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Gazette Januar y 2021
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The Future Project Leading Science Education The Future Project (TFP) at The King’s School is a leader in science education. The Project advances much needed development of science and research in our nation and is the first of its kind in Australian schools. It is a cutting-edge example of the transformational power of industry-school partnerships.
The Project’s mission is to motivate and engage the next generation of scientists and engineers. Applications are invited annually from senior students across the Sydney metropolitan region to participate in the Project. These young science interns then work on authentic research projects in industry level laboratories, with research companies that are partners of TFP. These companies are based at the Project’s location - the state-ofthe-art Science Centre at The King’s School. University partnerships are also fostered by the Project. This adds further value to the exceptional experiences provided to the secondary students and skills that they develop through the program. The research work of the student interns culminates with their work being published in TFP’s own journal – The Journal of The Future Project - before they have even completed their secondary education! Students also have the opportunity to have their work published in external peer-reviewed journals.
Senior Interns (Year 11) The Future Project has continued to gain significant interest, from students, parents and the greater community. In this time, we have seen applications for Senior Internships from schools in the greater Sydney region grow to over 200 (after each collaborating school undertakes its own selection process). With this increase in demand for opportunities, TFP has worked closely with its collaborating researchers to develop new programs and has now successfully increased to its largest intake - 45 of the Senior Intern students this year.
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