{"id":6757,"date":"2018-01-17T22:27:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T22:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=6757"},"modified":"2018-01-17T22:27:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T22:27:40","slug":"liysf2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2018\/01\/17\/liysf2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications for LIYSF 2018 being accepted until FEB 8\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFV will be sending one Science student to London, England, <strong>all expenses paid<\/strong>, to attend the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liysf.org.uk\/\"><strong>London International Youth Science Forum<\/strong><\/a> (LIYSF) <strong>July\u00a0 25 to August 8, 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/LIYSF2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6760\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/LIYSF2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1166\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/LIYSF2017.jpg 1166w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/LIYSF2017-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/LIYSF2017-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/LIYSF2017-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/LIYSF2017-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/LIYSF2017-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1166px) 100vw, 1166px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Past representatives have included: Tessa Webb &amp; Perrin Waldock (2017), Vivienne Beard (2016), Kevin Kobes (2015), Etienne Dreyer (2014), Andrew Alexander (2013), and Timothy Richards (2012). <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/category\/trips\/science-in-london\/\">Catch up on the Blog Articles submitted by our past representatives!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[highlight]APPLICATION INFORMATION:[\/highlight]<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for a student enrolled in a science program at UFV, who is academically outstanding and also has great leadership and communication skills, to represent UFV at the London International Youth Science Forum.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify for the Selection Process, you must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>be aged 17 to 21<\/li>\n<li>Submit a portfolio, consisting of:\n<ul>\n<li>Resume and cover letter stating why you qualify for this<\/li>\n<li>Your vision of where Science or Technology will make the biggest contribution to the future (short essay, video or other visual presentation)<\/li>\n<li>2 letters of reference from faculty who can speak to your ability &amp; accomplishments as a science student and why you would be a good representative for UFV at the Forum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>APPLICATION DEADLINE<\/strong>: February 8, 2018<\/h3>\n<p>Send a digital copy to the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Science\u00a0at <a href=\"mailto:janice.nagtegaal@ufv.ca\">janice.nagtegaal@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>PRESENTATIONS<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p>Shortlisted candidates will make a presentation to the selection panel on a research interest at a date to be coordinated between mid-February to early March. Presentations will be widely advertised to the university community and attendance will be open to any interested students, family, friends, staff and faculty.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>QUESTIONS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Janice Nagtegaal<\/strong>, Acting Assistant to the Dean<br \/>\nFaculty of Science, Office of the Dean<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Janice.Nagtegaal@ufv.ca\">Janice.Nagtegaal@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFV will be sending one Science student to London, England, all expenses paid, to attend the annual London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) July\u00a0 25 to August 8, 2018. Past representatives have included: Tessa Webb &amp; Perrin Waldock (2017), Vivienne Beard (2016), Kevin Kobes (2015), Etienne Dreyer (2014), Andrew Alexander (2013), and Timothy Richards (2012). &#8230; <a title=\"Applications for LIYSF 2018 being accepted until FEB 8\/18\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2018\/01\/17\/liysf2018\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":2864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,7,20,5,58,9,6,114],"tags":[115,27],"class_list":["post-6757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-cis","category-deans-office","category-engineering","category-mathstats","category-news","category-physical-geography","category-physics","category-science-in-london","tag-liysf","tag-london-international-youth-science-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6757"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6763,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757\/revisions\/6763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}