Public engagement

  • Sustainable Solutions at the Royal Society

    On 4 and 5 July 2015, five of our students (Helena Quilter, James Coombs OBrien, Matthew Camilleri, Andrew Hall and Marcus Johns) presented an exhibit at the Summer Science Exhibition at the prestigious Royal Society in London. This post was contributed by Andrew...

  • Emma takes on FameLab

    Second-year CSCT student Emma Sackville made it to the UK final of this year's FameLab competition at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. Emma has written this blog about her Famelab experience, including the FameLab bootcamp she took part in! You can watch...

  • Bath Spa Collaboration 2015

    It's been another successful year for our Bath Spa collaboration! This year the team was led by Tamsin Bell, who contributed this post. For the third year running, the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies at the University of Bath has...

  • "Water, Water, Everywhere" at Cheltenham Science Festival 2015

    On the 6th and the 7th of June, the ’14 cohort took their ‘Water Water… Everywhere?’ exhibition to the Cheltenham Science Festival – one of the foremost science festivals within the UK – where they aimed to inform the public...

  • Video: Cheltenham Science Festival 2015

    Our MRes cohort took part in ‘Water Water… Everywhere?’ exhibition at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Participating student, Dan Davies created this video to compile the highlights of the event.

  • Back to the Future at #cheltscifest

    It was Cheltenham Science Festival last week! Our first years were very busy with their water themed stall and second year Matt Camilleri volunteered in the Back to the Future zone. Here's Matt's take on the day. Keep your eyes...

  • Can Chemistry Be Green?

    On the 11th of April, CSCT students Emma Sackville, Jemma Rowlandson, Paul McKeown, Shawn Rood and Helena Quilter ran a workshop on Sustainable Chemical Technologies at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute (BRLSI). Here’s how we got on! Spending your Friday...

  • I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here!

    Second year CSCT student, James Coombs OBrien, took part in 'I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here' - a competition that enables young people to meet and talk to scientists, with the aim of inspiring them to study science later in their...

  • A Week of Firsts: Lecture in Malta and TEDx Bath

    It's been a busy week for 2nd year CSCT student Matthew Camilleri! Matt was invited to give a lecture about his work on "Photo Flow Organo Catalysis for Sustainable Redox Chemistry" at the University of Malta, where he did his undergraduate degree....

  • Is sustainability just a brand?

    This post was contributed by our fourth year student, Fraeya Whiffin. Fraeya took part in a debate with the Architectural and Civil Engineering Society and has been building her debating skills with the Bath University Debating Society. Here is how...