All RSC Education articles in September 2014
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Opinion
Trainee teachers need scholarship
The current government policy on teacher training is flawed, says Keith Taber
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News
Magnetic nanocubes self-assemble into spirals
Tiny cubes of magnetite form superstructures under a magnetic field
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Feature
Supporting diversity and encouraging inclusion
Positive role models are key to attracting a more diverse section of society to the chemical sciences.
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Feature
The challenge of turning industrial chemistry green
Green chemistry is a maturing discipline. But the subject still holds big challenges that the next generation of chemists must tackle, as Josh Howgego reports
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Feature
Getting down to business
Including commercial awareness in undergraduate chemistry courses calls for an interactive teaching approach, says Samantha Pugh
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News
Models contend iodine double bonds
Theoretical studies replace double bonds with dative in hypervalent iodine compounds
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Soundbite
Bark beetles eat Beatle’s memorial tree
Nina Notman discovers at how bark beetles are destroying pine trees at an alarming rate
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CPD
Understanding equilibrium: a delicate balance
Steve Hacker describes some of the difficulties with teaching this topic and shows how you could help your students
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Feature
Unwitting artists
Is there art in chemical structures and diagrams? Jennifer Newton looks at the aesthetics all around us
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Exhibition chemistry
Dancing flames
An experiment with an eerie green flame which really provides a wow factor