No one expects politicians and their advisers to be across all areas and details of a particular field of scientific endeavour when they are making laws and setting policies for how our community should work. They rely on scientists to provide advice and information that can contribute to the discussions when new laws need to… Read more
What will our cities of the future look like? This key question provided a focus for the students at the recent National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) STEM Explorer Program 2018 held in Adelaide. Over 100 South Australian students, 11 inspiring Youth Advisors, 15 different STEM visits, projects, quizzes, presentations, games, workshops and more made for a week’s worth of STEMtastic… Read more
Jordan Knight attended the NYSF in 2017 and is now studying at The University of Queensland: “For me, attending the National Youth Science Forum feels like it was just yesterday. And though I only attended the NYSF in January 2017, I can truly say that it has already changed and had such a great impact… Read more
The NYSF STEM Explorer Program 2018 kicks off in Adelaide today so we thought there was no better time to introduce the program’s Youth Advisors (YA). One of the most important and unique aspects of the program is our ‘youth for youth’ model, adopted from the NYSF’s Year 12 Program. For 35 years this ‘youth for youth’ model has been… Read more
Alex Schumann-Gillett attended the NYSF in 2010, and is currently a PhD Candidate (Research School of Chemistry, ANU); a Westpac Future Leaders Scholar; and Executive Director, ANU Fifty50. “I am a female PhD student at the Australian National University (ANU). I use computer simulations to understand how different proteins in our bodies—like those that regulate pain responses—interact with… Read more
Applications are now open for the 2019 National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Year 12 Program! In the STEM arena navigating through career options is often difficult because of the huge variety of occupations in these fields, and the fact that many are not generally the “traditional” or “safe” occupations promoted or understood by parents, teachers… Read more
This year the National Youth Science Forum’s (NYSF) Year 12 Program was bigger than ever with the addition of a third session in Brisbane for the very first time. Nearly 600 students attended the 12-day program held over three sessions – two in Canberra at The Australian National University (ANU) and a third at The… Read more
The Australian National Maritime Museum holds regular events focused on encouraging young people into science. Its Women in Science event, held in conjunction with University of NSW’s Science 50:50 project, recently aimed to encourage young women to continue their study in science – and is therefore in line with the NYSF’s mission of inspiring young… Read more
It’s obvious when we see it written, but hearing the term “volcanologist” had some expecting a Star Trek theme to the NYSF 2018 Session B Rotary and Alumni Night. Alas, there were no space vulcans, but there were some similarities to Jules Verne’s sci-fi world from 1950s classic, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea in the… Read more
Q. What has eight legs and is made up of dots? A. A stippled drawing of a spider! Most of us have looked through a microscope during a science class at school but have you ever looked at something under a microscope with the intention of drawing it? One of the… Read more