Public engagement
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Plastic poisons ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world's oxygen and prop up the marine food chain
By Petra Cameron, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, and Philippa Kearney, PhD Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath. We’ve all seen the impact of our plastic addiction. It’s hard to miss the...
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When biodegradable plastic is not biodegradable
By Isabel Thomlinson, PhD Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to wildlife and the...
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Plastics: Problem Polymers or Sustainable Solutions?
The article below was written by Emma Daniels, Jack Payne and Ciarán Callaghan from Cohort '18 about their trip to the Bristol Against Plastics society. The issues surrounding plastic pollution are all too prevalent in the today’s media and most...
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Video: 3 Minute Thesis competition runner-up Michael Joyes
On Tuesday 5 June, eight doctoral students including CSCT student Michael Joyes competed against the clock in the University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final. Michael was announced runner-up in the competition. Hear about his experience in this video.
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STEM4Britain at the Houses of Parliament
Back in March, second year PhD student Bethan Charles travelled to the Houses of Parliament to attend STEM for Britain Annual poster competition, which supports and promotes Britain's early-career research scientists and engineers. As politics is a game, she made a...
