Matthew Almond
Matthew Almond is dean of faculty and professor of chemistry education at the University of Reading, UK
FeatureControlling the quality of herbal medicines
Matthew Almond and Samantha Atkinson discuss how the British Pharmacopoeia aids the quality control of medicines made from herbs
FeatureForensic students are getting their hands dirty
Practical research projects are vital in the training of the next generation of forensic scientists, explains Matthew Almond
ReviewChemistry3
This book introduces the three traditional areas of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. It is aimed at those in the first year of UK university chemistry courses.
ReviewPractical statistics for the analytical scientist: a bench guide
Stephen L. R. Ellison, Vicki J. Barwick and Trevor J. Duguid Farrant
ReviewChemistry3: introducing inorganic and physical chemistry
Andrew Burrows, John Holman, Andrew Parsons, Gwen Pilling and Gareth Price
FeatureThe ambassadors
Undergraduate chemists get the opportunity to teach as part of their degree course
FeatureGood lab practice
Students who want to work as analytical chemists in industry need to be introduced to the basic regulatory requirements of 'good laboratory practice'
NewsProblem-based approach to analytical chemistry
Matthew Almond reviews this second edition of Practical environmental analysis
FeatureAnalytical chemistry makes the news
University departments traditionally divided chemistry into inorganic, organic and physical subsets, with analytical chemistry sitting somewhere in between. But this is changing. The teaching of analytical chemistry is currently undergoing a renaissance in many universities.