Peter Childs reports on the success of the recent European Variety in Chemistry Education conference
The 5th European Variety in Chemistry Education conference was held at the University of Limerick (UL) from 3-5 July 2013. Nearly 80 people attended from around Europe and further afield. They were mostly university chemistry lecturers or science education lecturers (who teach secondary level chemistry teachers). It was encouraging to see a number of postgraduate students.
The programme consisted of five plenary lectures, four workshops, 41 oral papers and eight posters. There was a lively discussion at the poster reception and then at each coffee break. It was encouraging to see how many people stayed right to the end of the conference and the timing was designed to allow many people to arrive on the first day and leave after the final session.
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