High School Outreach Program
About the program
Our High School Outreach Program aims to create meaningful partnerships with a diverse range of high schools - including, but not limited to those from Western Sydney and lower socio-economic and disadvantaged areas.
The program consists of five core activities:
A team of medical scientists, including a School of Medical Sciences academic as well as post-doctoral researchers and higher degree research (HDR) and honours students, will showcase a real-world medical research problem relevant to the stage 6 curriculum.
Students will have the opportunity to network with University of Sydney students and discover what studying at the university is like.
Stage 5 students will visit the University of Sydney Westmead campus for a day of neuroscience, medical and nursing student training activities. This includes:
- a guided tour through Westmead Hospital and the new, state-of-the-art teaching spaces,
- an interactive lecture,
- neuroscience workshops, and
- virtual reality simulation demonstrations.
Morning tea and lunch are provided.
Stage 6 students will visit the University of Sydney Camperdown campus for a 'day in the life of a University of Sydney Undergraduate student'. This includes:
- a guided tour through the Camperdown campus,
- a traditional lecture in the Charles Perkins Centre (CPC),
- a hands-on practical class in the cutting-edge CPC X lab, and
- activities in the Ainsworth Interactive Collection of Medical Pathology (Pathology Musuem).
Morning tea and lunch are provided.
A selected number of stage 6 students are invited to a special seminar given by a high-profile medical scientist followed by lunch with the speaker. Speakers have included Professors Sharon Lewin (AO) and Edward Holmes (FRS).
Stage 6 extension science students will attend a day-long camp to learn techniques to analyse large datasets.
Program leads
- Professor Andrew Harman
- Professor Scott Byrne
- Dr Elizabeth Hegedus