The guest speaker at the NYSF 2016 Session A Rotary Dinner was Dr Heather Bray, a Senior Research Associate at the University of Adelaide, and an NYSF Alumna from 1987. In an engaging and enthusiastic talk, Dr Bray shared her experiences of the then National Science Summer School, and where her study path has taken… Read more
Often the greatest innovations are made when you’re surrounded by like-minded people. This is one of the key strategies of the National Youth Science Forum – to bring together young Australians who are passionate about STEM and help them to begin to build their professional networks. In November this year, media website Junkee aimed to capture… Read more
Ben Galea is an NYSF alumnus from Bundaberg in Queensland, now studying Development Studies and Science at The Australian National University. He attended the NYSF in 2013 and recently was selected to attend the Asia Pacific Voices of the Future 2015 program in Manila, The Philippines, held in conjunction with the November 2015 APEC conference…. Read more
Alumna Rosie Sackett (2010) recalls her NYSF experience. “The opportunity to attend the National Youth Science Forum was invaluable. To be surrounded by people from all backgrounds interested in different types of science was an experience I’ll never forget. NYSF students, staff and academics not only opened my eyes to the endless possibilities involved in… Read more
Alumna Holstein Wong attended the NYSF in 2008 and is a Graduate Processing Engineer for BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) and also a Rotaract volunteer. Holstein studied Materials Science and Engineering at UNSW and was awarded the University Medal and 1st Class Honours in Materials Science Engineering. She now works on a mine site for… Read more
Brett Slarks (Session A) and Meg Trinder-McCartney (Session C) 2016 are the senior student staff leaders for the NYSF 2016 program. Brett attended the NYSF as a student in 2011 and he says that this experience changed his life. In the months leading up to the NYSF, he had some idea of what to expect,… Read more
The New South Wales Minister for Education Awards for Student Achievement were announced in September with five NYSF Alumni receiving an award. The New South Wales Ministers’ Awards in Student Achievement is a prestigious award presented to students who have demonstrated a high achievement in academic excellence, sporting successes, arts, leadership and commitment to the… Read more
Congratulations go to NYSF 2015 alumni who have won Peter Doherty Awards for Outstanding Senior Science Students and Outstanding Senior Mathematics and Technology Students. Winners were announced during National Science Week in August and include: Outstanding Senior Science Student Awards Jocelyn Glencross – Sandgate District State High School – Rotary District 9600 Daniel Lawson –… Read more
Chris Hatherly is the Director of Science Policy and Projects at the Australian Academy of Science. His journey into science began in 1996 at the National Youth Science Forum. “Full immersion into the National Youth Science Forum began in January 1996. Student accommodation with several hundred like-minded friends by night, and lab-tours, lectures and mind-expanding… Read more
Congratulations to NYSF Chair Professor Tanya Monro who was part of a national team awarded the 2015 University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research in September. Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are presented annually and reward excellence in the fields of research and innovation, leadership, science communication and journalism and… Read more