News and analysis – Page 28

  • A mortarboard and diploma atop a pile of books
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    Mastering Bologna

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Society of Chemistry publishes a report on the readiness of UK chemistry departments to succeed in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)

  • Practical work in science booklet
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    Best practice in practical work

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The science community, under the SCORE banner, launches framework for practical science in secondary schools

  • AQA GCSE chemistry booklet
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    GCSE specifications: how do they compare?

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The RSC Curriculum and Assessment Group provides summary of the content of current GCSE chemistry specifications

  • Teacher training
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    New CPD option for non-specialist chemistry teachers

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Training and Development Agency for Schools to launch a national Science Additional Specialism Programme (SASP) for teachers of physics and chemistry

  • Diazepam - chemical structure
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    What's in a name?

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Many chemical compounds have several possible names. Peter Nelson, University of Hull, asks: 'Which ones should teachers use?'

  • recycling on a curb
    The Mole

    Walk on waste

    2009-01-01T12:11:00Z

    With landfill sites filling fast, recycling is becoming increasingly important

  • The source of green fluorescent protein - Aequorea victoria
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    Nobel chemists get the green light

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The discovery of the green fluorescent protein, which is providing researchers with new insight into various diseases, wins 2008 Nobel chemistry prize

  • A restaurant menu
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    RSC puts food on the menu

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) reports on the role the chemical sciences have in sustainable food production.

  • Secondary school students doing practical science
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    The big bang - all the fun of the science fair

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The first UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair - The big bang - will be held from 4-6 March in London.

  • Industrial smoke stack of a coal power plant
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    Climate change online

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) publishes The chemistry of climate change, an online resource for secondary school students.

  • Students working as a team
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    Using cooperative learning

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Researchers based in Turkey show that effective group work in the classroom improves students' understanding of science

  • A student on her laptop giving a thumbs up
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    HE chemistry students on a high

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Research finds that undergraduate learning experience in UK chemistry departments is consistently of high quality.

  • Girl carries out practical chemistry in school laboratory
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    Laboratory skills for AS chemists, online

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has teamed up with Pfizer to provide an online AS Chemistry Labskills module to UK secondary schools

  • primary students
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    Primary-secondary transition

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Researchers in Australia identify aspects of the learning experience that help to maintain students' interest in science as they progress into secondary school

  • rsc logo
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    RSC on the campaign trail

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) launches campaign to tackle a 'decline in school science examination standards'

  • A university lecture hall
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    Teachers fellows new intake

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    In September 2008 three teachers left the classroom to take up one-year secondments at English universities

  • Sir Christopher Ingold
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    UCL - a landmark in organic chemistry

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    University College London (UCL) has been awarded its second Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) National Chemical Landmark in honour of Sir Christopher Ingold

  • desert
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    Rocky water source

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Scientists in the Netherlands are working to release trillions of litres of clean water from gypsum found in the desert

  • Working in a lab
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    The science diploma update

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The content of the Science Diploma, which will be available at three levels, is beginning to take shape.

  • Graphene
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    Carbon unfurled

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

    US scientists use scanning tunnelling microscopy to reveal the electronic properties of graphene