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Do you teach chemistry to A Level, Higher or Leaving Certificate students in the UK or Ireland? If you do, we need your help with a short survey about your students' degere choices. We're seeing a downward trend in applications to study chemistry at university that isn't fully explained by any change in entries to pre-degree qualifications. We'd like ... more...in Elementary Articles on 07/13/2017 09:10 AM
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The very eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted me among these pages before, around 4 years ago when I was on what was then known as the Publishing Graduate Scheme. I came to the Royal Society of Chemistry through the Publishing route, knowing that I wanted a career in chemistry, but outside of the lab, and not really sure what that would look like. After 3 ... more...in RSC Graduate Scheme on 02/22/2016 01:46 PM
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As a professional body, we encourage all of our members to develop their technical and professional skills by undertaking continuing professional development (CPD). This can take many forms including formal, structured training courses. To help our members decide on valuable and appropriate training for their needs, we started a programme to ... more...in Elementary Articles on 11/27/2015 01:24 PM
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From bench monkey to science journalist wannabe in just three simple steps! After having spent five years as a researcher, getting the unique chance to work as a trainee with the RSC was an exciting change. I’m currently on rotation with Chemistry World . Having been friendly and welcoming from day one, everyone in the team has been amazingly ... more...in RSC Graduate Scheme on 01/05/2015 09:47 AM
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I can’t believe it’s almost Christmas – it feels like I only just started! I honestly can’t quite believe that I have been at the Royal Society of Chemistry for almost four months now. It has completely flown by. I started my first rotation in September in the Strategic Innovation Group, working on one of the organisation’s ... more...in RSC Graduate Scheme on 12/23/2014 09:52 AM
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Out and about with Membership Development The last few months on my placement in the Books team fle w by; I received a completed manuscript that I passed over to production, created a blog for our Authors, worked with Design and Marketing to produce postcards for our new title Science and Art that were then sent to galleries and museums around the ... more...in RSC Graduate Scheme on 11/14/2014 02:53 PM
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As a new face at the RSC, this is my first ever grad blog! I’ve already been to our offices at Burlington House in London, on recruitment visits, interviews, and even to a photography shoot. Two months ago I had my first day at the RSC, like Isobel, in the Member Services team. Slightly overwhelmed by the prospect of managing our 175 Faces of Chemistry ... more...in RSC Graduate Scheme on 11/07/2014 11:04 AM
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Two months in and looking forward to the next sixteen! I’ve been at the Royal Society of Chemistry for about two months now and I’m really enjoying my first placement in the Science team. Between graduating and joining the RSC Graduate Trainee scheme, I’d spent two years working in Japan and one year working for an insurance ... more...in RSC Graduate Scheme on 10/30/2014 11:53 AM
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In a recent Chemistry World there was an item on chemistry in India, and one of the things that struck me was that Indian chemists seemed to be criticized because they published a very low proportion of the papers in journals such as JACS and Angewandte Chemie . The implication was, only the "best" stuff gets published there, hence the Indian chemists were not good enough. The question I want to raise is, do you think that reasoning is valid? One answer might be that these ...
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