Often the greatest innovations are made when you’re surrounded by like-minded people. This is one of the key strategies of the National Youth Science Forum – to bring together young Australians who are passionate about STEM and help them to begin to build their professional networks. In November this year, media website Junkee aimed to capture… Read more
By Madeline Cooper The support the NYSF receives from Burgmann College at the ANU year after year is invaluable, and helps to ensure we provide the best possible experience for the 400 students who visit Canberra in January. The staff at Burgmann do all they can to make sure that the NYSF runs smoothly, and… Read more
ANU Internships – because there is life after university It’s hard to know what to study at university. Luckily you can change your mind. Meet Jessica Cregan who completed a genetic counselling internship with The Canberra Hospital. Read more… ANU science students branch out in Japan A group of ANU students recently travelled to the… 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
Rarely do you get the opportunity to undertake research in your first year of uni but The Australian National University (ANU) offers three programs that allow you to do just that. The Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) Science, Bachelor of Engineering (Research & Development) (Honours) and Bachelor of Advanced Computing (Research & Development) (Honours) are programs… Read more
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
If you’re interested in studying science at university The Australian National University (ANU) will be at the following major career expos during May. We will have students and staff available to talk to you about our programs and uni life at ANU. For more information visit http://www.anu.edu.au/study/events. 4 May Young Careers Expo Young Town Hall, Young… Read more
Students interested in environmental land science at NYSF 2015 Session C visited long-time NYSF collaborator, The Mulloon Institute’s agricultural educational farm. The Mulloon Institute is a not-for-profit independent charity that aims to make holistic landscape management a mainstream practice for sustainable and profitable agricultural businesses. The Institute cooperates in a number of areas with the… Read more
Steven Tingay grew up in country Victoria where there were not that many outlets for kids who were mad about science and astronomy from the age of six, even as he progressed through high school. He knew no-ne else as passionate about science as he. He received his first book about the Universe from his… Read more