Staff Celebratory Wine Recepon Date: Friday 26 May Time: 4.30pm—5.30pm Locaon: C/B101 Chemical InterAcons Smartphone Quiz Date: Tuesday 30 May Time: 6.30pm—8.30pm Locaon: C/A122 Research Seminar Speaker: Dr Stuart Conway, University of Oxford Date: Wednesday 31 May Time: 1pm—2pm Locaon: C/A101 Research Seminar Speaker: Dr Stephen Mansell, Heriot-Wa University Date: Wednesday 14 June Time: 1pm—2pm Locaon: C/A122 JEOL Postdoc Poster Compeon 2017 Date: Thursday 15 June Time: 1pm—4pm Locaon: C/A122 Newsletter 285, 26 th May 2017 Calendar of Events Inside this Issue Lucy Carpenter Wins Presgious RSC Prize 2 York Chemistry Retains Top 5 Posion 3 York Chemistry 2 nd in Guardian University League Table Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship Renewed 4 BLCS Young Scienst Prize Winner Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Awards Jon Agirre Awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowship 5 Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize Winner Chemistry Student’s Laidlaw Scholarship Success 6 New Starters Launch of the Internaonal Sustainable Chemistry Collaborave Centre (ISC3) in Berlin 7 2 nd Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference Professor North’s South American Adventure 8-9 LGBT+ Sciensts 10 Staff Performance Review Meengs Postdoctoral Researcher Reps Needed on Departmental Commiees 11 Internaonal / EU Postgrad Socials Chemistry Postdoctoral Researchers: You Said – We Did 12-13 Chemical InterAcons Upcoming Events 14 Clarke Group News 15 Dr Glenn Hurst Visits the University of Leeds for Pedagogy Masterclass 16 3 rd EuCheMS Congress on Green and Sustainable Chemistry JEOL Postdoc Poster Compeon 2017 17 Date of Next Issue: 30 th June 2017 Chemistry Update CODYs: Demonstrator Awards Date: Friday 23 June Time: 1pm—3pm Locaon: C/B101 Staff Presentaon followed by summer punch Date: Friday 23 June Time: 3pm—5pm Locaon: C/A101 and C/ A102 RSC Tilden Prize Seminar Speaker: Prof Ivan Parkin, University College London Date: Wednesday 28 June Time: 1pm—2pm Locaon: C/A101 Open Days Date: Friday 30 June; Sunday 2 July Time: 9am—4pm
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Staff Celebratory Wine
Reception
Date: Friday 26 May
Time: 4.30pm—5.30pm
Location: C/B101
Chemical InterActions
Smartphone Quiz
Date: Tuesday 30 May
Time: 6.30pm—8.30pm
Location: C/A122
Research Seminar
Speaker: Dr Stuart Conway,
University of Oxford
Date: Wednesday 31 May
Time: 1pm—2pm
Location: C/A101
Research Seminar
Speaker: Dr Stephen Mansell,
Heriot-Watt University
Date: Wednesday 14 June
Time: 1pm—2pm
Location: C/A122
JEOL Postdoc Poster
Competition 2017
Date: Thursday 15 June
Time: 1pm—4pm
Location: C/A122
Newsletter 285, 26th May 2017
Calendar of Events Inside this Issue
Lucy Carpenter Wins Prestigious RSC Prize 2
York Chemistry Retains Top 5 Position 3
York Chemistry 2nd in Guardian University League
Table
Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship Renewed 4
BLCS Young Scientist Prize Winner
Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Awards
Jon Agirre Awarded Royal Society University
Research Fellowship
5
Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize Winner
Chemistry Student’s Laidlaw Scholarship Success 6
New Starters
Launch of the International Sustainable Chemistry
Collaborative Centre (ISC3) in Berlin
7
2nd Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference
Professor North’s South American Adventure 8-9
LGBT+ Scientists 10
Staff Performance Review Meetings
Postdoctoral Researcher Reps Needed on
Departmental Committees
11
International / EU Postgrad Socials
Chemistry Postdoctoral Researchers: You Said –
We Did
12-13
Chemical InterActions Upcoming Events 14
Clarke Group News 15
Dr Glenn Hurst Visits the University of Leeds for
Pedagogy Masterclass
16
3rd EuCheMS Congress on Green and Sustainable
Chemistry
JEOL Postdoc Poster Competition 2017 17
Date of Next Issue:
30th June 2017
Chemistry Update
CODYs: Demonstrator
Awards
Date: Friday 23 June
Time: 1pm—3pm
Location: C/B101
Staff Presentation followed
by summer punch
Date: Friday 23 June
Time: 3pm—5pm
Location: C/A101 and C/
A102
RSC Tilden Prize Seminar
Speaker: Prof Ivan Parkin,
University College London
Date: Wednesday 28 June
Time: 1pm—2pm
Location: C/A101
Open Days
Date: Friday 30 June;
Sunday 2 July
Time: 9am—4pm
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Professor Lucy Carpenter Wins Prestigious RSC Prize
Lucy Carpenter, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the University of York, has been awarded
the prestigious 2017 Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Prize for advances in chemistry.
