All Education articles – Page 2
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CareersWork or study… or work and study?
How employers are helping employees to gain new qualifications, including PhDs
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NewsBangor University will demolish closed-down chemistry tower
Chemistry building will be removed three years after the Welsh university decided to close the 135-year-old department to save money
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NewsEminent NYU chemist fired after students complain about taxing organic chemistry course
Maitland Jones’s sacking highlights tensions between student expectations, academic rigour and teaching styles
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OpinionDo science courses need hands-on labs to be effective?
The practical lab is where abstract theory connects to physical reality
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Research3D printing allows blind chemists to visualise scientific data
Lithophanes produced with a basic 3D printer can make research findings more accessible
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OpinionTaking the foundation course route
Students should be told more about the different paths to a career in chemistry
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CareersThe many career benefits of apprenticeships
On-the-job training combined with a qualification provides apprentices with a solid first step on the scientific career ladder
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OpinionLetters: July 2022
Readers call for international cooperation, near-miss reporting and less emphasis on deriving equations
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OpinionTeaching-focused staff contribute to REF results too
But are often overlooked in celebrations of research excellence
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OpinionThe importance of providing young people with mental health support
Do you feel safe openly discussing your mental health with your colleagues at work?
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OpinionBringing citizen science into school – and to the beach
A coastal project to contextualise concerns about pollutants and microplastics
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CareersMaking research environments more inclusive to deaf and hard of hearing students
Todd Pagano helps open up the world of chemistry for students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
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ResearchHigh school students design a bottle that turns seawater into drinking water
Mangrove trees inspire thermal and membrane-based desalination system
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OpinionOutdated practical techniques still have lessons to teach
Understanding old methods provides valuable insights into the new
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OpinionSupawan Tantayanon: ‘I designed my own portable lab’
The green chemistry pioneer on making labs safer, designing a portable lab and her unusual way of cooking
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OpinionIt’s time to ban staff–student relationships
A policy of discouragement doesn’t go far enough towards tackling sexual misconduct
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NewsLong-awaited higher education reforms leave universities facing funding squeeze
Freeze on tuition fees worries UK universities, while there are fears loan changes will hit students
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OpinionZafra Lerman: ‘I used art, music, dance, drama, poetry, animation, anything’
The influential science diplomat on teaching chemistry through the arts and doing almost impossible things