Chemistry without a lab
The Science Festival in Ljubljana took place from 31 May to 2 June in 2024: it’s called Znanstival and is organised by the local science centre Hiša Experimentov (The House of Experiments). Once the presenters had all ensured that their equipment was present and correct we had the opportunity to watch the “graduation” of the students of the Inspire course. […]
» Read moreApril saw the Kitchen Chemist back in Viet Nam. We has a similar itinerary as the first time, first stop Can Tho in the Mekong Delta, where we worked with Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy (CTUMP). Once again we introduced the students and staff to aspects of Kitchen Chemistry, but this time using puddle chemistry for some qualitative […]
» Read moreThe reason this trip seems a long time ago, is that it was! The Kitchen Chemist returned from Brunei at the end of January, having spent nearly two weeks there with the Brunei Primary Stem project. This is a British Council funded HE Partnership as part of their Going Global Partnership scheme. I was able to deliver workshops that combined […]
» Read moreThe Kitchen Chemist has just returned from New Zealand. It took a couple of years to get there as they closed the borders during the pandemic. I was there on an Erskine Fellowship to teach at the University of Canterbury The slideshow below shows some of the places I managed to visit and sights we saw. These include the West […]
» Read moreI was invited to speak at a conference in New Zealand in July this year, and of course I took the opportunity. On the way there, and back, I stopped off in Hong Kong again. The first visit was for some more Kitchen Chemistry, but I also had a chance to meet up with our university partners. Once I arrived […]
» Read moreI worked with the International Office at the University of East Anglia again this year and was asked to visit schools in Bangkok and Hong Kong, which I did at the end of May and beginning of June. I was looked after very well in both places by UEA representatives so I was spared all sorts of otherwise potentially embarrassing situations. It turned out that timings were such in Bangkok that not only did I have time for some sightseeing, but I was also able to fit in some university visits and a presentation at the Sirindhorn Science Home while I was there.
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