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. Â 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. Â Additionally, you will learn how an education and training programme for statistical methods was successfully funded and implemented in a related discipline. Â 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
