10 adjustment points to overcome barriers to gender equality
"We need to be disruptive – what we have been doing is not working."
Justine Romanics
Engineers Australia
From now, women applying for all undergraduate degrees in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) will receive 10 adjustment points on their Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR). Women applying for a construction project management degree in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building (DAB) will also receive 10 adjustment points.
“A generation of initiatives to support greater female participation in these key industries of the future has seen minor progress,” said Arti Agarwal, Director UTS Women in Engineering and IT (WiEIT).
“We need our education institutions to encourage girls and women at all levels, and create a stronger ‘pipeline’ to acquire the skills and knowledge to build successful careers in dynamic areas.”
