Today is World Intellectual Property Day and the theme for 2018 is ‘Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity.’ World Intellectual Property Day is held annually on April 26 to highlight the role intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity, in the form of patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright. This year’s… Read more
Following a successful Next Step in Melbourne, students headed to Queensland to see what the state had on offer. Next Step is an extension of the NYSF Year 12 Program, for NYSF students to continue to expand on their knowledge of courses, facilities, scholarships and accommodation on different university campuses. The Queensland program was jam… Read more
Applications are now open for the 2019 National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Year 12 Program! In the STEM arena navigating through career options is often difficult because of the huge variety of occupations in these fields, and the fact that many are not generally the “traditional” or “safe” occupations promoted or understood by parents, teachers… Read more
Meet Sophie Calabretto, NYSF 2005 Alumna and fluid mechanist. In 2017 Sophie was named one of the Top 5 in Under 40 on ABC’s RN program. Read on to follow her career path from her time at the NYSF to where she is today. “I am a fluid mechanist and, currently, a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics… Read more
Our 2018 Year 12 Programs are now over but what is left are the memories of many inspirational talks given by some of Australia’s leading scientists. There were so many presentations it is difficult to talk about them all but students heard about everything from dark energy and gravitational waves to waste transformation, algae farming,… Read more
Q. What has eight legs and is made up of dots? A. A stippled drawing of a spider! Most of us have looked through a microscope during a science class at school but have you ever looked at something under a microscope with the intention of drawing it? One of the… Read more
From the depths of the ocean to sailing the high seas, NYSF 1999 alumna Jessica Sweeney tells us how she has navigated her career to combine her love of science and her passion for sailing. “As the Chief Meteorologist for the British America’s Cup sailing team I am responsible for all wind forecasting, weather research… Read more
NYSF 2001 Alumna Kat Jackson (formerly Kathryn Campbell) tells us about her journey from a small rural town in Central Victoria to working on motorway projects in Auckland, New Zealand. Nobody in my family had ever been awarded a degree, and few graduates from my high school went to university. My parents were very supportive… Read more
The National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) has launched its Session B Year 12 Program for 2018 in Brisbane at The University of Queensland (UQ) at an alumni networking event hosted at UQ this week. Nearly 200 year 12 students will take part in Session B in January when The University of Queensland hosts the program… Read more
What were you doing in 1984? A lot has happened in our world over the past 35 years. We’ve seen the introduction of the world wide web, hybrid cars, DNA identification, the birth of “Dolly the Sheep”, and the first IVF baby, not to mention the discovery of black holes and gravitational waves. And where… Read more