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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...