HunterWiSE win University of Newcastle’s Excellence Award

Professor Sarah Johnson and the team behind HunterWiSE won the University of Newcastle’s Excellence Award for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Excellence Awards night held on 11 December.

Hunter Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship (HunterWiSE) is improving participation and engagement of high school girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities, with the aim to boost the number of girls undertaking high school and tertiary STEM courses, and increase the number of women pursuing and succeeding in STEM careers.