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Chemistry World March 15, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Update: Thriving Chemistry Department Faces Closure An emergency evidence session of the UK parliamentary Science and Technology select committee is being considered to address proposals to cease chemistry teaching at Sussex University.
Chemistry World May 15, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Sussex Reprieve Raises Intervention Issue Proposed plans to close the U.K.'s University of Sussex chemistry department have been scrapped and a new department of chemistry and biochemistry created.
Chemistry World June 9, 2010	Chemistry at Sussex under threat again The department, which topped The Guardian's 2010 university league table for chemistry, is set to lose some 40 per cent of its faculty, according to Phil Parsons, head of organic chemistry at Sussex.
Chemistry World March 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Funding Council Powerless to Intervene in Department Closures Investigations into proposals to cut chemistry teaching at Sussex University have highlighted weaknesses in the Higher Education Funding Council for England's (Hefce) strategic powers, according to politicians.
Chemistry World July 25, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Government Hits Back Over Sussex Chemistry Row The near-death experience of the University of Sussex' chemistry department earlier this year is still causing ripples in UK parliament.
Chemistry World September 9, 2011 Sean Milmo	King's College resurrects chemistry department King's College London is reopening its department of chemistry in 2012, eight years after it was closed due in part to a sharp drop in the popularity of the subject.
Chemistry World January 2012	A new year and a new dawn As the International Year of Chemistry drew to a close last year, we were delighted to see the future of chemistry in the UK being bolstered with two universities planning to reopen their chemistry departments
Chemistry World June 2006	Comment: RSC Prepared for the Future Simon Campbell reflects on the Royal Society of Chemistry's achievements during his presidency.
Chemistry World February 2, 2012 Simon Hadlington	UK chemistry student numbers hold steady University chemistry departments across the UK are breathing a sigh of relief as the number of people applying to study chemistry has held steady despite a large increase in tuition fees for degree courses in England and Wales.
Chemistry World February 2009 Richard Van Noorden	Editorial: Survival of the fattest The results of the UK's 2008 research assessment exercise, a national audit of university research quality, were announced late last year, and they were good news for the country's chemistry departments.
Chemistry World August 14, 2006 Tom Westgate	Science Education Failing to Provide Enough Graduates Thousands of potential scientists are being lost as too many young British people choose not to study science in schools and universities, according to Britain's leading business organization.
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Chemistry World March 23, 2006 Katherine Sanderson	Australian Chemistry Dept Under Threat The school of chemistry at University of New South Wales, Australia, is facing cost-saving job losses in what some observers are calling a `budget bungle'.
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Chemistry World February 2, 2010 Anna Lewcock	Budget cuts hit university teaching University teaching is bearing the brunt of cuts to higher education funding, while science has been afforded a degree of protection, according to the latest figures announced by the Higher Education Funding Council for England
Chemistry World September 13, 2012 Andy Merritt	Chemical biology comes of age Historically strongest in the US, chemical biology has become increasingly important worldwide, but for many years researchers at the chemistry -- biology interface have struggled to establish their discipline
Chemistry World January 2008 Gurney & Adams	Comment: How Good is UK Chemistry? Using bibliometrics as the key measure, the author compares the publication output of different countries.
Chemistry World December 2006 Mark Peplow	Editorial: A Shot in the Arm for Science Education University science education has received a significant boost with the announcement that the Higher Education Funding Council for England will provide an extra 75 million pounds for courses in chemistry, physics, and engineering.
Chemistry World September 2011	Future funding concern The announcement by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council about future research funding has caused concern in the chemistry community.
Chemistry World April 2009 Martin & Moss	The changing shape of chemistry, 1998 to 2008 There is much more variety, choice and diversity in modern undergraduate chemistry, but at what price?
Chemistry World July 21, 2008	Chemical Education in Need of Reform China's university chemistry departments are struggling to attract students despite the rapid expansion of the country's higher education system.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams.	Carolyn Bertozzi: Changed Expectations Chemists trained in biology were once a rarity -- now they're becoming the norm.
Chemistry World September 2009	Column: Undercover academic Chemistry has so much to offer but will likely never receive credit, mainly because its contributions are in the disputed territories between disciplines. I find that a little sad.
