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Student opportunities

The following list, which will be added to in the future, provides a preliminary guide to opportunities for gifted and talented students' participation in competitions that extend and enrich the curriculum.

 RM UK are offering 10 free places for gifted and talented students between the ages of 6-13 from NSW to enter into the Galileo project being run by Oxford University. http://www.squidoo.com/galileoproject

The next course begins on the 20 April 2009. For further details, please contact Simon Jones, RM Asia-Pacific. 

Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/eureka/ 
Entries close 1 May 2009.

Australian Mathematics Trust. http://www.amt.canberra.edu.au/

Rio Tinto Big Science Competition. http://www.rtbsc.edu.au/www/index.cfm?itemID=3

Tournament of minds.http://www.tom.edu.au/

UNSW Educational Assessment Australia (formerly the Educational Testing Centre). http://www.etc.unsw.edu.au/

The following provides information about programs that are offered by external organisations to extend and enrich the educational experiences of gifted and talented students.

The NSW Art Gallery provides an educational program for schools which includes opportunities for gifted and talented students. Information about the courses is available at http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ed

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