Winner: 2020 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section Committee
RSC Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section Committee
For developing the Chemistry Communicators' Challenge to promote science communication across their diverse member community.
The Chemistry Communicators’ Challenge was held for first time in 2018, and since then has been successfully attended by PhD and Masters students from different universities across Middlesex and Chilterns, as well as by professional chemists.
The event was organised by William Sharratt, Chris Wallis and Inma Andres, who wanted to create a new competition for participants to share and practice their communications skills.
The topics covered so far have included chemistry in daily life, the periodic table and famous chemists. By allowing the speaker to choose their own topic, the group has introduced a new way to communicate with and support the scientific community and help inspire others.
Biography
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Middlesex & Chilterns Local Section runs talks aimed at families, school pupils and other audiences by coordinating events including visits to places of scientific note, lunch time lectures, social and networking events, careers and networking evenings and chemistry challenges.
A career in chemistry is a great aspiration.
RSC Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section Committee
Q&A with RSC Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section Committee
What advice would you give to a young person considering a career in chemistry?
A career in chemistry is a great aspiration, the skills you learn are very transferrable and you might end up working in a cross-disciplinary team. Teaching others about chemistry, and in turn learning about other sciences at the frontier of knowledge within your lab work, may lead you to become a world leading expert in a specialism, or bring chemistry to other roles outside of the lab.