Identifying skill inequalities in undergraduate chemistry laboratory teaching
Designing effective laboratory courses that take prior knowledge and experience into account are important for reducing inequalities and skill gaps within higher education. Whilst many anecdotal trend...
Delighted to see my first paper in Chemical Education out in CERP. This work aimed to identify skill gaps present in first year undergraduate laboratories and identify the factors that contribute to them. #ChemEd
Many thanks to all those involved in the work.
doi.org/10.1039/D5RP...
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04.03.2025 15:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Community building: Challenges and opportunities β Teaching Matters
My thanks to Marc Di Tommasi, Ania Byerly and Kirsten Cowan for their help in putting this together, and to the Student Support Team and the students at the University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry involved in the running of our community schemes.
blogs.ed.ac.uk/teaching-mat...
04.03.2025 15:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Excited for the annual #RSCPoster event today and particularly the #RSCEdu section. This is a really accessible opportunity for anyone to access leading science.
It is also a fantastic way for our MSc students to get inspiration for their own posters in a few weeks time.
See you all there!
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#RSCPoster 2025 - Share your research with the world.
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Tomorrow, the #RSCPoster competition will start on LinkedIn. If you haven't already, then please register before midnight TODAY (UK time) β‘οΈ buff.ly/ZKw4l9j
We look forward to seeing all your posters! #ChemSky
03.03.2025 12:18 β π 24 π 19 π¬ 1 π 1
It was fantastic to hear about Audrey's work in a recent visit to the School of Chemistry here in Edinburgh. I'd encourage anyone involved in chemistry education to attend.
11.02.2025 20:02 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Good morning Edinburgh!
16.01.2025 08:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Made it along to the Edinburgh Christmas market today. Been a few years since we visited, but wow, it isn't quite the same anymore.
08.12.2024 23:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Advent Calendar
For any other #NMR enthusiasts out there, the team at Manchester put together the perfect advent calendar. Thank you!
www.nmr.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk/advent24/
01.12.2024 10:48 β π 15 π 10 π¬ 0 π 3
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The RSC Chemistry Education Research Group's Methods in Chemistry Education Research 2025 (#MICER25) conference will be held at Edinburgh Napier University on Wednesday 21 May 2025.
More details soon!
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#MICER25 - Hurrah! #micerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
29.11.2024 14:15 β π 11 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
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/β¦
28.11.2024 20:40 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
Bluesky Chem Starter Packs
Did some tidying up of the links for chemistry related starter packs, arranged loosely by subject area, and added who maintains the list so you know who to speak with if you'd like to be added!
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25.11.2024 14:01 β π 169 π 75 π¬ 23 π 18
Many thanks to all the organisers and speakers at today's #RSC Science and the Parliament event. Some insightful discussions into the future of STEM education #STEM #ChemEd
26.11.2024 17:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
All good pointsb thanks. From that I assume you provide model data in advance of any experiments that cover processing in the LOs?
25.11.2024 23:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Yes. It can be very complex in Scotland with multiple UK education systems. The emphasis of stringent marking criteria in current secondary exams also makes widening students' evaluation skills challenging.
25.11.2024 22:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hey #ChemEd #ChemSky On the days when teaching lab experiments fail to produce any data - what do you do?
Give the students model data? Get them to complete only part of the write up? Get them back another day? Or design assessments that don't rely on it?
Any thoughts?
21.11.2024 19:51 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 3 π 0
A beautiful evening in Edinburgh. Congratulations to all of today's chemistry graduates!
20.11.2024 18:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yes please! A super useful list thank you.
19.11.2024 05:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks Michael. Just joining the Bluesky rush and this was incredibly helpful. Please add if you have a moment to spare!
18.11.2024 23:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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