A personal reflection on the closure of Hull’s Chemistry Department, where I held my first academic post.
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Reflections on my experiences of doing a highly-theoretical maths course in the first year of my Chemistry degree
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Reflections on how I’ve changed for teaching such a large volume of content in Inorganic Chemistry Tutorials
Read MoreReflections on how the treatment of cobalt in the undergraduate curriculum might be ‘decolonised’
Read MoreA short precis of an MChem thesis titled Students' experiences of mental health and studying chemistry at Oxford
Read MoreA short precis of an MChem thesis titled Chemistry student enthusiasm: exploring student and teaching staff perspectives
Read MoreTransition metal chemistry could be taught more smoothly if it came after group theory. What kind of shuffling could we do to make this work?
Read MoreOxford currently requires its chemistry students to memorise the periodic table. I explore how this might weaken the rigour of assessments and argue that it should be provided to students.
Read MoreA cost-of-living crisis is looming, and chemistry degrees demand an extraordinary number of lab hours from students. What are the costs and consequences of 300 lab hours in 2022?
Read MoreA brief descriptive analysis of student:staff ratios in Oxford
Read MoreReflections on how the people making curriculum decisions are not representative of typical students, and some ways this might influence curriculum decisions.
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An argument for treating the UK HE Chemistry syllabus as a simulacrum of authentic chemistry, and a reflection on some consequences of this treatment.
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