January 22, 2017 4:30 pm
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NYSF 2017 physics interest group, Wu was treated to a visit to the Physics Education Centre at the Australian National University. The visit was well received by all the students as they performed experiments about the physics of light and asked thoughtful questions of the physicists. Led by Mr Andrew Papworth (a long-term and committed… Read more
April 29, 2015 1:38 pm
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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
February 25, 2015 2:13 pm
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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
December 15, 2014 3:05 pm
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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