If you’d told young Liesl Folks at the 1984 inaugural NSSS (National Science Summer School) that one day she’d be the Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences at a major American university she wouldn’t have believed you. It certainly wasn’t part of the plan. There wasn’t one. “I’ve never had plans or expectations. I live… Read more
Victorian NYSF 2015 Alumni Hayley Houston and Dane Seaver were among the huge crowds at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport in February / March, which featured aerobatics and battle re-enactments. This year’s Airshow celebrated the Centenary of ANZAC, saluting the heroes of the sky. 2015 alumna Hayley Houston says she has always had… Read more
My National Youth Science Forum experience started a little over five years ago and continues to this day. And I feel the affect it has had on my life every day. Attending the NYSF was a profoundly life-changing fortnight, one that I will never forget and one that I have been fortunate enough to repeat… Read more
1. Did your attendance at NYSF at the beginning of year 12 have an impact on your university choice? For example, did the NYSF show you that there was more than one university to choose from when it came to selecting which courses you chose to study? The NYSF definitely had a major impact on… Read more
Did you visit the Canberra Deep Space Station at Tidbinbilla in 2005? Our friends at Tidibinbilla would like to know what you have been up to since then. Both Professor Steve Tingay and Dr Subho Banerjee cite their visits to Tidbinbilla as a major influence on their future study and careers. But what about other… Read more
Congratulations to Kathrin Orda, an NYSF Alumna 2015, who has been accepted to attend the Harvard Summer School at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts later this year. The secondary school program offers a seven-week residential summer program that runs from 22 June to 14 August 2015 for domestic and international students who graduate in 2015…. Read more
Emily Mason from Port Macquarie in New South Wales was one of six Australian NYSF students selected to attend the National Science and Technology Forum that runs in Auckland, New Zealand in January. Her participation was partly supported by IBM’s Diversity and Inclusion program. Emily says that she really enjoyed how the NZ forum explored… Read more
In March, Erin Prince and Shivani Shah, NYSF alumni in Sydney, participated in a workshop hosted by Inspiring Australia’s NSW office. The workshop aimed to inform NSW-based stakeholders in science outreach about the support available through Inspiring Australia for activities that could be held as part of National Science Week (15-23 August). Erin says that the… Read more
The NYSF is delighted to announce that the Student Staff Leaders (Chiefs of Staff) for 2016 are Brett Slarks from Mt Gambier in South Australia, who will lead Session A, and Meg Trinder-McCartney from Princess Hill in Victoria will lead Session C. When Meg heard of her appointment she said, “Being given the opportunity to… Read more
National Youth Science Forum alumni Kellie Wilson, Hayley Houston and Caitlin Minney attended the 2015 Graeme Clark Oration held at the Melbourne Convention Centre on 10 March 2015. For Kellie, “It was an absolute pleasure to attend as a representative of the National Youth Science Forum and St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School in Warragul. The… Read more