We did a thing! @misstray_chem and @Sci_DrScott and I looked at when the Advanced Higher Project came back into Scottish Schools post-COVID, and whether they could resource it.
Stark finding: over half of teachers reported asking pupils to buy reagents. degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
Heading to #ViCEPHEC25, posting about it on bluesky.
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Should be a great event so please come join us @OxfordChemistry @craigdc1983 @eforsyth1194 @S_J_Lancaster @EddevJanep @DrLinneaSoler @dr_odedra @patrickthomson @jswrightshef @doc_kristy
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**New blog post** Reflections on the closure of Hull's Chemistry Department, where I used to work. #ChemTwitter michaeloneill.org/blog-1/202…
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We're hosting a #ChemEd meeting!
Delighted to share that registration for Chemistry Teaching in Practice (CTiP), a free one-day workshop for chemistry HE practitioners taking place @OxfordChemistry on 9th January 2025, is now open: rsc.org/events/detail/80274/…
Looking forward to welcoming Scottish chemistry teachers to #WoSChem25 hosted at
@StrathChem
in January! Advanced Higher Project CLPL as always! Signup/info: strath.ac.uk/science/chemist…
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Many thanks to @seerymk, @patrickthomson, @DrNMistry, @stewart_malcolm, @craigdc1983, @anna_bertram, and others, for talking to me for this article chemistryworld.com/features/…
We did a thing! Inspired by @dave2004b, we put Integrated Instructions into a first year distillation lab AND also dyed the fractions to make them easier to follow. Obligatory "dusting of inquiry" ofc dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchem…
I'm no on my way to #ViCEPHEC24 and will be live-skying the event over on bsky.app/profile/patrickthom…
Outstanding work!
I love YouTube chemistry channels, so my team have produced a first-of-a-kind study analyzing over 1600 channels producing Chemistry-related content. 🧵👇
#ChemTwitter #Scicomm #YouTube #Preprint #science
As sometimes leader of departmental chemistry education research meetings, I feel quite judged by this
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We are also looking for 2 teaching focussed lecturers with expertise in green chemistry and/or automation to join our chemistry education team to modernise our chemistry curriculum. #chemjobs #greenchem
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Scotland's finest civil engineering achievements: updated
Cross-posted from BlueSky:
Chemists: what chemistry threshold concept have you internalised elsewhere? For me, it's dynamic equilibria, and the idea that most things which look static aren't. The shelves are always stacked because ... bsky.app/profile/patrickthom…
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We’re looking for two senior laboratory instructors to join our team for the new academic year. Please share with anyone with an interest in lab teaching. Applications from recently completed (or completing very soon) PhD students welcome. kcl.ac.uk/jobs/093589-techni… #chemjobs
Huge congratulations to National Teaching Fellow @kjhaxton ! Richly deserved!
It’s our favourite day of the year! Congratulations to everyone celebrating becoming a new #NTF and welcome to our community 🥰 Make sure to tag & follow us so we can follow you back & RT you!
Full list here: advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vi…
Chem Ed people: I'm sure there was a website out there with about 100 different CER survey instruments catalogued in it, but mind (and bookmarks) drawing a blank!
Ah for... Hull closing chemistry department. Booooooo
The Department of Chemistry at Hull is most famous for creating the first liquid crystal display at room temperature hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hul…




















