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LENScience Alumni Programmes

LENScience offers a number of opportunities for undergraduate students wanting to develop skills in leadership, science and research.
Students who have participated in LENScience programmes at school or university can contact us to find out more about alumni programmes.

LENScience Ambassadors Programme

The Ambassadors Programme offers you the opportunity to give back to a school community, and learn as you do so.

The programme is open to undergraduate science and health science students with links to LENScience.
Students can participate from any university in New Zealand.
Participants can link back to their own school, or support students from participating schools throughout New Zealand.

What does an ambassador do?

Participate in the LENScience online chat community at each of the 9 seminars in the Senior Biology Seminar Series.
Be a role model - encourage Year 13 students from schools to participate in the online chat and challenges.
Ambassadors may wish to connect with Year 13 students in the week following the seminar, encouraging students to answer the seminar challenge questions, and assisting the students in devloping the skills and understanding in Biology.

What is the time commitment?

Minimum commitment is 18 hours in a year. That is 2 hours (3:30pm - 5:30pm) for each of the 9 seminars in the programme.
Ambassadors in Auckland are welcome to stay after the seminar to meet the participating science teams.
Ambassadors may choose to connect with students from participating schools via the wiki after the seminar - however this is optional.

What does an ambassador get in return?

Ambassadors will be offered the opportunity to apply for LENScience-NRCGD summer studentships at the end of the year in which they take part in the programme. These are competitive scholarships offering placements over the summer with NRCGD investigators. The scholarships are only open to LENScience Alumni.
Learning by tutoring. By participating in the programme you will challenge your own understanding of science - helping your learning.

Pizza and Science Programme 2011

Pizza and Science 2011 will open your mind to the possibilities of summer studentships, research and post graduate opportunities.

Find out what is around the corner and waiting for you - it's your future, make the most of it now.
Join the LENScience-NRCGD team for Pizza & Science.

Attending university outside of Auckland - not a problem! Watch this space for information about how to connect to the NRCGD Pizza and Science programme at your university.

Date	Time	Speaker	Location
Wednesday 9th March	5:30pm - 7:00pm	Monique Palaone - FMHS Summer Student Emma Lambert - SBS Summer Student	Auckland: Liggins Institute Seminar Room
Wednesday 9th March	5:30pm - 7:00pm
Wednesday 18th May	5:30pm - 7:00pm	The 'Perfect Storm' Scenario and GMO Legislation Pania Newton - NRCGD Summer Student Dr Alan Beedle - Office of the Prime Minister’s Science Advisory Committee	Auckland: Liggins Institute Seminar Room
Wednesday 1st June	5:30pm - 7:00pm	The Effect of Ethnicity, Maternal Obesity and Diabetes on the Development of Neonatal Hyperglycemia in Preterm Babies Molly Anderson, NRCGD Summer Student (Supervised by Dr Jane Alsweiler) Presentation supported by Associate Professor Frank Bloomfield- Acting Director NRCGD	Auckland: Liggins Institute Seminar Room
Wednesday 3rd August	5:30pm - 7:00pm	Linda Huang - NRCGD Summer Student Dr Deborah Sloboda Assistant Director National Research Centre for Growth and Development	Auckland: Liggins Institute Seminar Room
Wednesday 21st September	5:30pm - 7:00pm	Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu NRCGD Mick Brown Award Recipient 2010	Auckland: Liggins Institute Seminar Room
Wednesday 5th October	5:30pm - 7:00pm	Rawiri Pakinga Dr Anne Jaquiery - NRCGD, Ngapouri Research Farm Laboratory The Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland	Auckland: Liggins Institute Seminar Room

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