Dear Member,
Happy New Year and welcome to the January edition of the Networks Newsletter. These monthly newsletters aim to keep all member networks updated with news describing how to get involved, as well as information on relevant events, services and new initiatives from the RSC Networks Team.
Trialling Reaxys
Teacher Training Scholarships
Nottingham Careers Hub
Member Survey
First articles published for three new journals
Prizes and Awards
The sea, fireworks and ChemCareers
Deadline - March inserts for Chemistry World
Accessibility, diversity and inclusion tip of the month
Update on Regional Education and Outreach Work
Events Deadlines
Are you interested in trialling Reaxys?
We are considering investing in a subscription to Reaxys for members, and need your opinion on this database and workflow tool for critical chemistry information. The 6-week trial will go live on 27
th January, so please
email us now to sign up.
More information
Teacher Training Scholarships
Passionate about chemistry? Apply for a Royal Society of Chemistry Teacher Training Scholarship worth £25,000.
Run in partnership with the Department for Education, the scholarship includes a support package:
• £25,000 tax-free reward for the training year;
• Royal Society of Chemistry membership for 2 years;
• access to our national and regional support networks including: local meetings, online communities, Royal Society of Chemistry Teacher Fellow mentors, annual conferences;
• selection of materials including resources, lab coats and other consumables.
We have a series of application deadlines until June 2014 – next deadline 12
th January.
Find out more.
Nottingham Careers Hub
The Careers Team is running a Careers Hub for members at Jurys Inn, Nottingham on Monday 10
th February. Careers Hubs are an opportunity for members to book a 45-minute confidential appointment with a careers specialist and to attend an evening Mixer Meeting. All members in the local area will have received a personal email invitation.
Member Survey
Look out for the opportunity to share your views on the Royal Society of Chemistry and your membership through our membership survey on 16
th January 2014.
As a member, you have access to the survey through a personal link you will receive in an email.
Your input is vital: it helps us improve the support, services and benefits available to our members and shapes our activities in the wider community.
First articles published for our three new journals
The first articles have been published online for our 2 new journals developed as part of a
collaboration between The Chinese Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry: for the latest articles, visit
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and
Organic Chemistry Frontiers.
Plus,
Environmental Science: Nano has recently published its first articles – read them on our
website.
All articles published in these three journals benefit from wide exposure, with free access on registration to all content published during 2014 and 2015.
What did Paul say?
Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes and Awards: Rewarding Excellence, Gaining Recognition
Up to £5,000 prize money
Watch the video and find out what Professor Paul Workman said about winning a Royal Society of Chemistry award. Also discover the ingenious process applied to drug discovery.
Our Prizes and Awards recognise excellence by individuals, teams and organisations in advancing the chemical sciences. Winning an award gains you recognition which is always good for business. But first … you have to enter! Nominate Now
Have you made a significant contribution to advancing the chemical sciences? Then ask a Royal Society of Chemistry member to nominate you.
To view our full list of Prizes and Awards and to make a nomination, visit: www.rsc.org/awards. Nominations close 15th January 2014.
The sea, fireworks and ChemCareers - find out about some of the Networks' Activities and some new resources on the blog.
‘Materials and the Sea’ and ‘
Defnyddiau a’r Môr’, an illustrated booklet on chemistry at the coast, has been published by the Mid-Wales local section and Friends of the Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. This takes the reader for a ‘walk’ around Aberystwyth harbour. Click on the link to find out more.
The University of Sheffield’s ChemSoc has hosted a lecture on fireworks. See the
report by Alex Metherell on the blog for some dramatic photographs!
The Deccan section has organised
various activities, including a ChemCareers event for 750 students.
Deadline - March inserts for Chemistry World
If you wish to add an insert to the March edition of Chemistry World, please note that the deadline to send print-ready Word documents is 30
th January. Up to 3 inserts can be included; they are single or double sided, black and white and printed on A4 paper. Please send your inserts to
msadmin@rsc.org by 30
th January at the latest.
Accessibility, diversity and inclusion tip of the month
Consider venue – when booking a venue, check for accessibility for those who might have problems with mobility (parking, lifts, distance between rooms used etc.) Also consider travel to/from the venue. Will this make it difficult for any of your audience to attend?
Staff members of the month…
Update on Regional Education and Outreach Work throughout the UK & Ireland
Many of you will be aware of and be working with our team of 9 Regional Coordinators throughout the UK and Ireland. Their work involves promoting the support we have on offer to schools and organising events for schools. In order to reflect their education focus, the Regional Coordinator’s job title is being renamed to
Education Coordinator.
As part of the RSC’s outreach strategy (see RSC News December 2013, p.8-9) we are going to significantly invest in locally-managed outreach activities by growing our network of locally-based staff and representatives. This will improve communication, make delivery of our outreach activities easier, and better support our members and other advocates.
We will be introducing RSC Programme Managers in five areas throughout the UK and Ireland, whose role will be to manage and support our regional activities and representatives (including the team of Education Coordinators). We are pleased to announce the first two of these are now in post:
Samantha Murphy, RSC Programme Manager, Wales and South West.
Samantha joins us from the Linnean Society where she was Events and Communications Manager.
Sarah McLusky, RSC Programme Manager, North of England and the Midlands. Sarah was most recently a freelance Science Education Consultant and has organised large scale events such as the Young People’s Programme at the British Science Festival.
Over the next twelve months we will also be doubling the number of Education Coordinators to eighteen, in order to organise activities and events on a regional basis.
If anyone has any questions regarding these roles, please contact Amanda Middleton (Manager, Regions) on
middletona@rsc.org.
RSC Events Deadlines
Major deadlines coming up – check out the individual websites for more details and all the key dates.
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EVENT |
DEADLINE |
Overcoming the Bottlenecks in Drug Discovery and Development
20-21 March 2014
DSIN-Ranbaxy, Gurgaon, India
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Poster abstract deadline:
15 February 2014
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Astrochemistry of Dust, Ice and Gas (FD168)
7-9 April 2014
Leiden, The Netherlands
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Poster abstract deadline:
27 January 2014
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2nd International Clean Energy Conference on Clean Energy Science (ICCES2)
13-16 April 2014
Qingdao, China
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Poster abstract deadline:
24 January 2014
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Molecular Simulations and Visualization (FD169)
7-9 May 2014
Nottingham, UK
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Poster abstract deadline:
24 February 2014
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Challenges in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry (ISACS13)
1-4 July 2014
Dublin, Ireland
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Oral abstract deadline:
24 February 2014
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Metal ions in medical imaging: optical, radiopharmaceutical and MRI contrast (DD15)
8-10 September 2014
York, UK
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Oral abstract deadline:
27 January 2014
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Next-Generation Materials for Energy Chemistry (FD176)
27-29 October 2014
Xiamen, China
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Oral abstract deadline:
3 February 2014
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