On 27 – 30 May 2019, The HEAD Foundation held the inaugural Regional STEM Symposium, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Bangkok, Thailand. Representatives from Ministries of Education and teacher training institutions from Cambodia, India, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, the Philippines, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam attended the four-day symposium. The symposium was a platform for participants and leading regional experts to share their thoughts on incorporating STEM in the K-12 curriculum, and preparing teachers to be suitable STEM instructors.

Land reclamation in Singapore with imported sand is becoming increasingly untenable. The social and environmental cost of this method is better understood and nations like Singapore must explore sustainable alternatives. On 10 July 2019, Mr Lim Soon Heng, founder President of the Society of Floating Solutions (Singapore), proposed massive floating structures as one such alternative.

What can international students do to improve their employability in Australia, and how can universities in the country enhance positive employment outcomes for these students? Dr Thanh Pham and Chris Thomson of Monash University share insights from their research.

Nobel Laureate in Physics 2004, Professor David Gross outlined some of the great unknowns at the frontiers of Fundamental Science, particularly on how the Universe began, how we are trying to find the answers to these questions and what the answers might be.