Experimental Design: An Essential Skill for Chemists II
8th December 2014
at
RSC, Burlington House, London
The second event organised by the EPSRC Dial-a-Molecule Grand Challenge Network aimed at developing a plan for the training and deployment of statistical methods in chemistry research.
This is a follow-up to a successful meeting held in May that led to a series of work streams to develop educational and training resources for Undergraduates and Postgraduates. In addition, a knowledge exchange programme was commissioned to showcase the application of statistical methods to a variety of current chemistry research programmes.
During the event, you will hear about the progress of the work streams and have to opportunity to shape the subsequent programme. Additionally, you will learn how an education and training programme for statistical methods was successfully funded and implemented in a related discipline. The objectives for the meeting include:
- Feedback on the progress with the work streams developed at the May meeting
- Evaluate the options for funding and implementation of a statistical methods programme for chemists
- Refine plans for the next steps
Program:
| 10:00 | Registration and coffee |
| 10:30 | Welcome and introduction |
| David Fox (Royal Society of Chemistry) | |
| 10:40 | Experimental design for undergraduates – output from commissioned workstreams |
| Recap: Gill Smith (Dial-a-Molecule)
Workstream 1: Defining undergraduate lab modules: Richard Bourne (Leeds), Pamela Allan (Strathclyde) Workstream 2: Proposing an undergraduate draft syllabus: Matt Linsley (Newcastle) |
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| 11:25 | Turning theory into practice: lessons from postgraduate workshops |
| Martin Owen (GSK) | |
| 11:55 | Experimental design for research: output from funded research proposals |
| Tom Sheppard (UCL), Natalie Fey (Bristol), Richard Bourne (Leeds) | |
| 12:30 | Progress with support infrastructure |
| 12:40 | Lunch |
| A demo of PCA visualiser and ProSim software will be available | |
| 13:30 | Keynote address: Experience with promoting a step change in quantitative methods training in social sciences and the humanities |
| John MacInnes (Strategic advisor to the ESRC on UG quantitative methods teaching) | |
| 14:00 | Strategic positioning and proposal for next steps |
| 14:10 | Breakout sessions |
| 15:20 | Coffee/tea break |
| 15:34 | Agree recommendations and close |
Organising committee: David Fox & Gill Smith
