Sandy Kilpatrick
@sandykilla.bsky.social
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See also research group account: @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social
See also research group account: @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social
Fears for future of students and lecturers as Universities make cuts | @itvcentral.bsky.social (East) youtu.be/iJCHq2tRKf4
Fears for future of students and lecturers as Universities make cuts | ITV News Central (East)
YouTube video by ITV News In Full
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November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Fears for future of students and lecturers as Universities make cuts | @itvcentral.bsky.social (East) youtu.be/iJCHq2tRKf4
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Pickets across the country. A march through Leicester.
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Pickets across the country. A march through Leicester.
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
Strong show of solidarity & support today from our superstar students @leicesterchem.bsky.social at the #UCU National Demonstration 🌟🧪 🥈🇬🇧 ✊
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Strong show of solidarity & support today from our superstar students @leicesterchem.bsky.social at the #UCU National Demonstration 🌟🧪 🥈🇬🇧 ✊
@leicesterchem.bsky.social dream team taking a stand ✊ Some of these fine minds are directly in the firing line! ☠️ 🪓 saveleicesteruni.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
@leicesterchem.bsky.social dream team taking a stand ✊ Some of these fine minds are directly in the firing line! ☠️ 🪓 saveleicesteruni.com
@ucu.org.uk National Demonstration against job cuts at Leicester right now saveleicesteruni.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@ucu.org.uk National Demonstration against job cuts at Leicester right now saveleicesteruni.com
Great turnout and feedback from prospective @leicesterchem.bsky.social students & guests today… the spirit of our staff volunteers and student ambassadors keeps the ❤️🔥 alive!
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Great turnout and feedback from prospective @leicesterchem.bsky.social students & guests today… the spirit of our staff volunteers and student ambassadors keeps the ❤️🔥 alive!
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Leicester School of Chemistry bringing the sweet fire to Open Day 🧁🔥 as always!
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Leicester School of Chemistry bringing the sweet fire to Open Day 🧁🔥 as always!
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UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Amazing to see Olympia's titanocenes featured as a HOT article 🔥 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... and Ginevra's awesome artwork on the inside front cover 🎨
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... of latest issue! @daltontrans.rsc.org
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... of latest issue! @daltontrans.rsc.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Amazing to see Olympia's titanocenes featured as a HOT article 🔥 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... and Ginevra's awesome artwork on the inside front cover 🎨
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... of latest issue! @daltontrans.rsc.org
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... of latest issue! @daltontrans.rsc.org
Fantastic @centa.bsky.social PhD scholarship co-supervised with @rmlab.bsky.social
If you’re interested in sustainable #Electrocatalysis and CO₂ valorisation, do get in touch!
If you’re interested in sustainable #Electrocatalysis and CO₂ valorisation, do get in touch!
⚡️Exciting #PhDchat opportunity in our group @LeicesterChem.bsky.social!
🧪 2026-L05 “Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO₂ Valorisation” with @rmlab.bsky.social via @centa.bsky.social.
Help advance #Electrocatalysis and sustainable chemistry ♻️
🔗 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
🧪 2026-L05 “Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO₂ Valorisation” with @rmlab.bsky.social via @centa.bsky.social.
Help advance #Electrocatalysis and sustainable chemistry ♻️
🔗 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
2026-L05 Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO2 Valorisation – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Fantastic @centa.bsky.social PhD scholarship co-supervised with @rmlab.bsky.social
If you’re interested in sustainable #Electrocatalysis and CO₂ valorisation, do get in touch!
If you’re interested in sustainable #Electrocatalysis and CO₂ valorisation, do get in touch!
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🪔 Happy Diwali 🎇
a greeting card for happy diwali with fireworks and candles
ALT: a greeting card for happy diwali with fireworks and candles
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🪔 Happy Diwali 🎇
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In January, Cardiff University laid out cuts to its chemistry department, including cuts to undergraduate numbers and a merger of the department with two other schools. The university has now scaled back the scope of these cuts.
Cardiff University scales back proposed cuts to chemistry department following consultation
Department still set to merge with two others but there will be no compulsory redundancies
www.chemistryworld.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In January, Cardiff University laid out cuts to its chemistry department, including cuts to undergraduate numbers and a merger of the department with two other schools. The university has now scaled back the scope of these cuts.
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Thank you to everyone who came to our vigil. It was an incredible display of support.
Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.
Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to our vigil. It was an incredible display of support.
Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.
Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.
I don’t want to be on a picket line today. I’d rather be teaching my students or in the lab with @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social - not standing in the rain outside my own workplace.
But the threat of compulsory redundancies and cuts to @leicesterchem.bsky.social 🇬🇧🥈leaves us no real choice.
But the threat of compulsory redundancies and cuts to @leicesterchem.bsky.social 🇬🇧🥈leaves us no real choice.
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I don’t want to be on a picket line today. I’d rather be teaching my students or in the lab with @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social - not standing in the rain outside my own workplace.
But the threat of compulsory redundancies and cuts to @leicesterchem.bsky.social 🇬🇧🥈leaves us no real choice.
But the threat of compulsory redundancies and cuts to @leicesterchem.bsky.social 🇬🇧🥈leaves us no real choice.
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@ucu.org.uk @leicesterucu.bsky.social can't cancel Chemistry (or Modern Languages or Biomedical Sciences or History or Geography....) #nojobcuts
September 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@ucu.org.uk @leicesterucu.bsky.social can't cancel Chemistry (or Modern Languages or Biomedical Sciences or History or Geography....) #nojobcuts
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A great turnout to our amazing rally today, with emotional speeches and incredible support from students, staff, and trade unions.
