{"id":836,"date":"2013-03-12T08:44:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T08:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/engage-in-teaching-and-learning\/?p=836"},"modified":"2019-10-04T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:37:30","slug":"chemistrys-mini-mooc-attracts-industrial-interest-by-dr-elizabeth-page-and-professor-mathew-almond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/2013\/03\/12\/chemistrys-mini-mooc-attracts-industrial-interest-by-dr-elizabeth-page-and-professor-mathew-almond\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry\u2019s Mini MOOC Attracts Industrial Interest by Dr Elizabeth Page and Professor Mathew Almond"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-848\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/engage-in-teaching-and-learning\/files\/2013\/03\/Course-participants-see-NMR-in-practice-with-Dr-Geoff-Brown-in-the-CAF-during-an-on-site-visit-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-848 \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/engage-in-teaching-and-learning\/files\/2013\/03\/Course-participants-see-NMR-in-practice-with-Dr-Geoff-Brown-in-the-CAF-during-an-on-site-visit-2-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Course participants see NMR in practice with Dr Geoff Brown in the CAF during an on-site visit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr Elizabeth Page and Professor Matthew Almond developed an online distance learning course in 2011-2012 with funding support from the National HE STEM programme. The distance learning course entitled \u2018Fundamental Analytical Techniques for Industry\u2019 encompasses a host of analytical chemistry techniques typically used in a variety of scientific industries \u2013 pharma, food, agrichemicals etc. The course was targeted at employees in these industries without a background in higher education and designed to give staff a more thorough understanding of the theories behind the day-to-day processes they are routinely using. The course was piloted in 2011-2012 with a small number of students and fully rolled out this year with employees from a variety of major science based companies. Employers are viewing the course as cpd opportunity for staff wishing to enhance their personal portfolios.<\/p>\n<p>A successful spin-off from development of the course is establishing and strengthening links with industry. A major international pharmaceutical company with analytical and QA operations in Maidenhead has contacted the Department of Chemistry about placement and employment opportunities. The company is offering either a placement year or summer internship for undergraduates and is recruiting to two full-time positions for graduates in June. We are also discussing the possibility of them sponsoring a local school leaver to study Chemistry at the University.<\/p>\n<p>Institutional exposure via the provision of online courses or MOOCs is certainly leading to opportunities which could not have been foreseen when the idea of the course was first discussed.<\/p>\n<p>For full information see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/chemistry\/businessdevelopment\/chem-e-learning.aspx\">http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/chemistry\/businessdevelopment\/chem-e-learning.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Elizabeth Page and Professor Matthew Almond developed an online distance learning course in 2011-2012 with funding support from the National HE STEM programme. The distance learning course entitled \u2018Fundamental Analytical Techniques for Industry\u2019 encompasses a host of analytical chemistry techniques typically used in a variety of scientific industries \u2013 pharma, food, agrichemicals etc. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[204],"tags":[351,352,26,561,340,551],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}