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  • How are the sciences timetabled at KS4 in schools? (Draft)
    Take part in our online survey exploring models used for timetabling of the sciences at GCSE. The Royal Society of Chemistry is working with the Association for Science Education, Institute of Physics, Royal Society, Royal Society of Biology and Shift Learning to gather feedback from those who have a strong knowledge of how the sciences are ... more...
    Posted by Daniele Gibney in Elementary Articles on 10/22/2018 02:12 PM
  • Are your students taking chemistry to the next level? (Draft)
    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...
    Posted by Daniele Gibney in Elementary Articles on 07/13/2017 09:10 AM
  • Lizzy - Strategic Communications (Draft)
    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...
    Posted by Elisabeth Ratcliffe in RSC Graduate Scheme on 02/22/2016 01:46 PM
  • Why do we approve our own training courses? (Draft)
    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...
    Posted by Florence Greatrix in Elementary Articles on 11/27/2015 01:24 PM
  • Katrina – Chemistry World (Draft)
    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...
    Posted by Katrina Kramer in RSC Graduate Scheme on 01/05/2015 09:47 AM
  • Isobel M - Strategic Innovation (Draft)
    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...
    Posted by Isobel Marr in RSC Graduate Scheme on 12/23/2014 09:52 AM
  • Membership Development (Draft)
    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...
    Posted by in RSC Graduate Scheme on 11/14/2014 02:53 PM
  • Jenny - Member Services (Draft)
    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...
    Posted by Jenny Lovell in RSC Graduate Scheme on 11/07/2014 11:04 AM
  • Isobel - Science (Draft)
    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...
    Posted by Isobel Hogg in RSC Graduate Scheme on 10/30/2014 11:53 AM

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Alternative interpretations
My Involvement in the Question: do Electrons in Cyclopropane Delocalise?
In my last post, I promised to expose one of my failures, so let us start. If nothing else, it might be a lesson for those beginning their adventure in research. It all started properly with the start of my PhD. I had previously done some research while still an undergraduate, without a lot of success and I think that was because my supervisor was using me to try out some "wild ideas". In a sense, that is fair enough, but I think that it would have been better if he had tried them ...
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Posted by Ian Miller on Alternative interpretations Feb 9, 2019 10:43 PM GMT
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