News and analysis – Page 30

  • The winners from Loughborough Grammar School
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    Loughborough students up to the test

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A team of Year 12 chemists from Loughborough Grammar School win the coveted National Schools' Analyst Competition shield.

  • Students on a university campus
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    Sixthformers camp out

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Maths symobls
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    Pfizer to support maths in HE

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Pfizer-RSC collaborative project, Discover chemistry, to investigate maths provision in UK undergraduate chemistry courses

  • A dilution refrigerator
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    Superinsulators

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Titanium nitride films with superinsulating properties prevent short circuits

  • Signpost to European countrise
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    Bologna reflections

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    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

  • The winning team with head of chemistry, Kamaljit Bains
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    Londoners take top spot in final

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Students from Highgate School, London, overcame strong competition from a field of 27 secondary school teams to take first prize at this year's Top of the Bench national final

  • An alligator
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    Alligator aid to combat superbugs

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Alligator's blood is a potential source of new drugs

  • A gun - Lead-free gunshots challenge the forensic chemist
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    Lead-free gun crime

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    US forensic chemists develop a fast and cheap method for identifying gunshot residues

  • 'Regulatory affairs' post it and stationary
    The Mole

    A day in the life of a regulatory affairs consultant: Adesola Obunge

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Adesola has spent the past three years working for Parexel Consulting as a regulatory affairs consultant. She talks to James Berressem about her typical day

  • Students working on a practical task
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    Extra cash for chemistry in the short term

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has awarded an additional £1.65m to the Chemistry for our future (CFOF) programme

  • Dr Paul Wyatt, director of the Bristol ChemLabS
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    Innovation in the lab earns HE award

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    University of Bristol's Paul Wyatt is the winner of the 2008 RSC Education Division's Higher Education award

  • CPD events from the RSC
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    What benefits subject-specific CPD?

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Independent report finds that teachers who take part in RSC's Chemistry for non-specialists (CFNS) become more confident in their teaching of chemistry and practical chemistry

  • A teaching workshop
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    RSC INSET summer programme

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    During June and July, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) will be hosting INSET events for chemistry teachers

  • Students in a lab
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    Sheffield chemistry - provides exclusive lab for schools

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    A dedicated schools' chemistry lab in the department of chemistry at the University of Sheffield provides school students with a front row view of HE chemistry

  • A depressed looking teen holding prozac
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    Prozac problems

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives

  • Cover of The Chemedian
    News

    The Chemedian

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Researchers from the University of the West of England have come up with a novel way of engaging pupils in scientific discussion

  • Hand, calculator and spreadsheet
    The Mole

    A day in the life of an accountant: David Henderson

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    David is in the final year of a three-year contract with BDO Stoy Hayward to qualify as an accountant. He talks to James Berressem about his typical day

  • 11 year olds working in class
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    Challenging Science

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The value of introducing challenging practical and interactive science lessons for 11-year olds

  • Clostridium difficile
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    An old drug for a new problem

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Medicinal compounds: John Mann takes a look at drugs on the market

  • Flying with a jetpack
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    Workshop on science careers

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Opportunity for science teachers and career advisers to update their knowledge of university science courses and careers for science graduates