AROSE’s Virtual and In-person STEM Training and Awareness Program - AVISTA

About this episode

The episode discusses AROSE's AVISTA program aimed at enhancing STEM education and career awareness in high schools across Australia.

Learn about AVISTA - AROSE’s Virtual and In-person STEM Training and Awareness Program, which will visit over 200 high schools across Australia face-to-face as well as digitally through STEM challenges to help students learn more about STEM career pathways into the Australian defence industries. We speak with Holly Kershaw, STEM Program Manager at AROSE to learn more. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About AVISTA Supported by the Department of Defence’s School Pathways Program, AVISTA will deliver a range of exciting learning experiences to students, their teachers and families throughout 2025, to help develop Australia’s STEM talent pipeline by providing direct insights into defence industry career pathways. AVISTA is an initiative of AROSE, delivered in partnership with Fizzics Education, Gilmour Space Technologies, Gunggandji Aerospace, IlluminateFNQ, Joseph Banks Secondary College, Nova Systems, and the University of Western Australia Defence and Security Institute. Learn more https://avista.org.au/ About AROSE Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) is a leading, industry-led, not-for-profit organisation that stands at the…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Newsome

Guest: Holly Kershaw

Topics covered

• STEM education
• career pathways
• defence industry
• high school programs
• training initiatives

Keywords

• AVISTA
• STEM training
• AROSE
• defence careers
• education program
• high schools
• Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AROSE, Department of Defence, Fizzics Education, Gilmour Space Technologies, Gunggandji Aerospace, IlluminateFNQ, Joseph Banks Secondary College, Nova Systems, University of Western Australia Defence and Security Institute

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