Enjoyed a thoughtful discussion with colleagues at our monthly journal club this week, about the results presented in this paper by Walck-Shannon et al on student study habits. I love speculating on how closely self-reported study habits match actual study habits... #ITeachChem #STEMEd

Made my own birthday cake. Full 1990s retro. #ChemistsWhoCook

Braising some lentils to eat with home-made walnut bread. #ChemistsWhoCook

I talked to @latif.bsky.social at @radiolab.bsky.social about brain organoids for their new episode. Listen here: radiolab.org/podcast/brai...

Saw this and thought of the #ChemSky #GardenIndicators crowd ☺️🧪

Cinnamon rolls but with mincemeat? Yup. Shame I picked such a cold day to try as it took three times as long to prove as usual... #ChemistsWhoCook

Also, recently had fun hosting guests with a Rick Stein chicken tray bake and some gnocchi alla Sorrentina #ChemistsWhoCook

How to use up egg-yolks after royal-icing the Christmas cake? Egg yolk chocolate chip cookie bars! #ChemistsWhoCook

Yay for #chemsky ! Check out responses below!

Some interesting Higher Ed data in @jburnmurdoch.ft.com’s latest piece on special needs provision.

LIverpool Chemistry is seeking a new Professor and Head of Department of Chemistry Interested? It is a great department! #chemsky #chemchat www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ019/p...

It’s been a while, but here’s my cranberry and marzipan cake offering for this evening’s one-of-many seasonal socials… #ChemistsWhoCook

Hear from the Editorial board who invite you to read and consider signing the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future & learn about how the declaration’s themes align with the mission and scope of RSC Sustainability 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU... #Sustainability #Chemsky #SustainableChemistry

Sitting in the last session of #ELRIGDD25 and reflecting on what I’ve seen regarding AI in the past 2 days. And how that compares / contrasts with narratives about the same technology in academia in the past year or so. No hot takes. Am convinced it’s transformational. And so complex. #ITeachChem

#ITeachChem #ChemEd

Meanwhile, to her mother’s delight and bemusement, the child decided she’d rather do optional maths homework than watch a film on Friday evening… 🧮🥰

This article is focused at primary/secondary education and has some great tips about observation that are widely applicable. And so interesting to see the images of universal indicator scales adjusted for differences in colour perception. #ITeachChem #ChemEd

In reporting this piece on the new trial for a Huntington's treatment, I was struck by one thing in particular: The joy. One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...

Reposting to also tag #ITeachChem. Some nice activities here.

Looking forward to discussing Haraldsrud and Odden's recent J Chem Ed paper "Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Real Intelligence: Self-Scaffolding Computational Modeling with Generative AI in Chemistry" at our department journal club next week! #ChemSky #ITeachChem

Tried potato farls this evening - tasty but not sure I got the balance of flour:potato quite right. #ChemistsWhoCook

Garlic-Parmesan sweetheart cabbage waiting to enter the oven. #ChemistsWhoCook

Fresh sardines and cauliflower baking in the oven. This #ChemistWhoCooks operates a “hybrid” kitchen, so these will be served with toasted potato waffles from a packet… 😂😅😭

While alchemy is increasingly seen as a precursor to modern chemistry, 'witchcraft' – practised by lower-status women – is still ignored. But was the 'magic', from flying ointments to healing potions, grounded in real pharmacology?

IT'S FINALLY TIME! BakeOff is BACK. You know what that means ChemBakeOff reaction/meme thread.

How do you learn something new—flashcards, practice, trial and error? New research from psychology professor Aaron Seitz says it all comes down to incidental learning, when our brains slip into a state ready to absorb. 🧪 Read more: http://bit.ly/4mOgoBN #COSConnects #Psychology

Get students talking 🗣️ before they start drawing curly arrows. Oracy helps them explain, question and solve mechanisms with confidence – and it’s easy to build into your teaching: edu.rsc.org/ideas/using-... #chemsky

Doing some pre-semester thinking about DCM substitution in teaching labs (mainly for caffeine extraction) and thought I'd share a thread in case anyone else is also still working on this. Reading included Wright and Welder's piece in J Chem Ed from earlier this summer... #ChemSky #ITeachChem (1/5)

Interesting piece. I wonder if the outcomes of this research would be similar / the same across different apprenticeship sectors and subjects.

Day 2 highlights at #ViCEPHEC25 included the whole Lab Design session (shoutouts to @annajkirkham.bsky.social, Tyler Hughes, Gina Washbourn, Ed Breeds & chair @drlinneasoler.bsky.social). Loved the desire to understand student perspective to help improve individual and collective experience. (1/2)

Some #ViCEPHEC25 highlights for me so far have included Jacquie Robson’s keynote on her non-linear teaching-focused academic career trajectory, as well as… (1/n)

My bag is packed, and I’ve got a ticket to ride* to #ViCEPHEC25 in the morning! *sorry, not sorry

This was such a fascinating and constructive event! #ChemSky #ITeachChem

Accidentally made too much sweet-potato mash for my bread recipe, and was obliged to make muffins with the rest… 😇 #ChemistsWhoCook

This is a really great piece by @michaeloneill.org One of the real challenges in STEM Ed has been translating the research findings into the classroom. I think it's because in STEM we (broad brush strokes here) struggle with how to talk about teaching? www.michaeloneill.org/blog-1/2025/...

#ChemSky Us too? I remember sitting through a lecture at the ENS in Paris that *felt* (to my UG mind) as though it started with this and then derived the Whole Of Spectroscopy… 🤯😍

Gnocchi alla Sorrentina on its way into the oven last night. #ChemistsWhoCook

My #ChemEdResearch reading this week hurt my brain a bit, but I find it so interesting to reflect on the effect of wording changes on assessment outcomes. #ChemSky

Two-handed keyboards tend to be more similar than different -- we expect them to function more or less interchangeably. One-handed keyboards, meanwhile, are about as different from one another as you could possibly imagine. 99percentinvisible.org/article/adap...

Rhubarb flapjacks* #ChemistsWhoCook *UK style oaty things

Somehow finds herself on an AI boat, floating in a sea of “Huh”?

This is fun & an important exercise! ☺️📊 🧪

Do we need a #ChemSky thread on insects in chemistry? This is a great article by @robinson-julia.bsky.social and it reminded me of the polystyrene munching Zophobas morio larvae from a few years back…

I’m in! ☺️ #ViCEPHEC25

Popping up from “lurk mode” to share some plantain, which was a gift from a Ghanaian friend who showed me how she prepared it and then pointedly gave me a raw one and said “it’s not hard”. #ChemistsWhoCook

On the one hand, the gardening (as so many other things) got away from me over the past few weeks. On the other hand, there was enough dandelion for a tiny bowl of hindbeh! #ChemistsWhoCook

Reposting to tag #ITeachChem and #ChemEd. Also to add a link to one of the papers cited, partly to remind myself to read it more fully tomorrow…

We are hiring! Looking for a full-time chemistry technician to support our brand new teaching labs at Northeastern University London. Please reach out to my colleague Matt if you're interested (email in ad). #ChemJobs #ChemSky