Jakub Marosz is a second year student at UNSW, studying mechanical engineering and commerce. He attended the NYSF in 2013, and in July visited the Lockheed Martin Australia NexGen Cyber Information and Technology (NCITE) Centre in Canberra with a group of NYSF students and alumni. Lockheed Martin is one of the world’s largest defense contractors;… Read more
Professor Tim Senden has been appointed Director of the ANU Research School of Physics and Engineering. Tim was among the very first cohort of young people to attend the NYSF in its former guise as the National Science Summer School in 1984 and was on the NSS Council for several years. Tim is a graduate of the ANU, completing… Read more
No idea what to do after school? How do you harness your passion for science and turn it in to a career if you have absolutely no idea of what you want to do after school? Find out how NYSF alumna Lauren Booth, who is studying at the Australian National University, has been given the… Read more
The Australian Academy of Science’s beautiful new science engagement website, Nova, was officially launched during National Science Week. Nova also celebrated National Science Week by launching its first e-book, ‘The Greenhouse Effect’, which is available free now on iTunes. Nova was one of the first science education websites to be created when it was first… Read more
Daniel Lawson from Kingaroy in Queensland attended the NYSF in January 2015 and has recently returned from London as one of the 25 NYSF Alumni representing Australia at the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF). Here is what his mum Nicki Rossi has to say about the positive effects that attending the NYSF and LIYSF… Read more
Shivani Shah is an NYSF alumna (2014) from Sydney who is studying Advanced Science at UNSW Australia. “The degree’s scope is excellent, it allows you to tailor your degree to what your interests are, especially as they keep changing as you learn more. Going to uni is a lot different to high school; there is… Read more
Students who have attended the National Youth Science Forum were very fortunate to be treated to a visit to IBM’s Linux Development labs in Canberra in July. They learned about the history of the company, and its leading role in some of the key milestones in the development of modern information management systems. They also… Read more
Tanzina Kazi attended the NYSF in 2014 and comes from Mildura in regional Victoria. In 2015, she started at Monash University, doing a Bachelor of Surgery/Bachelor of Medicine. “Year 12 exams are done, results are out and you’ve left behind the high school world. All of a sudden everything you’ve grown to know and love… Read more
Four students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island backgrounds were supported by Rio Tinto to attend the National Youth Science Forum in January 2015. Sarah from Western Australia, Thane from Queensland, Connor from the Northern Territory and Bronte from New South Wales, all immersed themselves in the program. Each of the students has diverse interests… Read more
In January 2015, NYSF students donned their lab coats, focused their microscopes, and honed their pipetting skills in an attempt to diagnose what ailed recently returned tourist, Meng … Meng is an intrepid traveller with a love of languages who has recently returned from backpacking through South East Asia. She spent much of her time… Read more