The Department of Defence supports a range of skilling and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) initiatives which seek to address industry capacity and capability gaps and boost the pool of STEM skills available to the Australian defence industry.
The Re-Engineering Australia Foundation is a recipient of a Department of Defence 2017-18 School Pathways Programme Grant and undertakes a range of activities to increase the pool of young people undertaking STEM subjects at school and raise students’ awareness of defence industry as a viable, exciting and long-term career option.
For more information on the School Pathways Programme and other Department of Defence initiatives, please visit the website.
For more information about defence industry, The Workforce Behind the Defence Force, please visit the website.
If your schools would like to establish a partnership with an industry near you there are a number of options available.
If you would like to find an organisation near you involved in Defence industries this link to the Australian Defence Magazine data base where you can search through the thousands of companies involved in defence industries to find one near your school.
