The Professor Harry Messel International Science School is organised by the Science Foundation for Physics within the University of Sydney. In 1968, the Foundation extended the participation to the UK and Japan and each country sends five scholars to the Science Schools, which are held every second year. Nowadays, scholars from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and New Zealand also attend. The School aims to celebrate academic excellence and to stimulate students by bringing them together to hear lectures on some of the most exciting and contemporary developments in the physical sciences, given by lecturers whose work forms part of these developments. It is hoped that the participating students are further encouraged to develop their interests in the study of science and so will pursue a career in science. With the support of the Comino Foundation and the Ogden Trust, ASE selected five outstanding UK students: (1) Jessica Whiting; (2) Paul Bramley; (3) Stephen Cox; (4) Roxann Holder; and (5) Joshua Roberts. This article outlines some of their aspects.