Club Feature: Women in STEM

Who are Women in STEM?

What are Women in STEM goals?

What’s been some of your biggest achievements as a club?

What are Women in STEM looking forward to most for the rest of the year?

If someone doesn’t study a STEM degree or doesn’t identify as female, can they still be involved?

How can we get involved with Women in STEM?

Women in STEM is a network of people which aims to support women who are entering fields that were once considered ‘non-traditional’ for females; Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. Together, we strive to empower women in these fields and in doing so, we hope to play a part in correcting gender imbalance within these industries.

Our main objective is to provide support for women who will likely be within the minority once they enter STEM workplaces. This means bringing our members opportunities to network, develop professional and personal skills as well as build a sense of community with other people entering similar fields.

Last year we won ‘Club of the Year’ and of course, it was amazing to have our work recognised by the UniSA community. We have also seen remarkable growth in our membership numbers, as the club was only created three years ago, and we have upward of 160 members. However, we’d like to say our biggest achievement as a club is the sense of community we have created. We really feel as if Women in STEM is a place that everyone feels safe and valued, and the work we do to support women is a step in the right direction for equality and gender balance in STEM industries.

We have quite a few events in the works which we are really looking forward to bringing our members.

We are planning a networking event, where we plan to host a panel of industry professionals from a variety of STEM fields so that members can ask questions about entering the workforce and gain an idea of how to better their employment prospects.

We have also been planning a major event with the Women in STEM club from the University of Adelaide. This will be the first intervarsity event that our club has done and so we are very excited to see that through, however we are aware with increasing restrictions that we may have to postpone this. All future events will be posted on our social media pages—so stay tuned.

Absolutely! One of the core values of our club is inclusivity. We are founded upon the basis that everyone, regardless of gender identity, ethnicity or academic background, is equal. If you believe in achieving equality, then you are more than have a place in Women in STEM UniSA!

If you’d like to become a member, you can do so through the USASA website. You can also follow us on social media, where we share news of all our events and other things happening in the club.

You can follow us on Facebook (@WomeninSTEMUniSA), Instagram (@winstemunisa), Twitter (@WinSTEMUniSA(, and LinkedIn (Women in STEM at UniSA).