September 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A great turnout to our amazing rally today, with emotional speeches and incredible support from students, staff, and trade unions.
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We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join our ERC project AGILE at the interface of inorganic, organic and organometallic chemistry. A vibrant Team, cool chemistry and everything takes place in the cultural capitol of Europe CHEMnitz. Apply now: www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
Personal | Dezernate | Verwaltung | TU Chemnitz
Dezernat Personal: Personal
www.tu-chemnitz.de
September 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join our ERC project AGILE at the interface of inorganic, organic and organometallic chemistry. A vibrant Team, cool chemistry and everything takes place in the cultural capitol of Europe CHEMnitz. Apply now: www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
Jamie’s paper on bulky [S,N] zinc catalysts for aldehyde hydrosilylation just published doi.org/10.1002/zaac...
… part of the #ZAAC special issue celebrating @christianlimberg.bsky.social’s big 6️⃣0️⃣🎈🥳
… part of the #ZAAC special issue celebrating @christianlimberg.bsky.social’s big 6️⃣0️⃣🎈🥳
Aldehyde Hydrosilylation with Ethylzinc Complexes of Bulky β‐Thioketiminate Ligands
A sterically demanding β-thioketiminate ligand supports a monomeric ethylzinc complex that catalyses aldehyde hydrosilylation with phenylsilane (PhSiH3). In the presence of methanol (MeOH), high sele...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Jamie’s paper on bulky [S,N] zinc catalysts for aldehyde hydrosilylation just published doi.org/10.1002/zaac...
… part of the #ZAAC special issue celebrating @christianlimberg.bsky.social’s big 6️⃣0️⃣🎈🥳
… part of the #ZAAC special issue celebrating @christianlimberg.bsky.social’s big 6️⃣0️⃣🎈🥳
Great result for @leicesterchem.bsky.social ranked 2nd for Chemistry in UK in @theguardian.com University Guide 2026. Hopefully helps sustain our bright future!
@leicesterchem.bsky.social Ranked 2nd in UK 🥈… 1st in England 🥇 - @theguardian.com University Guide 2026 - Universities ranked by subject area: Chemistry www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
September 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great result for @leicesterchem.bsky.social ranked 2nd for Chemistry in UK in @theguardian.com University Guide 2026. Hopefully helps sustain our bright future!
Olympia & Ginevra’s paper “Anti-Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity of Titanocene Complexes of NSAIDs” is out in @daltontrans.rsc.org 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT...
A tidy @leicesterchem.bsky.social collab: titanocene synthesis in our lab & bio from Rama Suntharalingam’s group — a great friend & colleague
A tidy @leicesterchem.bsky.social collab: titanocene synthesis in our lab & bio from Rama Suntharalingam’s group — a great friend & colleague
Anti-Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity of Titanocene Complexes of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Titanocene(IV)-NSAID complexes Cp2Ti(mefenamate)2 (4) and Cp2Ti(flufenamate)2 (5) show enhanced redox stability and potent cytotoxicity against breast cancer stem cells (CSCs), with 5 rivaling salinom...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Olympia & Ginevra’s paper “Anti-Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity of Titanocene Complexes of NSAIDs” is out in @daltontrans.rsc.org 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT...
A tidy @leicesterchem.bsky.social collab: titanocene synthesis in our lab & bio from Rama Suntharalingam’s group — a great friend & colleague
A tidy @leicesterchem.bsky.social collab: titanocene synthesis in our lab & bio from Rama Suntharalingam’s group — a great friend & colleague
Massive congrats to Jamie Allen - the first @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social PhD over the line! Humbling moments & still processing what this means to be a Doktorvater. Thanks to Prof. Adrian Chaplin & Dr Alex Pulis @leicesterchem.bsky.social for doing the honours #VivaForever
August 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Massive congrats to Jamie Allen - the first @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social PhD over the line! Humbling moments & still processing what this means to be a Doktorvater. Thanks to Prof. Adrian Chaplin & Dr Alex Pulis @leicesterchem.bsky.social for doing the honours #VivaForever
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The RSC has some good un-pushy webpages for school leavers considering Chemistry as clearing looms. edu.rsc.org/future-in-ch...
A Future in Chemistry | RSC Education
Real-life career stories and articles to inspire and inform you about your future in chemistry
edu.rsc.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The RSC has some good un-pushy webpages for school leavers considering Chemistry as clearing looms. edu.rsc.org/future-in-ch...
Recommended holiday read for radiochemists. And everyone else…
August 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Recommended holiday read for radiochemists. And everyone else…
Amazing first visit to Karlsruhe @kit.edu, thanks @townrowresearch.bsky.social for hosting and putting me through my paces! 🧪🍻🏃♂️🏃
August 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Amazing first visit to Karlsruhe @kit.edu, thanks @townrowresearch.bsky.social for hosting and putting me through my paces! 🧪🍻🏃♂️🏃
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Universities are the backbone of our future.
With hundreds of jobs and vital faculties at risk in Leicester, we must demand long-term investment, not short-term cuts.
With hundreds of jobs and vital faculties at risk in Leicester, we must demand long-term investment, not short-term cuts.
July 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Universities are the backbone of our future.
With hundreds of jobs and vital faculties at risk in Leicester, we must demand long-term investment, not short-term cuts.
With hundreds of jobs and vital faculties at risk in Leicester, we must demand long-term investment, not short-term cuts.