CSIRO takes axe to education and children’s outreach work to meet cuts

More than 50 education jobs to go in move that science lobby group says ‘turns off the tap on aspiring young scientists’

The CSIRO has cut its education and outreach budget by nearly a third, shedding more than 50 science education jobs and disbanding Double Helix, its children’s science club.

The 30% cut in funding for science education is the result of “a strategic decision to refocus programs on CSIRO’s research and move away from more general science activities”, a spokesman for the research agency said.

He said 14 permanent positions were being made “potentially redundant”, but the CSIRO Staff Association said the figure was likely to be higher.

The union said all 42 casually employed outreach staff – who deliver hands-on science education to regional and remote schools – would be sacked.

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JudgeMental said:

CSIRO takes axe to education and children’s outreach work to meet cuts

More than 50 education jobs to go in move that science lobby group says ‘turns off the tap on aspiring young scientists’

The CSIRO has cut its education and outreach budget by nearly a third, shedding more than 50 science education jobs and disbanding Double Helix, its children’s science club.

The 30% cut in funding for science education is the result of “a strategic decision to refocus programs on CSIRO’s research and move away from more general science activities”, a spokesman for the research agency said.

He said 14 permanent positions were being made “potentially redundant”, but the CSIRO Staff Association said the figure was likely to be higher.

The union said all 42 casually employed outreach staff – who deliver hands-on science education to regional and remote schools – would be sacked.

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Wouldn’t that be due to Federal Government expenditure cuts rather than the actual CSIRO body itself?

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wookiemeister said:

wisdom and knowledge are of no use in a time when there is none

writes furiously

Peak Warming Man said:

wookiemeister said:

wisdom and knowledge are of no use in a time when there is none

writes furiously

I was having some crazy dream after falling asleep this afternoon, I came in and hit the sack almost immediately

at the end of the crazy dream I was coming to and a voice came into my head and told me this

I’m still partially in this dream like state as I speak

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