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A few weeks ago, I volunteered to help at the Cambridge Science Festival on the RSC stand. Last week, all the volunteers who worked on the stand were awarded an excellence award at the All Staff Meeting.

The RSC ran a number of interactive science experiments at the Cambridge Science Festival this year, as it does every year, including exploding volcanoes, and cornflour gloop.  The experiments showed some chemical principles whilst being suitable messy for children to enjoy.  Although the event was organised by the Science, Education and Industry (SEI) section of the organisation, anyone was allowed to volunteer to help on the day including employees from the editorial office.  I jumped at the chance because I thought it would be a great way to work with people from SEI whom I don’t normally get to see on a normal working day. I also found that it was great fun, despite being quite exhausting. Because a record number of over 30 volunteers turned out to help that day, we were each awarded with an excellence award at the RSC All Staff Meeting.  It’s great working with people who are always “up for anything” and ready to get involved.


My day to day work is similar to how I described it in my last blog, but now I am also training to edit papers as well.  I’m excited to be nearing the end of my time as a trainee.
Rowan Frame is a Graduate working in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Publishing Department. To see if there are any current vacancies go to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' Blog or subscribe to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' by Email
Posted by Rowan Frame on May 28, 2012 10:43 AM Europe/London

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