News & analysis – Page 40
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NewsInspiring the gifted and talented
How do we encourage the best chemistry students in schools and colleges to go on to study chemistry at university and become the next generation of chemistry teachers?
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NewsRSC teacher fellow 2008-09
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) teacher fellow for 2008-09 is Anthony Hardwicke
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NewsSET award goes to UCL chemist
Vijay Chudasama, University College London, picks up best chemistry student prize at the 2008 Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Student of the Year Awards.
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NewsPractical help online
Chemistry for our future (CFOF) school teacher fellows produce the Interactive Lab Primer - an online multimedia resource to support post-16 students' lab work
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NewsScience Diploma - talks begin
The Science Diploma Development Partnership (SDDP) invites the educational and scientific communities to say what they want from the Government's proposed Science Diploma
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NewsUK needs 'employable' graduates
RSC responds to the Government's consultation on a strategy to increase the number of 'employable' graduates in the UK and raise the skills of workers
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NewsUK Olympiad team returns with four medals
A team of four students from the UK succeeds in the finals of the 40th International Chemistry Olympiad held in Budapest, Hungary, in July
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NewsWelcome to the pink room
RSC and the Athena Project launch report on good practice in university science departments
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NewsA day in the life of a forensic scientist: Tom Geddes
Tom Geddes has spent the past four years working for LGC Forensics, Culham, as a forensic scientist. He talks to Kathryn Roberts about his typical day
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NewsInspiring today's students
Meet Chris George and Leila Elliott, recipients of the 2008 RSC Schools Education Awards
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NewsBill Bryson prize communicators
Primary and secondary school students from across the UK exhibit their talent for communicating science in the RSC Bill Bryson Prize competition
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NewsCognitive conflict
Using a demonstration of strong and weak acids, Australian researchers studied the effectiveness of using cognitive conflict strategy with Year 11 chemistry students
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NewsLoughborough students up to the test
A team of Year 12 chemists from Loughborough Grammar School win the coveted National Schools' Analyst Competition shield.
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NewsSixthformers camp out
New residential camp run at Bristol University offers students who are considering studying for a degree in chemistry in the UK the opportunity to experience being in a chemistry department
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NewsPfizer to support maths in HE
Pfizer-RSC collaborative project, Discover chemistry, to investigate maths provision in UK undergraduate chemistry courses
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NewsBologna reflections
Recent research by RSC's Mastering Bologna Group calls for more clarity in learning outcomes of UK chemistry degrees to enable students to be successful in continental Europe
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NewsLead-free gun crime
US forensic chemists develop a fast and cheap method for identifying gunshot residues