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Gold Fields has today awarded 11 passionate female STEM stars from Perth high schools with a 2023 Futures Program Bursary.
Each student will be offered A$32,000 over five years as they complete years 11, 12 and the first three years of tertiary studies in a STEM discipline.
The Futures Bursary Program has been designed by Gold Fields to encourage girls into STEM subjects whilst at school so they have the opportunity to continue into STEM-based tertiary studies and careers.
The Program is one of a suite of initiatives Gold Fields has developed to support equitable and inclusive access to education explains EVP Australasia Stuart Mathews.
"We know that the pipeline for getting more women into technical STEM roles within Gold Fields needs to be addressed while girls are still at school and when they begin to consider their future study and career options," said Mr Mathews.
"At Gold Fields we recognise that there are multiple interventions needed to attract more students to STEM and to provide clear career pathways and options," he said.
"I am incredibly impressed and excited for the future of our workforce after meeting our successful bursary recipients today, all who have a clear understanding of the difference they want to make in the world using their respective studies across science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines", he said.
"We have an amazing, passionate and diverse cohort of bursary recipients and we welcome them to the Gold Fields' community and hope one day they may end up working for us. We are delighted that this initiative will encourage and support them to stay with STEM subjects during future studies", he said.
"Gold Fields has a clear commitment to increasing our female participation in the workforce to 30% by 2030 and the Futures Program is one way to ensure we have a strong pipeline of women coming through in the medium to long term and who will take the industry into the future," said Mr Mathews.
Senior members of the Gold Fields team met the 11 successful candidates from five metropolitan high schools this morning to congratulate them, their parents and teaching staff and also to celebrate the International Day of Girls and Women in Science being acknowledged on 11th February.
Bursary recipient Hannah Nkiwane is from Ellenbrook Christian College and loves chemistry, maths and engineering and has plans to become a civil engineer.
She believes the role of STEM in the future, "is to develop innovative, sustainable ways of life that significantly increase productivity while simultaneously increasing the living standard globally, particularly in developing nations."
Students like Hannah will also be given the opportunity to be mentored by Gold Fields employees and to network across the industry.
The Program, in its second year of piloting, will be extended regionally to Goldfields high schools later this year.
To register your schools interest or for more information, please email Shaheen Hughes Superintendent : Inclusion & Engagement on Shaheen.hughes@goldfields.com.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Gold Fields Education and Training Initiatives
Gold Fields is committed to supporting the future of the mining industry and recognises that a multi-pronged approach to attracting more students to STEM subjects is necessary, and includes supporting a number of interventions across primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, including:
2023 Futures Bursary Program
The Futures Bursary Program was run in one pilot school in 2022 and widened in 2023 with plans to again broaden the intake across any WA high school interested in participating.
High schools in the Goldfields region will also be approached later this year with a tailored program that acknowledges and supports regional challenges
