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Stephen Potts
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Associate Professor (Teaching) in Chemistry. 👨‍🔬 Oenophile. 🍷 Views are my own. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 (He/him/his)
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
A year of Labour: a welfare disaster in the headlines, but is the big picture being missed? Stephen McNair takes a look at what Starmer’s government has done (and what still threatens to undo it).

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
Labour’s first year: what has Starmer really achieved?
Labour’s first year in power has ended with humiliation over welfare reform. But has the focus on that issue drowned out some real achievements?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
The ECHR is vital - and we're campaigning to save it.

Please do sign this petition to get on board with our activities (at European Movement UK).

👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social
@itvnews.bsky.social were apparently streaming Farage’s speech in Wales on TikTok today. So we can now expect Ed Davey, Adrian Ramsey, John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth’s speeches being streaming too can we? This is now propaganda and has to stop. Sign petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
petition.parliament.uk
June 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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clancylab.bsky.social
Only 19 days left to apply for the UCL Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship (=Assist Prof). A great tenured job in a country not actively decimating its academic research landscape🇬🇧

Others have shared the advert, so instead let me introduce your amazing potential future colleages

#Chemsky #chemjobs
Academic Staff
We have a diverse and international faculty engaged in a broad spectrum of research, we promote excellence and strive to inspire through challenging teaching.
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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zwijcompchem.bsky.social
Come and join us. Lecturer position available in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry at @uclchemistry.bsky.social in London, open to experimental, theoretical, computational, & digital inorganic and materials chemists with big ideas.

Please share ! Deadline 24-June

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
stephenepotts.bsky.social
Something's growing, my Lord...
Three cucumbers growing on a vine in a greenhouse.
June 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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davidpalomas.bsky.social
#chemsky 🧪
uclchemistry.bsky.social UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · May 2
We are thrilled to announce the Bseisu-UCL Scholarship, offered in conjunction with the Amjad and Suha Bseisu Foundation for applications for MSc in Sustainable Chemistry. Open for candidates in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine or Syria. Deadline 8 May.
www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
Bseisu-UCL Scholarship
Offered in conjunction with the Amjad and Suha Bseisu Foundation, this award aims to assist students from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine or Syria to study specific Master's programmes at UCL.
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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clancylab.bsky.social
I you (a) like really fancy AFM, (b) like 2D nanomaterials, and/or (c) need a PDRA job in the near future, then boy do I have good news for you.

Advert is now open for an 18 month PDRA position in my group in UCL, London. Closing date 20th May, informal email inquiries encouraged #chemsky #nanosky
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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anonopin.bsky.social
There have historically been good reasons for not doing this, but we are getting to the point where we might now be better off with basic competency tests for potential parliamentary candidates. Truss/Kwarteng was a warning shot
April 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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danielecastagnolo.bsky.social
Applications for our MSc in #Sustainable #Chemistry are still open. See the link below to apply and join @uclchemistry.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk and study #greenchemistry #biocatalysis #biomass #vslorisation #biotechnology

www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel...
Applications for the MSc programme in Sustainable Chemistry at UCL are… | Daniele Castagnolo
Applications for the MSc programme in Sustainable Chemistry at UCL are still open. If you are interested in tackling the next future global challenges and you want to learn how to make chemistry more ...
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April 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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philmyers53.bsky.social
The next step:

Petition: Commission a public inquiry into the impact of the UK exiting the European Union petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Commission a public inquiry into the impact of the UK exiting the European Union
Given that it has stated its aim of growing the UK economy, we think the Government needs to quantify the effects of exiting the European Union as soon as possible by setting up an inquiry.
petition.parliament.uk
March 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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uclchemistry.bsky.social
Thinking about doing a masters degree in Chemistry? Applications are still open. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/chemistry/st... #chemistry #postgraduate
March 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Unsurprisingly, this petition is racing at pace. 👇👇
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
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February 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Разом нас багато, нас не подолати! 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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susiedentwords.bsky.social
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
stephenepotts.bsky.social
Wow! If anyone wants a perfect example of downright #bullying, look no further. I hope the whole USA is ashamed.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
#Trump tells #Zelensky 'make a deal or we're out' in angry White House meeting - follow live - BBC News
Trump tells Zelensky 'make a deal or we're out' in angry White House meeting - follow live
The US president calls his Ukrainian counterpart
www.bbc.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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compoundchem.com
Today is #NationalCabbageDay, which is always a good opportunity to remind everyone that red cabbage can be used to make a colourful pH indicator solution! www.compoundchem.com/2017/05/18/r...

#ChemSky 🧪
Infographic on making a pH indicator from red cabbage. The indicator can be made by roughly chopping cabbage, boiling, straining, and collecting the liquid. The extract contains anthocyanin pigments which give different colours in solutions of different pH, ranging from red, through purple, to green and yellow.
February 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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danielecastagnolo.bsky.social
Open Day at UCL to talk about our MSc programme in Sustainable Chemistry focused on #greenchemistry #biocatalysis #biomassvalorization #green solvents #biotechnology #sustainability @uclchemistry.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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mkseery.bsky.social
Really excited to announce this forthcoming symposium from RSC Chemistry Education Research Group. We are looking forward to highlighting and celebrating the amazing work of Dr @aud2526.bsky.social OBE HonFRSC with a symposium in her honour.

Registration: forms.office.com/e/pYCZn297em
#chemsky
Teaching Chemistry to Deaf Students: A Symposium in Honour of Dr Audrey Cameron
Dr Audrey Cameron HonFRSC OBE is Chancellor’s Fellow at Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh. She has worked extensively in d/Deaf education, including lar…
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February 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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davidpalomas.bsky.social
🚀 Interested in #SustainableChemistry? Join us at our UCL East Postgraduate Open Evening 2025! Discover our MSc in Sustainable Chemistry, visit our state-of-the-art labs, and meet our academics.

📅 12 February 2025, 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
📍 UCL East, London

Link to MSc programme: tinyurl.com/3jk5efnm
UCL East Postgraduate Open Evening 2025
Join us on 12 February for the UCL East Postgraduate Open Evening to discover more about the future-focused ecology programmes offered at UCL's east London campus.
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January 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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uclchemistry.bsky.social
Final-Year UCL Chemistry Students: Your Feedback Needed!
Help us improve the university experience by completing the NSS. Take the survey now here:

www.thestudentsurvey.com before 30th April.

Your voice matters – let’s make the Department of Chemistry even better together!
January 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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davidpalomas.bsky.social
#chemPhD
December 29, 2024 at 5:40 PM