Last night we celebrated our 2025 National Teaching Fellows and the winners of the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence. 🎉 Congratulations to all the awardees! Read more: bit.ly/3IETNJc #NTFSawards2025 #CATEawards2025

Well done to @drkevinmorgan.bsky.social of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social‬ on your #NTFS award! A champion of inclusive STEM education, his work drives change across policy, practice, and pedagogy. #NTFS2025

👏 Congratulations to the 61 new National Teaching Fellows and 17 CATE-winning teams — recognised for their outstanding contributions to teaching excellence across UK higher education. 🔗 Learn more: www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie... #NTFSawards2025 #CATEawards2025

The UCU Northern Ireland Regional AGM/Conference took place today. We were pleased to welcome the Gen Sec Jo Grady to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social campus. Not surprisingly, the voluntary severance scheme and ongoing related issues were a key topic for discussion.

Just dropped; my interview with the Science Pawdcast! Who knew Ghostbusters, CSI, The X-Files, and Jurassic Park would lead me to a career in chemistry? 🔬👻🦖, these sparked my curiosity #ScienceFictionToScienceFact #ChemistryInspiration bunsenbernerbmd.buzzsprout.com/413041/episo...

My big news! For ages, I've been thinking of holding my own book festival, and now it's happening! From 5-10th May, Dromore will hold its FIRST EVER book festival! Lots of wonderful authors confirmed in local venues, including the beautiful cathedral, and hopefully more to come! Aggggh, the nerves!

Love is a complex mix of emotions, behind which is a cocktail of hormones and neurotransmitters firing in the brain and body. And chemists, it turns out, aren’t immune to these chemical reactions and the silly things they make you do. cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...

For a chance to win a FREE hardback copy of my 'little book of sunshine', and get a taste of >100 new recipes served with hope & optimism, repost this to be entered in a draw. UK only, draw 17/2/25, winner contacted by DM. #BookGiveaway #ChemistswhoCook #FoodSky #BookSky amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967046

Your safety and wellbeing are our top priority. That's why the University campus will be closed tomorrow, Friday 24 January, given the red weather warning of wind in place across Northern Ireland due to #StormÉowyn. More details: ow.ly/lE0W50ULKeC

How do pedagogical practices impact students in UG STEM. Our study published this week looked at relationship between gender and self-efficacy. Congrats to Gintarė Lübeck for the research and collaboration led by @cbs-lecturer.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Key Recommends:

New vacancy for lecturer in biopharmaceutical engineering in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Four customers today. At one stage, I really did think it was going to be the first day in 29 years with no one through the door. I know it's the cold weather etc etc, but it's hard to stay upbeat when it's quiet. Want to buy a book and keep me busy wrapping tomorrow? www.bridgebooksdromore.co.uk

Sad to report that our esteemed colleague, Sir Fraser Stoddart, passed away yesterday in Melbourne, surrounded by family. His legacy is the 90+ academics he trained who continue to push the boundaries of human knowledge. Vale Fraser.

Colleagues, Students, Postdocs, Collaborators and Friends of Sir Fraser Stoddart: I am writing with the sad news that Fraser passed away suddenly on 31 Dec (Australia time) while on holiday with family. No details yet on any services. He is irreplaceable.

Happy birthday, everyone! On this day, in 1845, the Queen’s Colleges of Belfast, Cork and Galway were formally brought into existence. Thank you to everyone who has helped make Queen's the special place it is. Watch this space for more news on our celebrations as we enter our 180th year.

⭐ I am opening up a PhD Studentship at @ucddublin.bsky.social (start Sep '25) We'll be developing and studying innovative digital tools, eXtended reality, and AI interfaces to enhance learning experiences. Apply by 28 Feb 2025! Friends, please re-share! www.linkedin.com/posts/fungfu...

Wishing a very happy Christmas to all of our students, staff, alumni and global family who are celebrating. May your day be merry and bright! #LoveQUB

A word of caution: it might feel like that grant/paper/review cannot possibly wait over the Christmas period, but you can't get time with friends and family back. You likely won't be like "really wish I'd submitted that" in 5 years time but you might regret not spending time with those you love.

It's Small Business Saturday, which could, thanks to Storm Darragh, be a very small Saturday. If your favourite small business has a website, perhaps you could use it if you can't visit them in person today. Did I mention that I have one...? bridgebooksdromore.co.uk

Thank you to Chemistry Education Research and Practice for their support of #GRCCERP25. Programme includes several CERPies, including keynotes from Editor and Deputy Editor, presentation from former Editor as well as (cough) other former Editor hanging around. pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Applications for the 2025 Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize are now invited. Read more about how to apply: www.ria.ie/2024/11/28/c... @drkevinmorgan.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER Members can access with their QUB login here: sway.cloud.microsoft/s/GODPfHijT4... And feel free to share with other members!

The MICER announcement for next year is a good prompt for me to announce that I am starting a small research project exploring the impact of MICER. If you feel MICER has been of benefit to you, I want to know. Details and link to form: michaelseery.com/what-has-mic...

📢 SAVE THE DATE! The RSC Chemistry Education Research Group's Methods in Chemistry Education Research 2025 (#MICER25) conference will be held at Edinburgh Napier University on Wednesday 21 May 2025. More details soon! @cerg.bsky.social #ChemEdResearch

#MICER25 - Hurrah! #micerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Don't forget! Tomorrow - Wednesday 27th November - is our Anti-Casualisation Town Hall Meeting. Come along to discuss your concerns about short-term contracts, qWork, and precarious conditions. 1pm in the Peter Froggatt Centre Room 02/026.

For colleagues at Queen's, our UCU branch has now joined BlueSky.

Hello, brave new world.

A*****n doesn’t grab coffee at your local café, sponsor your kid’s team, or donate prizes to the school raffle. Shopping local—whether in your town or the next—keeps money in your community, strengthens local businesses, and supports neighbours. Shop, eat, spend & enjoy local 💚

The weather is awful. If you aren't going to venture out, you can always shop with us indies online. Most of us have our own websites. Mine has had a revamp recently. The first six orders over £20 will get a complimentary bar of choc from Chocolate Manor! bridgebooksdromore.co.uk

A new connection for those interested in Chemistry Education Research #CER #chemsky

Mainland UK folk, did you know I can supply you with large paperback editions of newly released hardbacks? (It's an Irish thing) They're a better price-point and less likely to hurt if they fall on your toe. Economy AND safety in a book. Plus, if you use HELLO at checkout, you'll get 15% off!

Following on from recent Chemistry World article, I’ll be giving a webinar on undergraduate labs alongside Anna Bertram, hosted by Chemistry World. It is on Nov 26th and registration (free and open to all) is now available: www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/tra...