Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social

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[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

We did a thing! @misstray_chem and @Sci_DrScott and I looked at when the Advanced Higher Project came back into Scottish Schools post-COVID, and whether they could resource it.

Stark finding: over half of teachers reported asking pupils to buy reagents. https://t.co/9NHpydQlgS

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

Heading to #ViCEPHEC25, posting about it on bluesky.

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

@AllyFogg @LegoLas44941816 The best defense I can find is that personal freedom of choice of individual consumers is fine, but orchestrating a campaign to inform people that "you shouldn't buy X because of Y belief" is crossing a line somewhere.

[Malcolm Stewart @stewart_malcolm]

Should be a great event so please come join us @OxfordChemistry @craigdc1983 @eforsyth1194 @S_J_Lancaster @EddevJanep @DrLinneaSoler @dr_odedra @patrickthomson @jswrightshef @doc_kristy

[Michael O’Neill is shifting to BSky @CheMichael7]

**New blog post** Reflections on the closure of Hull's Chemistry Department, where I used to work. #ChemTwitter https://t.co/m8YK6R8EAL

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

@humphreyjones @misstray_chem @Sci_DrScott @StrathChem One rich vein of support we've started offering is to introduce experiments based on elaborations of the prescribed practical activities that every pupil does anyway. Reagents already on file, no extra outlay.

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

We did a thing! @misstray_chem and @Sci_DrScott and I looked at when the Advanced Higher Project came back into Scottish Schools post-COVID, and whether they could resource it.

Stark finding: over half of teachers reported asking pupils to buy reagents. https://t.co/9NHpydQlgS

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

@humphreyjones @misstray_chem @Sci_DrScott @strathchem have been focusing our CPD/CLPL offerings pretty heavily on "cheap/safe ideas for AH projects" the last few years; @misstray_chem doubly effective as her main thesis project was actually about eliminating DCM from caff extractions.

[Jamie Wilmore @wilmorechem]

We're hosting a #ChemEd meeting!
Delighted to share that registration for Chemistry Teaching in Practice (CTiP), a free one-day workshop for chemistry HE practitioners taking place @OxfordChemistry on 9th January 2025, is now open: https://t.co/AMV6EM66lh

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

Looking forward to welcoming Scottish chemistry teachers to #WoSChem25 hosted at
@StrathChem
in January! Advanced Higher Project CLPL as always! Signup/info: https://t.co/nN5cr4cNqz

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

@solusts @SW20Ed Totally; there's a terminating platform 0 at Haymarket but it's on the wrong side of the line. You'd need a new terminating platform 5 that only routes onto the Kingsnowe line without blocking signaling, run a regular return to Currie or something.

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

@stewart_malcolm @doc_kristy Yes, I've not noticed it's next week, what with trying to get everything timetabled

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

@JuliaSarju @AdvanceHE @CheMichael7 @UniOfYork Fantastic news! Richly deserved and very overdue. One of the most qualified SF I know!

[Nina Notman @ninanotman]

Many thanks to @seerymk, @patrickthomson, @DrNMistry, @stewart_malcolm, @craigdc1983, @anna_bertram, and others, for talking to me for this article https://t.co/WykF4MNnqV

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

@dave2004b I want to try and evaluate them somehow, and might have the opportunity to do so this year if a student picks that topic for their MChem project. Can I drop you a line if they do?

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

We did a thing! Inspired by @dave2004b, we put Integrated Instructions into a first year distillation lab AND also dyed the fractions to make them easier to follow. Obligatory "dusting of inquiry" ofc https://t.co/53ZKaxPnZD

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

I'm no on my way to #ViCEPHEC24 and will be live-skying the event over on https://t.co/YrlnUmVjsH

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

Outstanding work!

[Lewis MacKenzie @LEMacKz]

I love YouTube chemistry channels, so my team have produced a first-of-a-kind study analyzing over 1600 channels producing Chemistry-related content. 🧵👇

#ChemTwitter #Scicomm #YouTube #Preprint #science

[Patrick Thomson 🦋 @patrickthomson.bsky.social @patrickthomson]

As sometimes leader of departmental chemistry education research meetings, I feel quite judged by this

[SLT Newbie @NewbieSlt]

Hi all,
Great news! Mr Johnson has been awarded Teacher Of Specialist Skills in Education Research. Congratulations to him! It’s a great achievement. How many other teachers can officially claim TOSSER status?
Thanks x

[Alice Collier @a4collier]

We are also looking for 2 teaching focussed lecturers with expertise in green chemistry and/or automation to join our chemistry education team to modernise our chemistry curriculum. #chemjobs #greenchem

[James Mackenzie @mrjamesmack]

Scotland's finest civil engineering achievements: updated