Have a Go! Students promoting research

There are many opportunities for students at Pymble to get involved in research; from writing for and being part of the editorial team of the student research magazine, Perspective, to chairing and managing the Pymble Ethics Committee, to joining the Sokratis program and researching a passion project. However, it can be difficult for students to know how to get involved, what happens in research and how research skills can be part of their co-curricular options.

Pymble holds an annual Have a Go! Expo which is run by students for students – think ‘O’ Week stalls and sign-up booths, free trials, giveaways and bowls of enticing lollies! Students can see what’s available, try new activities and chat with their peers about the activity is really like. This is especially helpful with research which is often not visible and can be seen as something only a small group can do.

At this year’s Expo, students involved in Pymble Institute activities promoted their research involvement through booths which included brochures (a sample is pictured here), slideshows, copies of the Perspective journal and examples of how we edit the papers, as well as sign up sheets for future editors and contributors. This helped to make research tangible and put names to faces as students met others involved in these areas.

With the incoming Year 7 cohort visiting the Expo as part of their transition to secondary school activities, many students had the chance to look at the exciting range of options awaiting them – including research!