All Education articles – Page 15
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CareersHigher apprenticeships offer degrees of difference
Can an apprenticeship offer a genuine alternative to a university degree? James Mitchell Crowe investigates
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OpinionAn artful solution to scientist shortfall
Joe Connor recalls a little known scheme to persuade arts students into science and asks what we might learn from it today
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FeatureMeasuring up
In 2013, the Research Excellence Framework replaces the Research Assessment Exercise in rating every chemistry department in the UK. Leila Sattary weighs up the evidence
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CareersA sustainable future: green chemistry PhDs
Yfke Hager speaks to tomorrow’s chemists being trained in the science of sustainability
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OpinionToo many scientists?
The proliferation of PhDs is unsustainable and damaging, says Paula Stephan.
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CareersTracking tomorrow's talent
Futuretrack has followed thousands of students on their path through university and beyond. Kate Purcell talks Emma Davies through the latest data on careers and job satisfaction
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OpinionA warning for Iberoamerican science
Latin America’s scientific spring is in jeopardy says Carmelo Polino, as education systems fail a disinterested generation
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Careers
Mixing business with chemistry
Hayley Birch finds out why investing in graduate development is so essential to Afton Chemical’s success
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Careers
A gap in the market
With a little luck and a lot of hard work, young entrepreneurs can turn ideas into careers. Emma Davies meets some graduates who are setting out and starting up
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Careers
Educating scholars
With many universities now opting to employ dedicated teaching staff, Sarah Houlton meets two of them for a lesson in undergraduate chemistry
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CareersThe future of medicine
A medicinal chemistry course that’s giving students a real taste of pharma - failure, frustration and all
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FeatureRebuilding Africa with science
As the RSC launches the first African hub of its Pan Africa Chemistry Network, Victoria Gill finds out how science can provide real solutions for the continent
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Opinion
Explosive inspiration
Peter Wothers describes the lure of the large-scale chemistry experiment
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CareersA cross-discipline MSc in cancer chemistry
A unique MSc course focuses on the cross-disciplinary know-how needed for a career in anti-cancer drug development. Joe McEntee reports
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Opinion
How many chemistry departments do we need?
The number and nature of departments delivering undergraduate chemistry degrees is changing. Paul O'Brien analyses how many are needed
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Opinion
Bologna and the European higher education area
The Bologna process began in 1999 with the aim of setting up a European higher education area by 2010. Terry Mitchell looks at what still needs to be done