EuCheMS will be publishing in March calls on its awards promoting excellence in chemistry: 1) a call for nominations for EuCheMS Award for Service 2017; 2) a call for the members of jury of EuCheMS Lecture Award 2017; and 3) a call for the jury of the new EuCheMS award, the European Chemistry Gold Medal. The official announcements for all three calls, as well as an online submission system, will be made available at EuCheMS website.
Source: www.euchems.eu
Paper on Online Course to Improve University Laboratory Teaching Practice
Online course to improve university laboratory teaching practice, a paper exploring the possibilities of an online course on teaching in laboratory classes, has been recently published. This paper relates to the work of the ECTN working group Lecturing Qualifications and Innovative Teaching Methods, which is developing an online course on teaching in laboratory classes entitled “Developing best practice in university laboratory education”. The course is targeted at relatively inexperienced (young) university teachers. In this paper, the argumentation for the chosen content of the course is given based on the inquiry among university teachers and students, the structure of the course and its component modules are described and the course design is briefly discussed. Among others, the paper is authored by Iwona Maciejowska, Chair of EuCheMS Division on Chemical Education, and Nineta Hrastelj, EuCheMS General Secretary.
Source: http://www.euchems.eu/
The Ethical and Social Dimensions of Chemistry: Reflections, Considerations, and Clarifications
The Chemistry – a European Journal editorial Ethical and Social Dimensions of Chemistry: Reflections, Considerations, and Clarifications is now available online. “Ethics in Chemistry” is a huge topic with various viewpoints and arguments on what it actually is and what compliance to ethical guidelines and participation in ethical discourse imply, covering principles of science and research ethics, profession ethics, and technology ethics. The authors, who are members of the EuCheMS Working Party on Ethics in Chemistry, present an attempt to collect and sort the ethically relevant aspects and challenges that chemists are confronted with, as well as strategies for ethical action.
Source: http://www.euchems.eu/
From Waste to Health – Registrations Open
The registrations for the EuCheMS workshop From Waste to Health are now open online. This event, taking place in Malta on 5 April, will look into the possibilities of a circular economy approach in the pharmaceutical sector while taking into consideration the role of chemistry in this field and the current European Union legislative proposals on circular economy – from water re-use, to greener formulation of pharmaceuticals and the collection of secondary raw materials. The debate will count with the diverse views of researchers, innovators and policy makers.
Source: http://www.euchems.eu/
Are You a Chemist? – Participate in the Survey!
European chemists working in Europe or abroad and chemists from everywhere based in Europe are invited to the 2nd Employment Survey for European Chemists.
ESEC2, which is anonymous, is accessible at http://www.euchems.eu/esec2/ from 1 March until 31 March 2017, and its main objective is to create a clear snapshot of the chemistry labour market. This snapshot will allow an analysis of educational offer and labour market needs, gender balance, salary differences, etc. As the situation of chemistry greatly differs from country to country (as the previous iteration of this survey shows) it is important that enough specific information from all European countries is gathered in order to allow a detailed country-level analysis. Having such a level of detail will be in the best interest of European employees, employers, and universities.
Source: http://www.euchems.eu/

From Waste to Health
5 April 2017
Valletta, Malta
Website: http://www.euchems.eu/

7th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress

Chemistry in Europe
Developing the next Research Excellence Framework
7 March 2017
London, United Kingdom
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/
Circular Economy: 1 Year After Adoption, Working Together for the Future
9 – 10 March 2017
Brussels, Belgium
Website: http://europa.eu/
Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Transfer & Open Science: Challenges and Opportunities
9 March 2017
Brussels, Belgium
Website: http://europa.eu/
Research and innovation staff exchange (RISE) 2016 – Coordinators’ day
2 March 2017
Brussels, Belgium
Website: http://europa.eu/
Horizon 2020 – Performance and Further Simplification
28 February 2017
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/
Future of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing High Level Seminar
28 February 2017
Brussels, Belgium
Website: http://cordis.europa.eu/
European Industry Day
28 February 2017
Brussels, Belgium
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/
Policy Recommendations for Opening Up Education
16 – 17 February 2017
Seville, Spain
Website: http://europa.eu/
7th EuroVariety – 7th European Variety in University Chemistry Education
28 – 30 June 2017
Belgrade, Serbia
Website: http://www.chem.bg.ac.rs/eurovariety/
Bienal 2017 – XXXVI Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ)
25 – 29 June 2017
Barcelona, Spain
Website: http://www.bienal2017.com/
ISOS 2017 – International Summer School on Organic Synthesis “A. Corbella”
18 – 22 June 2017
Brescia, Italy
Website: http://www.corbellasummerschool.unimi.it/
ICCE 2017 – 16th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment
18 – 22 June 2017
Oslo, Norway
Website: http://icce2017.org/
Inorganic Chemistry Days
12 – 14 June 2017
Nynäshamn, Sweden
Website: http://www.oorgan.se/
Glyphosate: Harmless Chemical or Silent Killer?
10 May 2017
Brussels, Belgium
Website: http://www.euchems.eu
25HSKIKI – 25th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers with International Participation
19 – 22 April 2017
Poreč, Croatia
Website: http://www.euchems.eu/
From Waste to Health
5 April 2017
Valletta, Malta
Website: http://www.euchems.eu/
Demonstration of Large Electrolysers for Bulk Renewable Hydrogen Production
Deadline: 20 April 2017
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/