Chemistry World May 15, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	New Research Centres for UK Chemistry Two research centres hoping to add new dimensions to UK chemistry were officially launched last week.
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Chemistry World September 17, 2013 Laura Howes	What happens when you perturb the system? David Smith is a professor of chemistry at the University of York in the UK. His research explores how supramolecular chemistry can make molecular-scale building blocks self-assemble into nanostructures. He also has a passion for educational outreach.
Chemistry World December 19, 2012 Paul Duckmanton	Inorganic chemistry The depth of coverage of topics in Inorganic Chemistry by R. Gopalan, seems variable in comparison to other inorganic chemistry textbooks.
Chemistry World February 16, 2011 Laura Howes	International Year of Chemistry launches across the world Over 1000 people from more than 60 countries helped to launch the International Year of Chemistry at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris, France.
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Rebecca Trager	US urged to rethink chemistry graduate education US chemistry graduate education needs an overhaul to address a possible glut of chemistry PhDs and other obstacles, according to a new report released by the American Chemical Society.
Chemistry World August 2008	Editorial: Balancing up the equation Academic chemistry is a less welcoming environment for women than it is for men.
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Chemistry World March 2006	Letters Chemistry's changing face... Exeter's chemistry closure... DDT ditty... Chlorine in poetry... etc.
Chemistry World January 4, 2008 Ned Stafford	German Chemistry Rated World Class An independent study has shown that German chemistry remains world class, with 16 of 57 universities and seven of 20 research institutes rated as being global leaders in at least one field of chemistry research.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Paul Muhlrad	Irving Epstein: Better Living Through Chemistry (Class) It will require a change in mindset for chemistry faculty if we are going to get students into chemistry because they want to be, rather than because they have to be.
Chemistry World August 15, 2014 Patrick Walter	Former Royal Society of Chemistry president dies After retiring from active research, John Mason Ward continued to play an active role in the chemistry community.
Chemistry World May 25, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Keeping it Green Some chemistry enthusiastically labeled as green may be nothing of the kind, warn researchers who worry that mediocre -- if well-meaning -- science is damaging their subject.
Chemistry World November 8, 2011 Walter & Howes	EPSRC sticks to its funding strategy guns The UK's principal chemistry funding body is pressing ahead with its controversial 'shaping capability' strategy. This is despite anger over the way the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has said it will decide which areas to prioritise in the physical sciences.
Chemistry World April 17, 2014 Robert Jackson	UCL chemistry department: 1828--1974 As well as describing the history of University College London chemistry, this book mentions the staff, as well as information about the buildings occupied. There's plenty of chemistry as well, which is a very nice touch.
Chemistry World October 23, 2007 Ned Stafford	Chemistry a Winner in German Funding Boost for Elite Universities The second and final round of Germany's so-called 'Ivy League' competition is over, with six new universities christened as elite and several chemistry related programmes bolstered with fresh funding and prestige.
Chemistry World January 2009 Richard Van Noorden	Editorial: Sustainable connection The interface between chemistry and engineering is more important than ever.
Chemistry World March 1, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Archives for Africa and Beyond The Royal Society of Chemistry yesterday announced free access to its journal's back-catalogue in over 50 developing countries, the first learned society to make such a gesture.
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Gan Shermer	Organic chemistry Textbook of Organic Chemistry by C. Pillai is aimed at undergraduate chemistry students who already have a basic knowledge of organic chemistry.
Chemistry World December 18, 2014	Reflections on the REF After a formidable amount of work, the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise is complete and published. The results capture the UK chemistry research environment and the quality and impact of that research.
Science News October 27, 2007	Science Safari: Chemistry--Weird and Otherwise Visit this computational chemist's blog to learn the who, what, when, where, and why of chemistry.
Chemistry World October 20, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	UK chemists warn of funding crisis Senior researchers have warned that a sharp drop in the number of research grants awarded this year risks damaging UK chemistry.
Chemistry World October 30, 2009 Ned Stafford	Celebrating chemistry There's a big birthday celebration happening in Marburg, Germany, today, attended by about 800 chemists, to commemorate the birth of chemistry as an academic subject.
Chemistry World December 2006 Mark Haw	Comment: A Tale of Two Disciplines Teaching as well as research can help bridge the no-man's land between chemistry and chemical engineering.