RDA Hunter is proud of its support from Australia’s Department of Defence to implement the ME Program that helps to build Australia’s Workforce Behind the Defence Force. View the latest video and meet Nicolas – a Manufacturing Mechatronics Engineer

Imparting life-long business and entrepreneurship skills was the aim of a recent partnership between Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and the Business Centre that saw 11 students from St Philips Christian College participate in a business commercialisation program, the STEM Defence + Innovation Program. RDA Hunter is funded by the Federal Department of Defence to…

BOEING AUSTRALIA – WORKING WITH RDA HUNTER TO BUILD ITS WORKFORCE by Kate O’Mara According to the Foundation for Young Australians’ (FYA) report series, The New Work Order, employers are paying a premium for people with skills in digital literacy, critical thinking, creativity and teamwork. These so-called enterprise skills are quickly becoming the ‘new basics’…

RDA Hunter is proud of its support from Australia’s Department of Defence to implement the ME Program. The Department of Defence supports the ME Program through its The School Pathways Programme (SPP) that helps reduce skills shortages in defence industry by increasing the pool of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) educated students and informing…

Thanks to RDA Hunter’s ME Program, four Hunter high schools were fortunate enough to have Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen, national leader in STEM education for girls and Founder of the Tech Girls Movement, visit recently. Dr Beekhuyzen visited Tomaree High, St Philips Port Stephens, St Pius X and Lambton High Schools to deliver her newest program,…