April 2015

  • 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....

  • ChemEngDay 2015

    Four students from the CSCT: Stephen Bradley, Dominic Ferdani, Richard Maltby and Jon Chouler, recently attended and presented posters at ChemEngDay 2015, hosted by the University of Sheffield for IChemE. The event had over 350 Chemical Engineers from academia and industry. This report...

  • 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...

  • Plastics from corn

    Our third year CSCT student, Paul McKeown took part in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition held at University of Bath. The competition challenges doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance to...

  • How can making wine help orang-utans?

    Our fourth year CSCT student Fraeya Whiffin gave a talk on her research at a Sunday Assembly  in a religion free church in Bristol. Here is how she got on. I offered to give a talk on my research to...