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
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 Orientation session for students from Canberra and surrounding areas of New South Wales selected to attend the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) in January 2015 was held this week. Orientation sessions are run across the country prior to students attending the NYSF, and are a great introduction for students and their families to how… Read more
The 2014 Sydney Next Step program ran in early July this year and 74 students attended over the course of the three days of the program. Visits were made to partner organisations Cochlear, Orica, ANSTO, the University of Western Sydney – Campbelltown and Richmond campuses, and the University of New South Wales. True to its… Read more
When Sebastian Kohli first received the application form to chaperone the six National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) delegates to the Euro Science Open Forum (ESOF) 2014 in Denmark, he really thought it a little far-fetched. What chance would he, a science teacher from Charleville State High School in south-west Queensland – a school of only… Read more
Australian National University (ANU) Science Student and NYSF alumnus James Ansell has added a unique string to his bow, becoming the first young person to graduate from Scouts ACT’s balloon pilot training program and receive his private pilot certification from the Australian Ballooning Federation. Scouts ACT received funding to purchase the hot air balloon during… Read more
This month a group of NYSF alumni launched a new website to help people delve into the inquisitive side of their brain. Aptly named Curious Science, the website’s purpose is to encourage more young people to take an interest in science by making it more accessible, interesting and engaging. The website is a place to share… Read more
National Science Week kicks off on 16 August and the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is getting a head start on the celebrations on Friday 15 August at the Australian National University (ANU) for Science in ACTion’s Careers Day. From 9:30-3:30 they’ll be there along with various other science organisations to provide information on the range of science… Read more