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Working together to ease the HE to work transition

Working together to ease the HE to work transition. Tina Overton President, RSC Education Division. Recent graduates – developed in degree. Recent graduates - use since graduation. Development deficit. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/ps/documents/graduate_skills/chemistry.pdf.

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Working together to ease the HE to work transition

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  1. Working together to ease the HE to work transition Tina Overton President, RSC Education Division

  2. Recent graduates – developed in degree

  3. Recent graduates - use since graduation

  4. Development deficit http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/ps/documents/graduate_skills/chemistry.pdf

  5. Employers views? • CBI 2006 • attitude to work , self-management, business awareness, foreign language skills • CIHE 2008 • communication skills, team working, numeracy • UUK/CBI 2009 • self-management, team working, business and customer awareness, problem solving, communication and literacy, numeracy, IT skills Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 5

  6. Working together • Royal Society of Chemistry • Industry and Technology Division • Education Division • ITD to identify some real industrial problems • ED to commission learning resources • Creative commons licence • Freely available, HELearnChemistry Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 6

  7. Recycling Plastic Containers • What would be a good industrial route to remove labels & labelling adhesives from plastic components? Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 7

  8. Getting sulfur out of petrol • How could thiophenes & benzothiophenes be removed without affecting the olefins? Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 8

  9. Catalyst Poisons • How can the nickel deposits be removed from catalysts used for cracking oil? Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 9

  10. Waste into Wealth • How can agricultural by-products be recycled to provide alternatives to wood products? Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 10

  11. Manufacturing an optically pure pharmaceutical • How many different technologies can be used to manufacture be improved (s)-Naproxene Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 11

  12. What’s next? • Opportunity to bid for RSC funding soon • Experience of producing c/pbl resources, industrial problems, interactive approaches • All resources published under Creative Commons and made widely available Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 12

  13. Pedagogy • Context-based learning, problem-based learning • Develop skills in a professional context • Give undergraduates insight into industrial problems • No single correct answer • Reports, presentations, video, etc Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 13

  14. Making a start ……. • Year 3 group project produce resources for year 1 module • Green chemistry theme • Desulfurisation of petrol • Poisoned catalysts • Sustainable chemistry board game • Student feedback……. • Examples for trialling…….. Change the way you think about Hull | 7 October 2009 | 14

  15. Student feedback

  16. When results are just in…When 20 slides is too many…..

  17. Watch for the callRequest trial materials t.l.overton@hull.ac.uk Thank you

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