An Australian University has limited applicants for an engineering university head doctrine of 'only women' in an attempt to promote equal opportunities in the field.
The University of the Sunshine Coast, in Sippy Downs in Buderim, placed the coveted $ 180,000 position on the employment website last week.
“Associate professor, mechanical engineering (women only),” is the title.
The full-time role, which pays between $ 168,933 to $ 186,045 a year, is intended to promote equal opportunities under Queensland's anti-discrimination ACT 1991.
According to the law, discrimination is permitted if it aims to undo an existing bias for a group.
“This position is only open to applicants who are women under section 105 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld), because it is a real special measure intended to promote equal opportunities for women in engineering,” the description says.
'The establishment of this position is part of a strategic effort to increase the gender diversity within our technical discipline.
“Research shows that visible role models for women can have a significant impact, building trust and inspire women to pursue a career in engineering.”
The University of the Sunshine Coast (photo) has forbidden men to request a role of $ 180,000 in a 'special measure' to promote equal opportunities for women in the field
In this case, offering the role to only women is a 'special measure' to encourage more women to work in a men -dominated profession.
A spokesperson for UNISC said that 84 percent of people who worked in industry were men.
“There is a broad recognition that genderon balance is one of the many barriers for women who want to study Engineering, and engineers Australia has recommended to take on universities to tackle this,” they told Sky News.
“We see it as our responsibility to increase the number of visible role models for women, and this role has been created to promote equal opportunities for women in mechanical engineering.”
Women accounted for only 7.1 percent of technical employees at the university – which is lower than the national average.
Between 7.6 percent and 22 percent of the university student cohort in his non -graduated engineering programs identified as women.
A report from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources Foreer had to be done more to stimulate the number of women participating in university voice (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
The data showed that women were good for 37 percent of the university voice registrations and only 15 percent of all people who worked in those industries.
A report from 2024 thought that more had to be done to stimulate the number of women who register for university voice (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) (shares) (shares)
“Girls remain only a quarter of 12 -year -old 12 registrations in information technology, physics and technical topics,” said the report.
“The 2023–24 Youth in STEM survey shows no improvement in the reviews of girls of the importance of voice knowledge for their work in the future.”
The study also followed the cohort of the graduates of Voice University from 2011, and noted that in 2021 only 31 percent of the former students in the industry worked compared to 56 percent of their male counterparts.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the University of the Sunshine Coast for comment.
