software used by Boeing, Telstra and GM Holden to reduce the weight of aeroplane and automotive structures.

The demand for executives in the Australian ICT sector waxes and wanes on a monthly basis, but was second only to the financial sector in demand for August as the country’s jobs market trends towards its highest level in seven years.

Newly opened start-of-the-art research facilities at the University of Technology Sydney will attract companies and researchers from around the globe to work on new projects in engineering and digital transformation, according to a senior UTS academic.

The James Dyson Award is an incredible global incubator of engineering and design talent, starting 14 years ago and bringing forth incredible innovation from students, with this year's Australian winner now set to compete in the international finals.

Executive employment in Australia is in a “golden age”, according to one search firm which reveals an increase of 15% in demand for executives in August – with IT executive demand second only to the management sector.

If you want to build and maintain Google-scale websites, Google’s free e-book may be right for you.

Westpac has launched a pilot program to encourage up to 100 female high school students in Sydney to gain valuable science, technology, engineering and maths skills.

Accounting software provider MYOB has launched the second wave of its developher programme aimed at increasing the number of women in technical roles and offering successful candidates a fully paid, full-time internship.

Questacon and Samsung have renewed their technology partnership for two more years to continue inspiring and engaging teachers and young Australians in science, technology, engineering and maths through Questacon Smart Skills workshops across the country.

Expanded partnerships with AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) companies sees Dropbox state it is a go-to tool for people in those industries, solving challenges and delivering more way to collaborate.

New York-based global enterprise data protection and privacy company BigID has raised US$14 million in a Series A funding round, with the funding to be used to grow its engineering team in Israel and expand global sales and marketing.

Samsung Australia's CSR dedication to STEM is impressive, but with only 16% of students studying higher-education STEM subjects, may its efforts long continue, and be widely emulated.

The University of Technology Sydney has developed STEAMpunk Girls, an educational programme that introduces young women aged 12 to 16 to the science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM) industries.

The University of Adelaide has appointed one of its own former graduates and academics and global engineering leader, Professor Anton Middelberg, as its new executive dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.

ICT architects in Australia have attracted the highest overall salaries advertised on a national employment website, in line with high demand nationally.

Dyson’s new "spare-no-expense" laboratories at its new Technology Centre in Singapore features "exceptional engineers" focused on cutting edge manufacturing, software and robotics.

Not having enough solid engineers sucks, so to foster the next generation of engineers, James Dyson plans to open the Dyson Institute of Technology by September 2017 offering degrees engineered to tackle UK’s yawning engineering shortage.

Fujitsu has acquired US-based communications infrastructure engineering contractor TrueNet Communications in a deal which the Japanese ICT services giant says creates a global industry leader in the delivery of  design and management services.

Australian tech start-up Rundl has launched its digital platform solution to streamline collaboration and service delivery in new areas such as government, healthcare, project management, IT, engineering and entrepreneurship, and has won a major CeBIT Australia 2016 award.