Programming is a key transferable skill within the chemical sciences with applications supporting data acquisition, as a tool for chemical and spectroscopic analysis and as an environment for theoreti...

Smart worksheets are an emerging educational technology that supports self-directed learning and provides targeted feedback on student assessment, while also reducing staff marking workload. However, their adoption may be limited by high cost, limited flexibility, and proprietary ownership. This study presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of an open-source smart worksheet developed using Python. This worksheet provides a flexible, interactive platform for performing calculations, analysing data, and receiving real-time feedback. It supports automated grading, dynamic content updates and graphical data analysis. Student feedback indicates high satisfaction with the worksheet’s ability to enhance conceptual understanding and streamline the analysis process, demonstrating that students perceive similar learning benefits to commercial alternatives. Importantly, its open-source nature ensures adaptability across academic disciplines, enabling its use in diverse educational contexts to support assessment, feedback, and self-directed learning.

The only chemistry posters event delivered by and for Commonwealth countries, it gives you the chance to engage with top chemists, to find potential collaborations and to network with your peers.

Programming is a key transferable skill within the chemical sciences with applications supporting data acquisition, as a tool for chemical and spectroscopic analysis and as an environment for theoreti...

A digital poster competition that encouraged comments on social media can spark conversations between under- and postgraduate students. Here’s how it works

Join colleagues at this year's CHEP Festival, 'Building the Future across the Triple Helix', that takes place from 8 July over 4 days.

Thermoelectric (TE) materials produce electrical energy when exposed to a thermal gradient. This review presents the opportunities of electrochemistry as a synthetic route for promising TE materials,...

Escape Rooms in Education Showcase 2025 Conferences Chairs: Clare Thomson, Heriot-Watt University and Briyana Morrell, University of Indianapolis. We are thrilled to announce the Escape Rooms in Educ...

Here’s a #CartoonAbstract made for Sam Perry’s #RSCPoster all about incorporating Bake Off challenge elements into chemistry teaching, go check out their…

Podcast · Southampton Chemistry Society · Welcome to Southampton's ChemSoc Podcast: In Our Element! We chat to PhD students, undergraduates & lecturers about both life in chemistry and life beyond th...

An interview with 2023 Commonwealth Chemistry Poster conference winner Donna Hitlal about her research on undergraduate chemistry education

The National Student Survey tells us students want their voices heard, but what if they don’t take up opportunities for feedback? Sam Perry looks at challenges of integrating student input (and wonder...