Girls Do The Maths 2013

This year's Girls Do The Maths workshop was held on Friday 24 May 2013. The workshop aims to provide an overview to female year 12 students about potential career directions involving mathematics and statistics.

The day was packed full of information sessions and presentations, and participants had a mini-tour of the School's facilities. They were also given the opportunity to socialise with speakers, current students and staff during lunch.

Dr Katarina Mele from CSIRO and Ms Jessica Egan from Taylor Fry were this year's guest speakers, and the first and last talks of the day were "Glimpses of University Mathematics" presented by Dr Adelle Coster and Randell Heyman. The participants received a wealth of information from A/Prof Robert Womersley's presentation on courses, degrees and careers, and Dr Frances Kuo's session on scholarships.

Attendees cited Randell Heyman's talk as a highlight, and also found the information on scholarships very useful. Many participants praised the enthusiasm of the speakers, and found the workshop well organised and very interesting.

We hope that participants now feel more confident about their potential career and university choices.