Reflections on my experiences of doing a highly-theoretical maths course in the first year of my Chemistry degree
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A discussion about whether it would be technically possible to fund PhD studentships through the vehicle of the apprenticeship levy.
Read MoreA blog post on a specific format of exam question which asks students to match up one list with another.
Read MoreReflections on Lecture Capture as a policy decision
Read MoreA short description of the song followed by a reflection on what you might get from listening to it.
Read MoreA discussion of a few pieces of HESA finance data, with a view to thinking about how the community might identify and support at-risk Chemistry Departments.
Read MoreI had a lot of conversations about academic workloads during the superb ViCEPHEC23 conference in Durham. I wanted to collate some of the things I heard into a short blog.
Read MoreAnalysis of the HESA salary data for Chemistry academics, paying particular attention to age, ethnicity, gender, disability, and stratifying this by contract type (teaching-only, research-only, teaching & research).
Read MoreSome reflections on the specific procedures of anticipatory and retrospective administration involved in securing equity in assessments.
Read MoreI’ve written a book of the organic reaction mechanisms I learned for my finals exams. This blog post gives a flavour of what the book looks like.
Read MoreA blog making the case for framing awarding gaps as deficits in the validity of an assessment strategy
Read MoreJohnstone’s Triangle is one model to describe why Chemistry is so difficult to learn. This blog intends to flesh out a brief introduction to the model for people who are new to it, and challenge its uncritical use.
Read MoreBloom’s Taxonomy is one way to think about the cognitive skills involved in Higher Education. This blog intends to flesh out a brief introduction to the theory for people who are new to it, balanced with some of the central criticisms against it.
Read MoreCognitive Load Theory is probably the dominant model of learning in Chemistry Education. This blog intends to flesh out a brief introduction to the theory for people who are new to it, with specific examples of how it has been used in context.
Read MoreConstructive Alignment is probably the central model of curriculum in Higher Education. This blog intends to flesh out a brief introduction to the theory for people who are new to it, with specific examples of how I’ve used it in context.
Read MoreA blog exploring the case for memorialising Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in the Oxford Chemistry Department
Read MoreA short review of a recent book aimed at helping PhD students.
Read MoreI’ve thought a lot about how to teach Frost diagrams. This blog post is my attempt to share my reflections over the last 5-or-so years.
Read MoreReflections on how I’ve changed for teaching such a large volume of content in Inorganic Chemistry Tutorials
Read MoreI asked an AI to write an essay comparing the chemistry of oxygen and sulphur.
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