In the maths realm, good timing counts
Jill Rowbotham, The Australian Higher Education, 18 January 2012

Online (requires subscription): Maths, and making teachers count

Jill Rowbotham writes about the 2012 AMSI Summer School opening address given by Professor Ian Chubb, Chief Scientist for Australia.

"Unfortunately for Australia - though perhaps fortunately for you (AMSI Summer School participants) - demand in Australia for maths graduates has outstripped supply"

Professor Chubb stressed the importance of hooking school students in their earliest years.