On 1–4 July 2014, CSCT student Sarah Kirk presented her research in Dublin at the 13th International Symposium for Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS), a conference series run by the RSC.  This is her report. Sarah is in her  third year of the DTC,...

On 31st Aug – 5th Sept 2014, DTC students Rob Chapman, Caroline Jones and Bill Cunningham attended the 5th EuCheMS Chemistry Conference in Istanbul. This report was written by Rob. We recently returned from the 5th EuCheMS conference in Istanbul. The conference covered a wide...

On 5 and 6 July 2014, five of our second-year students (Stephen Bradley, George Gregory, Paul McKeown, Marcus Johns and Jon Wagner) were joined by third-year student Emily Hayward to present an exhibit at the Summer Science Exhibition at the...

On 2–6 June 2014, DTC student Rhodri Jenkins presented his research at the 2014 FISITA World Automotive Congress held in Maastricht, The Netherlands. This is his report. Every two years, members of the global automotive industry and research community meet...

This post about the third day of our annual Summer Showcase was contributed by first year student Oliver Weber. Wednesday at the Summer Showcase was kicked off by Dr. Chris Chuck, one of the Whorrod Research Fellows of the CSCT, talking about...

This post about the second day of our annual Summer Showcase was contributed by first year student Tristan Smith. Day 2 was a packed day, and it truly did show the full breadth of activities that the DTC covers through all...

From 7 to 9 July, the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies hosted its fifth annual Summer Showcase. The showcase is an event which provides an opportunity to discuss and develop collaborations for the forthcoming year, and also provides a chance...

Each year the new students have spent a week at Schumacher College near Totnes, Devon, learning about sustainable development. Schumacher College provide 'transformative courses for sustainable living' and offer masters qualifications in Holistic Science, Economics for Transition and Sustainable Horticulture. This is part...

Back in February 2014, the 2013 cohort of the Doctoral Training Centre in Sustainable Chemical Technologies become the custodians of a community garden in the city of Bath, working with Transition Bath. Now we've had some good weather the garden is...

On Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June 2014, cohort '13 took their "Renewable Revolution!" stall to the Family Fun Area at Cheltenham Science Festival. They were aiming to inform about potential future fuels and feedstocks not reliant of fossil fuels. This post about their...