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December 13, 2020 27 mins
Heather Catchpole from Careers with STEM joins us to talk about the variety of STEM careers out there and gives valuable advice for students interested in learning more about STEM career pathways.

Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education

About Heather Catchpole

Heather co-founded STEM-specialist media company Refraction Media in 2013 with a view to creating a smarter future – one in which everyone has access to the skills they need to make a better planet. Heather previously worked for over a decade as an editor, science news journalist and producer at the ABC, Cosmos and CSIRO. Refraction Media have distributed over 1.75 million magazines to students across the USA, Australia and New Zealand through the Careers with STEM brand. In 2015 the company was awarded as Publish Australia’s best small publisher and was twice shortlisted best startup in the Telstra Business Awards.

Further links
Free copies of 2019 Careers with STEM (whilst stocks last):
2020 Educator survey
Past interview with co-founder Karen Taylor-Brown

About the FizzicsEd Podcast

Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education

With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practise & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world!

https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/

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