eLearning@Edinburgh conference

26th of August 2009
National e-Science Centre (NESC)

Speakers this year have been invited to highlight ways in which technology can support group working and peer engagement. The invited speaker is Megan Quentin Baxter (acting Director of Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine)

The provisional timetable and for booking: http://tinyurl.com/lh9u8x
(N.B. wiki is on planned downtime this morning so try later).

If you'd like to showcase your work and discuss it on the day, there is space for posters and/or demos for break times. These can be about any eLearning topic and the contact for this is Daniela Gachago.

Changing Academic PRactice: Implications for future Physical Sciences academics

Wed 4th Nov 2009
10:30-16:00
University of Oxford - Lincoln EPA Science Centre

A colloquium to bring together doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and junior and senior academics to discuss challenges etc for those wishing to pursue an academic career in physical sciences.

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

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