Year 9 Students Attend Academy U Innovation and Investigation Day

20 Nov 2024

Catherine McAuley Westmead students on Western Sydney Uni campus

Ten Year 9 students attended an Academy U Innovation and Investigation Day last week on Tuesday, 12th November at the Western Sydney University Parramatta South campus.

Academy U is a program run by WSU which enables students to complete a university level subject alongside their high school studies. Successful completion ensures students receive an early offer at the respective institutions.

Liesel H., Year 9 has written about the Innovation and Investigation Day:

The Academy U Innovation and Investigation Day was great fun and an engaging day where we were all able to learn about two fields of university study. The areas of choice were either nursing, marketing and public relations or data, science and maths. I chose to learn about both nursing and marketing/public relations and was able to enjoy interactive sessions where participants were able to learn many new things and ask questions. As the final task of the day we were asked to create and submit a report in our teams, in only one hour, from all the questions asked on the day.

Thank you to the Academy U event organisers at Western Sydney University for providing an engaging and worthwhile day for the Academy U students. We have further developed our communication skills, discovered new perspectives and were challenged to think and work differently.

Liesel H., Year 10