STEM

As the education sector gets a shake-up, an Auckland-based charity is quietly getting on with their mission to train teachers in classrooms.  Audio

Tristan O'Hanlon and Grinding Gear Games co-founder Jonathan Rogers are starting a high school focussed on sciences and computer programming. Audio

NASA astronaut and microbiologist Dr Kate Rubins has been touring New Zealand taking part in a programme to promote STEM subjects. STEM is science, technology, engineering and math subjects, and the… Audio

New research out this morning has looked at the way Maori and Pasifika postgraduates in STEM are treated within the university space - and it paints a concerning picture. The paper includes the… Audio

Our next guest says that it's hard to find Pasifika students at Honours level with STEM backgrounds. Pasifika are under represented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. The Government has… Audio

Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh is a computer engineer and the director of Women In Technology at AUT, and the founder of She Sharp. She's also today's Bookmarks guest. Audio

Two stories about science pathways - Katy Gosset heads to the University of Canterbury STEM careers fair to find out what the future might be for science students, while Claire Concannon learns about… Audio

Our Changing World looks at how careers are changing for science graduates.

Can a plant biologist build a space craft? Will a physics graduate end up designing systems to play the stock market?

Katy… Audio

Brent Bushnell runs a circus - but not the kind you might remember from your childhood. It's a Micro-Amusement Park, combining Virtual Reality, escape rooms and carnival games - with liberal amounts… Audio

Katharina Weischede is a slime princess with a successful business. The 11-year-old Auckland schoolgirl is an internet sensation with her slime-making videos and sells her slimy wares around the… Audio

Auckland's MOTAT is having a Super STEM Fair for budding scientists, inventors, engineers and maths whizzes on 8 April. Fee McLeod from The Mindlab by Unitec talks about how to get children away… Audio

After years of being the only female in many of her high school technology and science classes,  Alexia Hilbertidou founded GirlBoss New Zealand - a network of young women passionate about science… Audio

A new online tool in education has been rolled out in Northland to help NCEA students in rural areas, where it can be difficult to attract specialist teachers of STEM subjects. STEM Online NZ is a… Audio