Professor Carpenter’s work focuses on the emissions,
chemistry, and impact of processes occurring in the
atmosphere above the world’s oceans.
Global climate change
She uses a combination of field observations,
laboratory studies, and theoretical modeling to help
answer important questions about global climate
change.
Professor Carpenter said: “I am absolutely delighted
and honoured to receive a Royal Society of Chemistry
Tilden Prize, and very pleased that advances in
chemical research in the field of atmospheric science
have been recognized.”
Receiving £5000, a medal and a certificate, Professor Carpenter was evaluated on the originality and
impact of her research, the quality of results and the importance of teamwork across the chemical
sciences.
Professor Duncan Bruce, Head of York’s Department of Chemistry, said: “I and my colleagues in the
Department are thrilled at the award of the Tilden Prize to Lucy.
"Lucy is a first-rate scientist who has made fundamental and telling contributions in relation to global
climate change, and it is wonderful to see her work recognised by this prestigious prize.”
Inspiring winners
Dr Robert Parker, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry said: “It is an honour to celebrate
the innovation and expertise of our community through our prizes and awards.
“We know that chemistry can be a powerful force for good, and quality research and communication
of that research are more important than ever before.
“Our charitable mission is to advance excellence in the chemical sciences, and we are proud to
celebrate our inspiring and influential winners who share that mission.”
An illustrious list of 50 previous winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s awards have gone on to
win Nobel Prizes for their pioneering work, including all of the 2016 chemistry winners: Jean-Pierre
Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa.
Chemistry at York has once again been recognised in the 2018 Complete University Guide, with the
Department retaining its 4th position.
This independent and trusted league table
rates departments for Research Quality,
Student Satisfaction, Graduate Prospects and
Entry Standards. York Chemistry gained high
scores across the board, most notably in
Student Satisfaction and Graduate Prospects.
Since the publishing of league tables in The
Complete University Guide, York Chemistry
has never left the top 10.
Dr Victor Chechik, Chair of Board of Studies
said: "We are extremely proud to once again
achieve 4th place in Complete University Guide. This is an outstanding recognition of the effort of
every member of staff in the Department. With our commitment to high quality teaching and
research, we work very hard to deliver excellent student experience."
With the recent re-accreditation of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes by the Royal
Society of Chemistry and the introduction of two new pathways in the next academic year, the
Department is well-placed to build on this success, and aims to continue improving both research and
teaching in the coming years.
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York Chemistry Retains Top 5 Position
Chemistry at York have moved to 2nd place in The Guardian University League Table 2018.
The Guardian scored departments for satisfaction with
teaching, the course and feedback, student-to-staff ratio,
spend per student, average entry tariff, value added and
career prospects after six months of leaving the course.
Out of 53 chemistry departments, York was ranked in an
outstanding 2nd place, up two places from last year. York
gained high scores across all areas with an overall score of
96.6% and 87.1% for feedback satisfaction; the highest of all
of departments.
Professor Duncan Bruce, Head of Department said "It is fantastic to see the Department recognised in
this way, which reflects so well on our staff and their commitment to delivering a first-class
experience for our students.”
York Chemistry 2nd in Guardian University League Table
UNIVERSITY OF YORK LEARNING AND TEACHING CONFERENCE
The York Pedagogy defines our institution’s learning culture and sets clear expectations for the design of our programmes and student work. This conference reviews its implementation and considers opportunities for ongoing enhancement.
2017TUESDAY 20 JUNE
PROGRAMMEThere will be a range of discussion papers and workshops delivered across two parallel sessions, in addition to a dedicated poster event, lunch, afternoon tea, and concluding with a faculty themed review session. Topics include:
Designing authentic assessment tools for experiential learning
Students as partners in curriculum design
Programme–level approaches to skills development in modular degrees
Freedom to learn? Assessment and the student experience
Peer assisted learning in an interdisciplinary social science degree
Enabling active learning through technology
The conference will provide an excellent opportunity to share ideas, and to celebrate and disseminate best practice in teaching and learning. All staff and students are welcome to attend, and registration is now open through the link bit.ly/2p2WN4q
KEYNOTE ADDRESSProf John Robinson, Pro–Vice–Chancellor for Teaching, Learning and Students will reflect on the principles that shape the Pedagogy, the successes and the challenges, what we have learned and what we’d do differently
The York Pedagogy – making it work
Registration now open
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Further information about this conference, including the programme of events is available at the bit link bit.ly/2es0a2R