It’s Friday already – half way point of Session A NYSF 2015. Thursday was another full day, with lab visits beginning in earnest. Thanks to all of our partners and providers – your generosity in sharing knowledge, expertise and resources makes a real difference to the experience that the NYSF students have in visiting labs… Read more
Session A of the NYSF 2015 program was officially opened today in a Ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. Professor Ian Young, AO, Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University; Senator the Hon Kate Lundy, Senator for the ACT; Professor Tanya Monro, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research at the University of South Australia and the Chair… Read more
January is Rotary Awareness Month, and at the NYSF we could not be more aware of Rotary and the support it provides for our program. Every student who attends the NYSF has a relationship with Rotary, due to the role it plays in running the selections of participants from across Australia each year. Rotary also… Read more
200 year 12 students have arrived in Canberra to participate in Session A of the National Youth Science Forum 2015. First there were a few, mainly local area students, who took the time to have a chat and get to know each other. Then, the buses arrived and students began to pour forth onto the grass… Read more
To top off their final year at high school two 2014 NYSF students headed to Sweden early in December to take part in the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS). Facilitated through the NYSF’s International Program, Matt Snell from Shepparton, Victoria and Dechlan Victory from Adelaide, South Australia were selected to attend the SIYSS after applying for… Read more
Welcome to the December edition of NYSF Outlook. At the time of writing there are 400 young people who are preparing to travel to Canberra for the January 2015 NYSF Sessions. This map shows just how widespread our reach is for young Australians. To say that there is a sense of excitement building would… Read more
Dr Subho Banerjee attended the NYSF (then known as the National Science Summer School) in Canberra in 1987. Nowadays he is responsible for preparing science policy advice in the Commonwealth Government. Subho had always had an interest in science through his high school days in Newcastle, including being a national finalist in the BHP Science… Read more
Milonee Shah, from Sydney has been helping at the NYSF District Selections recently. “Over the past three years, I have organised and been a guest panelist on the selection committee for the Rotary Sydney District of the NYSF and it has been a very rewarding experience. “The involvement of alumni on NYSF selection panels has… Read more
I can report this month that all of the NYSF 2015 Orientation sessions have been completed – they kick off in September and run for a six week period, and are a really valuable way for the NYSF corporate team to present its credentials, if you like, to our incoming student cohort, their families, teachers… Read more
NYSF is fortunate in the support it garners from the state governors across the country, who kindly host our students at receptions, where possible, as part of our Orientation activities. These receptions acknowledge the work the students have done to date and their achievement on being selected for the NYSF, reflecting the importance of science… Read more