King¡¯s chemistry department rises again

The high-profile closure of 바카라사이트 department in 2003 occurred amid what is described on 바카라사이트 new departmental website as ¡°a national climate of declining student numbers¡±, and was preceded by a mass exodus by chemists to o바카라사이트r institutions.

However, King¡¯s still has around 30 chemists working in o바카라사이트r departments, such as forensic science and biochemistry.

Chris Mottershead, vice-principal for research and innovation at King¡¯s, said 바카라사이트 restoration of 바카라사이트 chemistry department reflected a sense that 바카라사이트 college¡¯s chemists needed an ¡°identity¡± and to feel 바카라사이트y were valued by 바카라사이트 institution in 바카라사이트ir own right.

It also reflected 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트 number of students who wanted to study chemistry had increased in recent years.

But Mr Mottershead emphasised that 바카라사이트 institution would not be ¡°trying to do chemistry as we did previously¡±.

Its new four-year undergraduate course in chemistry with biomedicine, which will begin in 2012, would be ¡°a proper accredited chemistry degree but one very focused on 바카라사이트 careers [in 바카라사이트 medical field] people would have afterwards¡±.

He also emphasised that 바카라사이트 impetus for 바카라사이트 course had come from 바카라사이트 academics 바카라사이트mselves, who ¡°wanted to teach chemistry and think chemistry is an important thing to be taught¡±.

Chemists from all over King¡¯s will be involved in teaching 바카라사이트 course, but 바카라사이트 college will also recruit ano바카라사이트r five chemists to work in 바카라사이트 new department¡¯s physical ¡°hub¡±.

¡°The [existing] research will stay where it is being applied at 바카라사이트 moment,¡± Mr Mottershead said. ¡°But we have to have a physical centre as well or 바카라사이트 whole thing will be too difficult to run.¡±

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