The RMIT Women in STEM Poster Competition

The competition is complete for 2018.

We held a poster launch, awarding prizes to the winners of the RMIT Women in STEM Poster Competition.

First prize was awarded to Sophie Oakes for her beautiful poster about Hedy Lamarr.

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See other posters on the Winners page.

Poster Competition Information

Women of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) throughout history are not well known or properly recognised for their contributions to the development and/or application of STEM. Historically, women were denied education opportunities, with few women overcoming the many cultural obstacles to their participation in anything beyond the family and social sphere. Recent research indicates that even today, using a male name would increase the chance of publication, grants, higher salaries, and employment.

This competition aims to increase awareness of important women of STEM, providing essential role models, and to help highlight the amazing contributions of women in STEM. The competition is open to all RMIT students.

Entrants should create a poster that celebrates a woman in STEM. The poster should highlight aspects of her background, her achievements, and may include a personal note about how this woman in STEM inspires the person who created the poster. In addition to the poster, the entrant should submit a brief report that shows the source of the historical information used for the poster (references), as well as the source of any images used in the poster.

Beyond the competition, it is intended for the poster designs to be placed around campus, provided to schools, and made available for download via the RMIT web-site for schools and universities world-wide. It is a condition of entry that the entrant will provide non-exclusive rights for the poster to be distributed worldwide (on selection for the poster programme).

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