All News articles – Page 43
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NewsSilver success for UK Olympiad team
UK team of four A-level students wins four silver medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad hosted by the University of Cambridge in July
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NewsWorking Memory
Research shows that students perform better when they are taught using resources designed to engage their working memory
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NewsTeaching Science to Refugee Learners
Based on a small-scale study Australian researchers have produced materials designed to help science students for whom English is a second language
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NewsCreativity in the curriculum
Researchers from Durham University investigate what teachers understand by creativity and how they nurture 'creative thought' among their students in science lessons
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NewsCFOF the way forward
The RSC is set to continue to manage several Chemistry for Our Future projects including the teacher fellow scheme and Spectroscopy in a suitcase
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NewsShort Film wins Bill Bryson prize
Students from Ridgeway School in Plymouth are the overall winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry's (RSC) 2009 Bill Bryson science communication competition
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NewsRSC HE teaching award winners
Claire McDonnell is the recipient of the 2009 RSC Education Division's Higher Education Teaching Award and Stuart Bennett is the first recipient of the RSC's new Education Award
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NewsApplied Science - where next?
Nuffield Foundation report highlights growing uptake of Applied Science courses at Key Stge 4 and issues with A-level Applied Science as a progression route for students post-16
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NewsAlong came a spider
In August, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) relaunched ChemSpider, an online chemistry search engine the Society acquired in May. The host of ChemSpider Antony Williams explains what this resource can offer chemistry teachers and their students
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NewsMedicinal natural products: a biosynthetic approach (3rd edn)
John Mann reviews the new edition
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NewsSolid silica sponge
Chemists in Singapore and Sweden synthesise unique silica material with sponge like properties which could have applications in separation science, catalysis and drug delivery
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NewsNew websites
Netgains: 'Cutting vehicle pollution' - school science resource and 'Beschoice' virtual learning environment extends to GCSE Science
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NewsFaraday's hot science in the ultracold
Promising new research into the properties of molecules close to absolute zero could offer up new insights into the nature of matter
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NewsSupport for education reform in Scotland
Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Edinburgh launch project to support science teachers in implementing Scotland's new Curriculum for Excellence
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NewsGold standard diagnosis
Chemists use gold nanoparticles to help medics detect a marker molecule for prostate cancer
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NewsGCSE criteria under scrutiny
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) launches consultation into the GCSE science criteria which could lead to a radical overhaul of specifications
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NewsThe chemistry PhD experience
This autumn sees the launch of 45 Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs) in science and engineering in 20 universities across the UK
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NewsFunding to support chemistry in schools
The Royal Society of Chemistry's Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector Education Support Group offers schools support to buy enhanced science equipment and run chemistry clubs
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NewsLeading the way forward in Chemical Education
This year's winner of the Nyholm Prize for Education is Professor Tina Overton of the University of Hull
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NewsRSC education changes on the horizon
Update on changes made to the Royal Society of Chemistry's (RSC) education department