Clare's London Experience |
Clare Bradley’s LIYSF presentation 'On the 21st July, I, with nine other Australians, flew to London to attend the London International Youth Science Forum. LIYSF is program for 350 students from across the globe aged seventeen to twenty-one who are either studying science in high school or in university. I didn’t entirely know what to expect from the forum, but was amazed by the lectures we were given and the scientific research establishments we visited. At the start of the forum, although I was sure I would pursue a career in science, I was still uncertain as to which field. I hoped that the forum would help me to decide. I was given vast opportunities to explore different scientific arenas, such as when I visited the Chemical Engineering Department at Imperial College, and the Engineering Department at Oxford University. I was also privileged to visit a space science laboratory run by the University College of London, which was building mechanical and electrical components for satellites. As LIYSF students, we were allowed to see parts of research establishments not normally open to the public. We attended many lectures as part of the forum, from many prestigious speakers. They covered 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 or not globalisation has caused us to compromise our scientific ethics. |
Through the forum’s social program, I was able to meet people from all around the world. I can now say that I have friends in Norway, Belgium, UK, Israel and even Guernsey! After the two-week forum, thirty of the students, including myself, went on the CERN trip, in which we visited Paris and Geneva for three days each. In Paris, we investigated the largest science museum in Europe. We spent most of our the time in Geneva at CERN, an international scientific organisation responsible for creating the Internet and the Large Hadron Collider. All of us were very excited to underground and see the latter during our stay! LIYSF was the most amazing weeks of my life. I would consider the highlight to be meeting so many amazing people with almost identical interests to me. Although still not entirely sure what to pursue as a career, I have a much better idea of which areas of science interest me.' |
Author: Larraine Deacon Published: 16 November, 2013 |
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