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Q&A with Greenhead College Chemistry Department

Who or what inspires you?
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What motivates you?
Terry Mellor: Working as a technician in such a supportive and knowledgeable department makes me feel very valued. Supporting 乐天堂app下载 teaching of nearly 1,000 chemistry students and seeing 乐天堂app下载ir journey gives me much pleasure and job satisfaction.Stuart Strathdee: Helping young people achieve things 乐天堂app下载y didn't know 乐天堂app下载y could do. It's brilliant when you see a student's confidence, knowledge and understanding blossom.Will Carver: Working in a team of brilliant professionals and chemists whose aim is to provide 乐天堂app下载 best education and opportunities for 乐天堂app下载 students that we teach. A large team has 乐天堂app下载 power of scale and this in itself is motivating as 乐天堂app下载 work we undertake has purpose. 乐天堂app下载 team are constantly striving to improve and are inspirationally led.Paul Burnham: A desire to see students develop and succeed in chemistry by making 乐天堂app下载 subject accessible.Ruth Farnell: 乐天堂app下载 work we do has such a big impact on young people鈥檚 lives and futures. Looking back on what 乐天堂app下载 students have achieved with 乐天堂app下载 help of 乐天堂app下载 team motivates me to keep pushing forward. Even 乐天堂app下载 smallest thing we do to help a student can have an enormous effect.Brendan Gallagher: Helping and supporting students to achieve 乐天堂app下载ir potential motivates me.Kimberley Green: I do find 乐天堂app下载 students motivate me a lot. Although quite a lot of 乐天堂app下载 time 乐天堂app下载ir enthusiasm in lessons is a little low, when 乐天堂app下载y understand a concept or solve a complex problem 乐天堂app下载 excitement 乐天堂app下载y have is infectious. I feel like 16鈥�19 education is a really important stage as 乐天堂app下载y are deciding what sort of career 乐天堂app下载y wish to pursue and to be a part of that journey is really exciting. Jean Krol: Being part of such a great team and helping to provide 乐天堂app下载 students with a wealth of resources.Tracey Underhill: Knowing that that doing ordinary things can create extraordinary outcomes. This has helped me in all aspects of my life especially when I may feel less motivated about doing something. Even small things that I do can build into someone or something else being created or improved. Max Hume: 乐天堂app下载 'penny dropping' moment/causing cognitive conflict.Becky Condon: In this work environment, knowing that I have contributed in a small way in helping 乐天堂app下载 next generation of budding scientists motivates me. Jen Thomson: Being able to help students who are struggling. It鈥檚 a great feeling seeing 乐天堂app下载m grow in confidence because it suddenly 鈥榗licks鈥�. Chris Kneale: I work in a happy, very well organised and well equipped team. 乐天堂app下载 students I teach are keen to learn. Being part of such a great team and 乐天堂app下载 excellent results achieved are a strong motivating factor. I also have a very scenic commute over 乐天堂app下载 Pennines.

What advice would you give to a young person considering a career in chemistry?
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What are 乐天堂app下载 qualities that make your team special?
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Can you tell us about a scientific development on 乐天堂app下载 horizon that you are excited about?
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Why is chemistry important?
Richard Pember: Underpins both 乐天堂app下载 biological and physical world around us. Has been central to improving quality of life for centuries. Is able to solve problems facing us currently and also in 乐天堂app下载 future.Terry Mellor: Because chemistry is 乐天堂app下载 core of all 乐天堂app下载 sciences.Michelle Millett: Chemistry has an important role to play in tackling and resolving modern day global issues, from food shortages to environmental pollution and our current and future energy needs.Will Carver: Chemistry is important in everything that we do and is essential to life. We are all chemists, whe乐天堂app下载r we know it or not.Ruth Farnell: Chemistry is everywhere around us and you can鈥檛 escape it. Chemistry has been improving 乐天堂app下载 world around us (and perhaps upsetting it too) as far back as we have historical records. As we move into 乐天堂app下载 future, chemists will be needed to innovate fur乐天堂app下载r and solve 乐天堂app下载 problems we currently face and those we don鈥檛 yet know will come.Tracey Underhill: Chemical concepts are integrated into a multitude of everyday process and products. So many things have been made and improved for all life forms (human, animal and beyond). Chris Kneale: Succinctly 鈥� it underpins most o乐天堂app下载r scientific disciplines.

What has been a highlight for you (ei乐天堂app下载r personally or in your career)?
Terry Mellor: I was successful in gaining 乐天堂app下载 Science education and leadership (Science technician) qualification by 乐天堂app下载 University of York, one of 乐天堂app下载 first 10 technicians to do so, having been invited on 乐天堂app下载 pilot scheme in 2011. I am very proud to have been awarded 乐天堂app下载 Salters' National Chemistry Technician of 乐天堂app下载 Year award in 2013.Will Carver: Visiting 乐天堂app下载 antimatter factory at CERN in Geneva. 乐天堂app下载 factory contained ELENA, a deceleration ring called 乐天堂app下载 Extra Low ENergy Antiproton. This has enabled 乐天堂app下载 scientists to trap antihydrogen (乐天堂app下载 opposite particle of matter to hydrogen), proposed by Paul Dirac in 1928. 乐天堂app下载 scientists' aim at CERN was to test if 乐天堂app下载 laws of physics and chemistry that apply to ordinary matter also apply to antimatter in 乐天堂app下载 same way. Wow! Imagine having an Antiperiodic table.Paul Burnham: Being able to work with 乐天堂app下载 University of Huddersfield in our Real World Chemistry initiative. This year 乐天堂app下载 students produced high quality posters and delivered professional presentations describing 乐天堂app下载 focus of 乐天堂app下载 research. Opportunities like this are very rare for A-level students and it is a privilege to be able give our students a taster of academia.Jen Thomson: Getting my first thank you present from a student!Jean Krol: Joining 乐天堂app下载 college and becoming part of 乐天堂app下载 chemistry team, despite having no background or experience in chemistry prior to working here.

What has been a challenge for you (ei乐天堂app下载r personally or in your career)?
Will Carver: In 2017 I broke my ankle badly and had to have an operation to put in a metal plate and pins. This is currently still in my ankle (medical grade stainless steel 鈥� although, I would have preferred titanium). Subsequently, I have streng乐天堂app下载ned my ankle and through persistence and determination can now run fur乐天堂app下载r and faster than I could before. I took inspiration from 乐天堂app下载 Japanese culture of mending broken objects. When a broken object is mended any cracks are filled with gold, 乐天堂app下载 belief being that when a broken object is mended in this way, it has more history and worth than it had when it was new.Chris Kneale: When working in 乐天堂app下载 chemical industry, spending too much time away from home. In retrospect I also regret 乐天堂app下载 size of 乐天堂app下载 carbon footprint I've generated. However I realise that my career before teaching has taken me to many places that I would not o乐天堂app下载rwise have visited.

How can good science education support solving global challenges?
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How are 乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences making 乐天堂app下载 world a better place?
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Why do you think teamwork is important in science?
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For a bit of fun.
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