Building a Space for Practical Learning

Congrats to Dr Lindsey Ferrie, Rang Prize Winner 2018

Although this went on the LTDS blog, it’s a prime topic for posting here, perhaps a more extended version with a little interview or a couple of questions, a picture of Lindsey posing with her medal…

In lieu of a picture of Lindsey, here’s a Pharmacology graduate’s interpretation of lego me.

Best student thank you gift ever

SciComm Takeover // “It is impossible to love and to be wise…”

It’s a SciComm Takeover Post! Stage 3 Biochemist Jon Hancox has been chewing down on a particularly meaty topic as part of his BMS3016 Science Communication studies…

To those of us without a great knowledge of English philosophy, this title is a quote from Francis Bacon, who served as both Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England in the 1500’s. You may be wondering what the relevance of this is. I actually stumbled upon this quote while looking into the health effects and newly found carcinogenic – that is, cancer causing – properties of (you guessed it) bacon. Continue reading “SciComm Takeover // “It is impossible to love and to be wise…””

TEF GOLD for NEWCASTLE!

If we’d had a blog when we were awarded TEF gold, it would have been great to make a blog post that was specific to how SBMS contributed to the award being made. Some personal perspectives and specific examples would be great to demonstrate and highlight some of the great teaching and PedR work that’s going on.

There’s no reason why such a post can’t be made retrospectively, alternatively there could be a ‘TEF: 2 years later’ reflective post that looks at all the changes  that have happened since (Lab upgrades, TEAs shortlisted, administrative award) and ties them together to form a bit of a review. A few hyperlinks to related posts also on this blog would really help integrate the information and lead readers through a story about the schools continual development.

I needed a picture, so here’s the TEF logo.