Canberra and regionally based NYSF alumni volunteered their time to participate in Science in ACTion at the Australian National University (ANU) in August – a two-day event, which runs annually as part of National Science Week, celebrating science and technology. This year, the NYSF hosted a booth at the event, and a number of local… Read more
In the lead up to the NYSF January Sessions, incoming student staff leaders travelled to Tharwa, 35 kilometres south of Canberra in August to participate in a leadership training program. A key component is the outdoor trekking experience and student camp environment, delivered by Outward Bound Australia. This trek experience helps participants to develop awareness… Read more
Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton are well known scientists but have you heard of Australian scientists Sir Marcus Oliphant, or Dorothy Hill? These science greats along with Professor Elizabeth Blackburn and Marie Sklodowska-Curie, are the names chosen for four new interest groups introduced for January 2015 session. An additional 80 students will be attending… Read more
Tayla McKechnie is an NYSF alumna who recently graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Genetics. Attending the NYSF in Canberra in 2010, she returned as a student staff member in 2011 and 2012, and in January 2014 was responsible for leading the student staff team that delivered the… Read more
Students at the University of Melbourne have recently decided to form an alumni society. President, Kushani Hewage, tells how it came about: The National Youth Science Forum Alumni Society at the University of Melbourne was founded this year after a gruelling semester-long process full of applications. We collaborated to create this group after finding out… Read more
Congratulations to NYSF alumni who have won an Outstanding Senior Science Student Award as part of the Peter Doherty Award for Excellence in Science and Science Education. Of the ten students who won awards this year, five were NYSF alumni. Winners were announced by the Queensland Minister for Education, Training and Employment during National Science… Read more
The University of Queensland is delighted to host Professor Sarah Springman as the 2014 Seymour Whyte Visiting Scholar. The Seymour Whyte Lecture for Women in Civil Engineering showcases what careers for women in engineering and construction can offer. The lecture aims to help industry to better understand challenges and opportunities associated with women in engineering… Read more
STANSW and ANSTO are delighted to host Professor Fiona Wood for a special guest lecture. Professor Wood is well-known for her patented invention of spray-on skin for burns victims, a treatment which is being continually developed and was used to treat 28 patients badly burned in the 2002 Bali bombings. Professor Wood will discuss the… Read more
The University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) Science Info Day is being held on Thursday 6 November. UNSW is a funding partner of the NYSF. Time: 09:00 to 15:00 Where: UNSW Kensington Campus Hosts: Faculty of Science This full-day activity is designed to give you a taste of university life as a science student! To register… Read more
With a program that is packed full of exciting and diverse science activities it would be hard not to discover your passion for science at the NYSF summer program. Like the NYSF program The Australian National University (ANU) offers a great and varied range of science degrees and it is often this variety that leads… Read more