About Deadly Coders
We are an Indigenous owned and managed not-for-profit on a mission to ignite learning and career pathways in STEM for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students across Australia.
OBJECTIVES
Deadly Coders exists to:
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Our track record
Since inception in 2021, Deadly Coders has delivered both online and face-to-face programs to over 10,000 Indigenous students across Australia. Our mission is to extend this reach to every Indigenous school student in the next 10 years.
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THE FACTS
Why do we need these programs?
Our mission is to address entrenched disadvantage and underrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in STEM in Australia. These statistics have not changed in 20 years.
Entrenched underrepresentation
The Indigenous population is critically underrepresented in STEM at a tertiary level:
A gap in student achievement in STEM
The CSIRO identified a 2.5 year gap in student achievement levels between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students:
Early exposure to STEM is critical
QUT Identified that 60% of senior students decide on their area of study before grade 9, with a strong link between early exposure to STEM and future STEM careers.
International STEM standards
Indigenous students underperformed in Year 8 STEM International Standard scores:
Why partner with us?
As our partner, you can rest assured that your brand will be associated with a quality, proven program which delivers meaningful outcomes, working in partnership with community, schools and Elders.
Our history
After seeing the under-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Junior Engineers‘ coding classes, the EdTech Group initiated a pilot program called Deadly Coders in 2021. The initiative was designed to provide fully subsidised coding, robotics and cyber security programs to Indigenous students who would not normally be able to attend our classes.
In 2023, Junior Engineers handed Deadly Coders to community, to establish it as an independent Indigenous owned and managed charity working to break cycles of disadvantage and dismantle Indigenous barriers to participation in STEM.
EdTech Group remains closely involved with Deadly Coders, and continues to support the charity with program facilitation nationally.
Our Board
Established in 2023, Deadly Coders is based on Turrbal and Yuggera Country in Meanjin (Brisbane) at the EdTech Group’s headquarters in Milton. We are an indigenous-owned, not-for-profit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation, governed by a voluntary Board of leading STEM educators, engineers, and Indigenous engagement professionals. The Board is accountable for the activities and performance of the charity.
Deadly Coders Program Snapshot
Deadly Coders has a broad range of tech education programs that can be delivered as part of a one-off or ongoing RAP program partnership.
We’ll work to design a tailored program that fits your RAP and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion priorities, whether that be focussed on younger students, high-schoolers or early school leavers transitioning into meaningful employment. Sponsorship programs include:
Our programs
Let's chat!
We’re always looking for like-minded businesses and partners to help realise our vision of delivering world-class digital technologies education.
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