Otago University Advanced School Science Academy director Steve Broni and academy science teaching co-ordinator Emily Hall prepare for next week's science camp. Photo: Christine O'Connor
The Otago University Advanced School Science Academy, now in its eighth year, provides two, week-long residential camps, as well as online support throughout the year.
Four hundred senior pupils from throughout the country are this week already attending a different, more concentrated study programme, called ''Hands-on at Otago'', which is packed into a single week, and is also run by the university.
The academy aimed to provide such an education to ''passionate'' science pupils from rural, lower-decile schools, who did not ''have the same opportunities as those from higher-decile schools in our larger urban centres'', academy director Steve Broni said''
