PHOTO: University of Melbourne’s Dr West returning home to promote STEM, alongside Member for Parkes Mark Coulton. (Mark Coulton)
Murrawarri man and University of Melbourne Associate Dean Joseph West returned home over the weekend, with a goal to open the doors for Indigenous people into STEM careers, and build the number of Indigenous engineers.
The Return to Country STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) program kicked off in Western Plains communities last week to spark interest in a career pathway where Indigenous people are underrepresented…