All RSC Education articles in September 2007
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NewsH2-powered racing car on tour
The world's first hydrogen-powered Formula Student racing car will be one of the attractions of this year's Chemistry Week national tour
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NewsBologna revisited
Where does the UK MChem/MSci degree sit in the European Higher Education Area?
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FeatureBuild your own spectrophotometer
By designing and building their own visible-light spectrophotometers, students get to grips with the underlying principles of this widely used analytical tool
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FeatureHarnessing solar energy with Grätzel cells
Chemists from the Universities of Loughborough and Bristol have teamed up to take a research-based project into local schools
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NewsCrime scene chemistry
Mark Baron reviews this introduction to chemistry for university students
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FeatureCocaine - a short trip in time
In the latter half of the 19th century chemists started to investigate the properties of cocaine. Elucidation of its molecular structure followed some 30 years later
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NewsStudents join a growing community
Since its launch in September 2006 some 1200 UK students have joined ChemNet
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OpinionConcrete stalactites
Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry. In this issue: concrete stalactites
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NewsNon-specialist teachers on course
Non-specialist chemistry teachers benefit from tailored Inset course thanks to the RSC and GlaxoSmithKline
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MathsDisplaying data
Tips for teaching maths skills to our future chemists, by Paul Yates of Keele University
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The MoleOnline discussion
US researchers report on an online discussion system which is designed to integrate and support scientific discussions within the classroom
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NewsIdeas for teaching earth science
A new initiative, launching in 2008 as part of the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE), will offer science teachers fresh ideas on teaching about Earth science
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NewsTextbook explanation
How certain phenomena are explained in key undergraduate chemistry texts is the focus of a study by Vicente Talanquer of the University of Arizona
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NewsRSC rewards innovative teachers
Michael Hayward of Birkenhead School, Oxton, Wirral and the University of Leicester's Dr Jonny Woodward receive RSC teaching awards
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SoundbiteNo laughing matter
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.