Re-Engineering Australia Foundation Ltd

REA has operated as a not-for-profit social enterprise since 1998. We started outside the traditional education system, facilitating career intervention activities that link schools, Industry, TAFE, universities, and parents in a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment. Our goal, increase the attractiveness of STEM career pathways and thus the talent pool from which the Industry can draw. We introduced the term STEM to the Australian vernacular, but we are much more than just STEM. We operate across Australia, and our activities provide a Metamorphic Learning experience that significantly changes student (and teacher) capabilities, so profoundly that they don't just change their knowledge base; it changes them fundamentally. Critical in this transformation of the education process is the involvement of Industry and the provision of role models and mentors to engage directly with students. Our programs, including F1 in Schools, SUBS in Schools and SPACE in Schools, prepare students to transition to work by building employability skills. Students learn to adapt to the rapidly evolving and complex world they are about to enter and learn skills that help them operate at the boundary layer between people and problems. Just as Industry measures itself against its competitiveness on the world stage, the indicator we use to measure our achievements is the success of our students at international STEM competitions. Since 2004 we have had twenty (20) student teams (6 students per team) make it onto the podium at international STEM competitions. Eight (8) becoming World Champions, 2nd Place 6 times, 3rd Place 5 times, 4th Place 3 times, 5th Place 6 times.