This summer, hundreds of uni students traded in their beach towels for lab coats to come and work with us. As part of our vacation scholarship program undergrads from across Australia got to work on real projects in science, engineering and other related areas like science communication.

Some got to check out seriously cool toys like the Australian Synchrotron and Parkes Telescope. Others got to chase turtles. Watch this vid to find out more:

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