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NewsSmarter teaching - better learning
Registration has opened and submissions are invited for the fifth Eurovariety in Chemistry Education conference, which will be held at the University of Limerick, Ireland, 3-5 July 2013
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NewsSTEM is the way forward, say NI Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education is calling for more pupils to get involved in STEM subjects in schools
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NewsTeachers: nominate your technicians for an award
The Salters' Institute are asking teachers to nominate their science technicians for recognition in a national award
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NewsUK universities need to keep up with the Far East, says Rees
Lord Rees has said that colleges and universities in the UK need to keep up with the 'more intensive and rigorous' education of young scientists in the Far East
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News£3000 grants for school science partnerships
Schools are invited to apply for grants of up to £3000 to run a project in partnership with a professional scientist or engineer
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NewsApplications open for Salters' Festivals and Camps
The Salters' Institute has launched their brand new website
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NewsBursaries for chemistry education researchers
Bursaries are available to support RSC members engaged in pedagogical research to attend chemical education conferences in the US
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NewsChem coach carnival
Web watch: Josh Howgego looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers
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NewsChemistry teachers' views needed
The Higher Education Academy is inviting secondary school chemistry teachers to join them to discuss the maths and statistics requirements for studying chemistry in higher education
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NewsChemistry Teaching Fellows Meeting
The RSC Education Division would like to invite chemistry teaching fellows in higher education to attend a meeting on 20 February at The Chemistry Centre, London
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NewsFree polymer courses for teachers
Secondary science teachers in the UK are invited to register for free, four day residential Polymer Study Tours
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NewsGCSE reform too fast, say MPs
The UK government's plans for abolishing GCSEs are trying to do too much, too fast, say the House of Commons education committee
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NewsGet set demonstrate
The British Science Association is asking teachers and technicians to nominate their favourite school science demonstration videos
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NewsKitchen chemistry travels to South Africa
Stephen Ashworth is on tour in South Africa to raise the public awareness of chemistry and physics, and to encourage children to pursue careers in science
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NewsNobel prize in chemistry 2012
The 2012 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to US-based scientists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors
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NewsRobert Winston's Science Experiments scoops books prize
Science Experiments, a book packed with fun and exciting experiments young people can do at home, has won the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2012
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NewsTextbooks too focused on exam preparation, says Ofqual
Textbooks linked to qualifications are too focused on exam preparation at the cost of subject content, according to new research by Ofqual
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NewsBill Bryson Prize 2012 and 2013
Award-winning young science communicators gathered last month to meet author Bill Bryson and collect their awards for the 2012 RSC Bill Bryson Prize
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NewsBP launches scholarship programme for STEM students
BP, one of the UK's leading graduate recruiters, has launched a new scholarship programme for talented science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) undergraduates in the UK.