Every little bit helps and recently the Canning Catenians have thrown their support behind a future young scientist, St Norbert College Year 12 student, Clare Bradley.
Clare has just returned from a science trip of a lifetime, funded partly by the Catenians’ generosity.
As one of only 10 Australians chosen to attend the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF), Clare had the privilege to visit some of the most prestigious scientific establishments in Europe.
“I was also privileged to visit a Space Science Laboratory run by the University College of London, where they were building mechanical and electrical components for satellites,” Clare said.
“As LIYSF students, we were allowed to see parts of these research establishments not normally open to the public.”
A number of prestigious speakers gave expert lectures at the LIYSF, covering a wide range of topics such as Dark Matter, medicines in Third World countries, Photomedicine, the need to reduce our carbon consumption in an increasingly industrial world and Gene Therapy.
“We engaged in student debates on controversial topics, such as whether or not there should be collaboration between the core sciences, and whether Globalisation has caused a compromise in scientific ethics,” added Clare.
The forum wasn’t all about work and the social program gave participants an opportunity to meet likeminded students from all around the world.
After the forum, 30 lucky participants continued on to Paris and Geneva where they were hosted by CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.
“We had the amazing opportunity to go underground and see the Large Hadron Collinder (LHC), the largest particle accelerator in the world.”