ATNF Summer Vacation Program
General Information
These notes are to give general information for CSIRO ATNF summer
vacation students and their supervisors.
Program dates
The summer vacation program for 2009/2010 has a 10-week core period from 30 November
2009 until Friday 12 February 2010 (does not include the one-week site shutdown
for Christmas/New Year). All students are asked to be present for the start of
the program at 09:00 on 30 November
at Marsfield. The CSIRO site is located on
the corner of Vimiera Rd and Pembroke Rd in Marsfield, Sydney.
Getting to the Marsfield site
Here is a link to some detailed information on
How to get to the Marsfield site
Arrival on first day
When you arrive on the first day, please make your way to the main entrance. Staff
will be available in the reception area to meet you and guide you to the Lecture
Theatre for the initial session.
Events Program
The summer vacation program includes a series of introductory talks and tours
on the first two days, and other organised events. The full program is given in
the Summer vacation program of events.
Research Projects
Each student will undertake a research project
under the supervision of an ATNF staff member. Details of projects are available on the Projects
page.
Accommodation
We can help arrange accommodation in Sydney. Please contact Samantha Barry (samantha.barry@csiro.au
or phone (02) 9372 4272) if you have any accommodation enquiries.
Travel enquiries
Please contact the Program Coordinator, Robert Hollow (Robert.Hollow@csiro.au)
on (02) 9372 4247.
Pay
The pay is $550 per week and is subject to tax.
Christmas Holiday Dates
The Marsfield site will be in a 'shut-down' mode from 25 December through 1 January.
Students will be paid for December 25, 26 and 29 and Jan 01 as these are public
holidays but not for 28 & 30 December. These days will be taken as unpaid
leave. Variations ot this are at the discretion of your supervisors.
Observing trip to Narrabri
As part of the summer vacation program students attend an astronomy observing
trip to the Narrabri Observatory. This will be held on 15 - 19 January 2010.
Information on this will be given during
the first few days of the program. Costs for this are met by ATNF.
Student Symposium
Each student will present a talk on their project at the Student Symposium
on February 11, 2010, in the Marsfield Lecture Theatre.
