Making Web 2.0 Work for You - workshop

Wed 28th Oct 09
09:00-16:15
Leeds - The Old School Board

Focus on implications arising when teaching practice leaves the classroom/VLEs. Examples of practice on integrating new technologies and techniques into teaching.

More details and registration at: http://www.physsci.heacademy.ac.uk/events/forthcoming

Workshop for New and Aspiring Lecturers

Fri 30th October 2009 (noon) - Sat 31st October 2009 (1pm)
York - Best Western Monk Bar Hotel.

Delivered by physical science practitioners in a context relevant to chemistry, physics and related disciplines.

More details and registration at: http://www.physsci.heacademy.ac.uk/events/forthcoming

NeSC newsletter - includes Rapid portlets in Chemistry UG teaching

August 2009 editions at http://www.nesc.ac.uk/news/newsletter/August09.pdf.

Page 3 for how a Rapid portlet helps in teaching chemistry students computational chemistry.

$50 Amazon gift certificates - ACS survey

ACS Publications is interested in finding out what is valued in the journals they produce. Submitted answers will be used in their promotional marketing campaign.

Answer both of the following questions in three sentences or less, and your name will be entered in a draw for one of three $50 Amazon gift certificates.

1. Why do you read ACS Journals?
2. Why do you publish in ACS Journals?

To participate, access the survey here

Completion by 11am EST on Friday, August 7, 2009.

latest update of the Gmelin database - 4th Aug 09

Statistics for the new Gmelin database are as follows:

Number of compounds: 2,687,265
Number of citations: 1,397,567
Number of reactions: 2,044,673

More information about accessing Gmelin

UK Research Reserve (UKRR) - first members, incl UoEdinburgh sign up

15 UK higher education institutions (HEIs) were accepted by the UKRR Selection Panel at its inaugural meeting. These first members include the University of Edinburgh.

Shared across the the 15 participating institutions, over 14k linear metres of material will be processed during this first tranche of activity.

More information from the UKRR website.

For more information on the implications for EUL, please contact your Liaison Librarian

Bridging the Gaps - call for proposals (EPSRC)

The EPSRC are seeking outline proposals for their Bridging the Gaps call to help research organisations build a programme of activities that will stimulate creative thinking, across disciplines, reflecting institutional strengths and strategies.

They encourage applications that bridge the gaps between engineering and physical sciences (EPS) and other non-EPS research areas. In particular, they welcome proposals that include working with the social sciences and/or arts and humanities.

More information from the EPSRC website

Deadline for applications is 16 September.