Akorn Working With Tertiary

Akorn works closely in partnership with Tertiary Organisations.

Akorn is fortunate to have relationships with various Universities working with Science Students @ Work and ‘VCAL Students @ Work teams since 2002.

Currently Akorn is working closely with The University of Melbourne in hosting the Robogals ‘Cave Challenge’.

Over the years, we have worked with:

The School of Physics – The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science Through which the Growing Tall Poppies Program evolved.
The School of Chemistry – The ARC Centre for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology This program took place over Terms 3 & 4 – 2010 with a class from Aquinas College on a project which saw students developing educational resources for QUIT.

Engineering Day

Engineering Day Akorn education Engage the community in STEM during our fun ’Engineering Day’. This is perfect for Libraries, home education networks and school holiday programs. We facilitate a range of 2-hour sessions for students aged 8-13 attending with their...

Engineering Students @ Work Challenge

Engineering Students @ Work Challenge The ES@W Challenge is support funded for schools and students that are unable to cover the cost of the program. It is a work experience program that is run in collaboration with an engineering firm. It features presentations by...

Engineering Students @ Work

Engineering Students @ Work Working in collaboration with engineering firms, the Engineering Students @ Work program provides a week of Work Experience for Year 9 & 10 students. Students are usually hosted by an engineering company and are expected to act as...

Design Like An Engineer

Join us for a fun adventure of STEM learning and hands-on creation! Akorn provide mentoring to help students to develop their BEST idea, prototype and presentation. This program allows depth and breadth for students to refine designs and prototypes, just as a real life engineer does. We challenge students to create strong, robust and holistic solutions to the challenges and needs that they identify.