VTAC APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN The VTAC timely course application period is now open for Year 12 students who are thinking of applying for a Tertiary Education place in 2018, closing on Friday September 27, 2018. The University of Melbourne offers through its Melbourne Model, the opportunity to create your own study path in over 41… Read more
In 2018, the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the NYSF Year 12 Program (previously called the National Summer Science School (NSSS)), which was founded by Rotary in 1983. To honour this achievement and to showcase this rich history, we’ve been running a special promotion featuring alumni from each year of… Read more
What will our cities of the future look like? This key question provided a focus for the students at the recent National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) STEM Explorer Program 2018 held in Adelaide. Over 100 South Australian students, 11 inspiring Youth Advisors, 15 different STEM visits, projects, quizzes, presentations, games, workshops and more made for a week’s worth of STEMtastic… Read more
Day 4 of NYSF STEM Explorer 2018 started with the final STEM visits for the program. University of South Australia – Magill Campus Watching brain science in action, there were several hands-on demonstrations of techniques used to measure brain activity or perform brain stimulation. The students listened to short presentations about how these methods are helping… Read more
Have you ever been cuddled by a robot? This was one of the fun things our STEM Explorers did on day 3 of the NYSF STEM Explorer 2018 program. Under sunny skies the young scientists began work on their Future Cities projects, planning, cutting, painting, building, collaborating with their group to design a future city… Read more
It was all systems go for day 2 of NYSF STEM Explorer 2018. The day started with a Critical Thinking Workshop where students were encouraged to think creatively and formulate scientific questions to solve problems. Then they were introduced to the “Future Cities” group project they will work on during the week, thinking about what… Read more
After months of preparation it’s finally here, NYSF STEM Explorer 2018! More than 100 students from over 60 South Australian schools arrived today for the immersive, hands on science program. Delivered in collaboration with the South Australian Department for Education, the students selected to participate in the program range from years six to nine. In its… Read more
The NYSF STEM Explorer Program 2018 kicks off in Adelaide today so we thought there was no better time to introduce the program’s Youth Advisors (YA). One of the most important and unique aspects of the program is our ‘youth for youth’ model, adopted from the NYSF’s Year 12 Program. For 35 years this ‘youth for youth’ model has been… Read more
A group of hardy NYSF 2018 participants braced themselves for the cold to participate in the Next Step Canberra program this week. Australian National University’s Science department organised visits and activities covering chemistry (how much vitamin D is in orange juice?), biology, physics (Andrew Papworth rides again!) and psychology providing a good sample of the… Read more
Defence technology and innovation company, Lockheed Martin Australia, has announced its ongoing commitment to the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) for another three years. Continuing its initial commitment that covered NYSF 2015-2017, Lockheed Martin Australia’s renewed major sponsorship of the NYSF will provide a further three years of operational support for the activities conducted through… Read more