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ECTN General Assembly 2021 – Registration Open
Registration for this meeting is now open via the meeting website at https://ectn-ga-2021.weebly.com The ECTN General Assembly will be held on 11 - 12 September 2021 at the University of Perugia, Italy. Associated meetings for committees, the Administrative Council...
ECTN General Assembly 2021 – Date Confirmed
It is now confirmed that the ECTN General Assembly will take place on 11 - 12 September 2021 in Perugia, Italy. There will be committee, work group and project meetings in the days before the General Assembly. All University of Perugia Covid requirements and...
Workshop “How to design a MOOC?”
An on-line LTT event from the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 17th to 20th February 2021 The workshop with the title "How to design a MOOC?" was organized in the frame of the STEM-CPD@EUni project...
ECTN General Assembly 2021
It has been decided to change the dates originally chosen for the ECTN 2021 General Assembly. The 2021 ECTN General Assembly (GA) will now take place on Saturday and Sunday, 11-12 September 2021, at the Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology of the...
Eurovariety 2021
The University of Ljubljana (ECTN member) is organising the 9th edition of the European Variety in University Chemistry Education conference from 7-9 July 2021, with a possibility of online participation. This is a meeting of chemistry lecturers, which may be of...
ECTN Newsletter has been relaunched!
The European Chemistry Thematic Network Association is proud to announce that the new issue of the ECTN Newsletter is online! You can read the December 2020 issue HERE! In this issue, we highlight and promote all the activities of the ECTN in 2020. The contributions...
Latest news on the ECTN General Assembly 2020
The 2020 ECTN General Assembly (GA) will take place on Saturday, 3rd October 2020 ONLINE, from 11:00-13:00 CEST. All members are invited to attend, but it is mandatory to register in advance. The registration is free and is done through the following online...
EU Project “STEM – Continuous Professional Development in European Universities”
STEM-CPD @ EUni The ECTN has become a partner in a new project entitled: STEM Continuous Professional Development at European Universities. The project was initiated by the ECTN Work Group on Lecturing Qualifications and Innovative Teaching Methods, and is led by the...
ECTN General Assembly 2020 will be held online!
The ECTN General Assembly 2020 will be organised as a Zoom online meeting on Saturday, 3rd October 2020, from 11:00 - 13:00 CEST. Filling the online registration form is the only way to confirm your attendance at the ECTN General Assembly. The registration is now open...
EChemTest®
EChemTest® is the electronic Self Evaluation Session (SES) test service run by the ECTN Association (www.ectn.eu) through its Virtual Education Community (VEC) committee to evaluate Chemistry competences for: • Professional workers seeking career developments and...
ECTN General Assembly 2020 – NEW DATES
The ECTN General Assembly 2020 will be held from 3rd to 4th October 2020 in Perugia, Italy, provided that the situation in Italy will allow it. Please note that you are therefore asked to keep these dates free, but not to make any travel or accommodation arrangements...
Postponement of the ECTN 2020 General Assembly
The ECTN Administrative Council have decided to postpone the ECTN 2020 General Assembly. Therefore, the meeting will no longer take place on 4 - 5 April 2020. This precautionary measure is taken in response to the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak. However, the meeting...
ECTN General Assembly 2020
The ECTN General Assembly 2020 will be held from April 4 to April 5 2020 in Perugia, Italy, at the Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnologies (DCBB) and the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (DMI) of the University of Perugia. The 2020 General...
New ECTN online course on ”Teaching in University Science Laboratories (Developing Best Practice)”
The ECTN Work Group 'Lecturing Qualifications and Innovative Teaching Methods' has developed an new online course entitled 'Teaching in University Science Laboratories (Developing Best Practice)' The next session of this course is ready to start on March 2. You can...
General Assembly 2019
The ECTN Association General Assembly was held at the Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on 13-14 April 2019 under the Presidency of Emmanuel Sinagra (University of Malta). After a welcome from our hosts and a brief presentation of the...
ECTN General Assembly 2019
The 2019 ECTN General Assembly will take place on 13 -14 April 2019 at the Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Registration is now open. Please use the following link: https://chemia.uj.edu.pl/nauka-badania/konferencje/ectn-ga-2019 We look...
Webinar: Computers as teaching and learning support in laboratory classes
As an additional activity after the online course ‘Teaching in University Science Laboratories (Developing Best Practice)’ is finished, on 6 February 2019, from 13.00-14.00 (CET, Brussels time) a webinar about the use of computers to support the teaching and learning...
Report of the 2nd Employment Survey for European Chemists published
The report of the 2nd Employment Survey for European Chemists (ESEC2) has just been published. The report, prepared by Reiner Salzer, Chair of the ECTN Label Committee and in cooperation with the European Chemical Society, analyses data received in 2017, from a total...
Teaching in University Science Laboratories – new online course
The Lecturing Qualifications and Innovative Teaching Methods Working Group of ECTN is developing an online course for professional development of lecturers in laboratory courses entitled: Teaching in University Science Laboratories (Developing Best Practice). The...
ECTN General Assembly 2018
The ECTN General Assembly took place in Prague on 18-22 April 2018 along with meetings of the ECTN Standing Committees and Working Groups. The Assembly was decidedly pan-European, with participation supported by chemists from the United States to Russia. The meeting...
A Brief History of the ECTN
A Brief History of the ECTN - On the Quest for Excellence in Chemical Education in Europe In most European countries chemistry education has a very good and very long tradition. In some countries there have been, as unique educational institutions, even secondary...
ECTN Online Course for Higher Education Lecturers in Laboratory Courses
On December 4 ECTN will launch the first pilot of the ECTN online course for higher education lecturers in laboratory courses, entitled Teaching in University Science Laboratories (Developing Best Practice). This online course is developed by the ECTN Working Group...
Report from ECTN Working Group on Activities for Students
The report of ECTN Working Group on Activities for Students is now online. This group is coordinated by Prof. Gino Paolucci.