All Education articles – Page 17
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FeatureInspiring the next generation
Most people’s first taste of chemistry is in the classroom, but are tomorrow’s chemists getting the education they deserve?
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CareersEnabling Africa's women
US project Coach is supporting African women to progress in science careers, Hayley Birch learns
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CareersLearn to speak engineering
Chemists and chemical engineers are two groups separated by a common science. Sarah Houlton looks at a course that’s bridging the gap
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CareersMaking the masters choice
Today’s chemistry graduates could find that those with an extra year of study under their belts are landing the best opportunities. Helen Carmichael reports
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FeatureCapital chemistry
This year, the University of Edinburgh celebrates three centuries since the appointment of its first chemistry professor. Philip Robinson looks back in time
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CareersAdmissions advice
With university places at a premium, Emma Stoye gets some tips on standing out and securing a place on the right course
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CareersHigher apprenticeships offer degrees of difference
Can an apprenticeship offer a genuine alternative to a university degree? James Mitchell Crowe investigates
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OpinionAn artful solution to scientist shortfall
Joe Connor recalls a little known scheme to persuade arts students into science and asks what we might learn from it today
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FeatureMeasuring up
In 2013, the Research Excellence Framework replaces the Research Assessment Exercise in rating every chemistry department in the UK. Leila Sattary weighs up the evidence
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CareersA sustainable future: green chemistry PhDs
Yfke Hager speaks to tomorrow’s chemists being trained in the science of sustainability
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OpinionToo many scientists?
The proliferation of PhDs is unsustainable and damaging, says Paula Stephan.
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CareersTracking tomorrow's talent
Futuretrack has followed thousands of students on their path through university and beyond. Kate Purcell talks Emma Davies through the latest data on careers and job satisfaction
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OpinionA warning for Iberoamerican science
Latin America’s scientific spring is in jeopardy says Carmelo Polino, as education systems fail a disinterested generation
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Careers
Mixing business with chemistry
Hayley Birch finds out why investing in graduate development is so essential to Afton Chemical’s success
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A gap in the market
With a little luck and a lot of hard work, young entrepreneurs can turn ideas into careers. Emma Davies meets some graduates who are setting out and starting up
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Educating scholars
With many universities now opting to employ dedicated teaching staff, Sarah Houlton meets two of them for a lesson in undergraduate chemistry