School of Chemistry

Chemistry student wins Reckitt Sustainability Challenge prize

Jed Walsh, a final year Chemistry MChem, BSc student, was awarded the second place prize in the Reckitt Sustainability Challenge 2024.

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Jed walsh being presented with the second place prize by Reckitt
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99%

'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'

Submitted research outputs, REF 2021

82nd

in the world

QS World University Rankings 2025

Silver

award for our commitment to gender equality

Athena SWAN Charter

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Our world-leading research cuts across the fields of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. The themes of our research groups are all at the disciplinary interfaces of chemistry, with: physics, geology and biology, physics and mathematics, biology and medicine, materials science, medicine and chemical engineering.

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Inaugural Lecture: Professor Bao Nguyen, School of Chemistry

Join us on 12 February for the upcoming Inaugural Lecture of Bao Nguyen, Professor of Physical Organic Chemistry in the School of Chemistry.

Wednesday 12 February 2025, 15:45 - 18:00

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We deliver events and activities to showcase this fascinating subject area to students at schools and colleges across the UK.

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The University community is made up of a wide range of people with diverse backgrounds and circumstances, which we value and regard as a great asset.

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