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[Image changes to show Wayne Cawthorne talking to the camera and text appears: Wayne Cawthorne, ASSETS 2016, Newcastle]
Wayne Cawthorne: I would definitely recommend ASSETS to any person that’s eligible to go on the programme.
[Camera zooms in on Wayne Cawthorne and then images move through of students talking and then sitting in an auditorium listening and the camera zooms in on a student writing in a notebook]
Not only has it given me new friendships with people from all across the country but it gave me the experiences so I could reflect on myself and see just where I wanted to go in life.
[Image changes to show Lowanna Paulson talking to the camera and text appears: Lowanna Paulson, ASSETS 2017, Newcastle]
Lowanna Paulson: One of the great things about ASSETS is that it really helps you to build your confidence,
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overcome your fears and get you more experience in working as a group and collaboratively with other people. I would definitely recommend it.
[Image changes to show a female looking at notes and then the image changes to show Lowanna Paulson talking to the camera]
It was one of the best experiences and I would definitely do it again.
[Image changes to show Elgina Kaitap talking to the camera and then the image changes to show a side view of Elgina Kaitap talking and text appears: Elgina Kaitap, ASSETS 2017, Newcastle]
Elgina Kaitap: I knew, like I had an idea of what I wanted to do but since going on the trip it’s like narrowed it down to like what I exactly want to do.
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So, like I know what I’m looking for in my courses when I look for uni.
[Image changes to show Tiahni Adamson talking to the camera and text appears: Tiahni Adamson, ASSETS 2010, Adelaide]
Tiahni Adamson: When I started ASSETS I didn’t have any connection to my culture through family.
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So, ASSETS for me, really prompted me to find my father which was pretty incredible.
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So, I found him a few months after I finished ASSETS and yeah I’ve got a whole other half of my family now. So, that’s probably the best thing that I took away.
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Elgina Kaitap: It helped me get a better understanding of the other student’s culture and like what they’ve been through and stuff like that.
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So, it gave me like a deeper understanding of what, how like important culture is.
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Female 1: I’ve had like heaps of fun with all the other students. I’ve got along great with everyone.
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Everyone is like really, really nice.
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I’m actually learning so much more from all the other students as well and you realise how smart some of the kids actually are.
[Image changes to show Alexander Radoll talking to the camera and text appears: ASSETS 2015, Townsville]
Alexander Radoll: Before ASSETS I really didn’t know what I wanted to do
[Image changes to show students sitting working at computers and then the image changes to show Alexander Radoll talking to the camera]
but after the whole experience I realised that I wanted to help people really.
[Images move through of a female working at a computer, her hand writing in a notebook, students walking along through some trees and a stake being hammered into the ground]
I just realised how I can connect STEM in helping, assisting people, so I decided I wanted to do Biomedical Engineering.
[Image changes to show Zed Hankin talking to the camera and text appears: Zed Hankin, ASSETS 2017, Newcastle]
Zed Hankin: Having gone through ASSETS it’s made me rethink about how I see biology
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‘cause at first I thought of it as like this really you know, just mundane thing, you know biology you know, we’re kind of here with your cells and stuff but going through ASSETS has showed me that we are much more complex than I originally thought.
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So, biology seems a lot cooler and a lot more fun now.
[Images move through of a female working on a computer, her hand writing in a notebook and a group of students working at a desk]
Lowanna Paulson: Because of the ASSETS programme, I definitely know that I definitely want to do something in science now.
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It’s really helped me to determine sort of what pathway I want to take. It’s been really helpful to me.
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Alexander Radoll: I made lots of new friends there ‘cause a bunch of people who are like minded.
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I’m almost certain I can message anyone at anytime and see how they’re going because we were so close and connected within that time zone.
[Image changes to show Alexander Radoll talking to the camera]
I feel more open to talking to people now.
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