general – Kirsop Labs http://kirsoplabs.co.uk An independent skills development project for chemistry students Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:44:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-KL-e1460884017190-32x32.jpg general – Kirsop Labs http://kirsoplabs.co.uk 32 32 50590738 Choose Your Optional Courses Wisely http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/student-advice/choose-optional-courses-wisely/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:49:36 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=6067 How do you choose the best optional (or elective) courses in your 1st and 2nd year? It’s highly likely that your preferred flavour of chemistry will be different from mine. And that goes for interests outside of the discipline too.

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How to Predict your Degree Classification http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/how-to/how-to-predict-your-degree-classification/ Thu, 05 Sep 2013 10:06:38 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=2701 Want to predict your final degree classification? OK – so its just a bit of fun! But (now graduated) MChem student, Euan Diodge, has devised an awesome spreadsheet that can be used to “predict” your final degree classification based on

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Creating Your First Presentation http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/communication-skills/creating-your-first-presentation/ Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:20:05 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=1428 So the time has finally come. You need to prepare and deliver your first presentation and you want to impress your audience. At least, you want to look as professional as possible. But how do you achieve all of this

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How To Make TLC Spotters http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/how-to/how-to-make-tlc-spotters/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:35:27 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=96 Ok, so you need to do some TLC spotting and either your supervisor/teaching lab can’t afford to buy the expensive ones, or someone else in the lab has “moved” them. Pasteur pipettes are never ideal as they’re too wide and

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How to Interpret a Flame Test http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/how-to/how-to-interpret-a-flame-test/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:33:50 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=94 This article topic is an example only. If you think you’d like to write the content for this, or another article on the site, just drop us a line.

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How to Prepare a Phosphate Buffer http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/how-to/how-to-prepare-a-phosphate-buffer/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:33:23 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=92 If you’d like to write this article, please let us know.

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How to Calculate Solution Dilution http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/how-to/how-to-calculate-solution-dilution/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:32:05 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=88 If you’d like to write this article, just let us know.

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How to Read a Meniscus http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/how-to/how-to-read-a-meniscus/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:30:28 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=86 If you’d like to write this article, please let us know.

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Writing Your CV http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/communication-skills/writing-your-cv/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:27:13 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=80 Author needed for this article. Anyone from careers willing to write it?

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Writing A Lab Report http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/communication-skills/writing-a-lab-report/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:25:13 +0000 http://kirsoplabs.co.uk/?p=75 This article would be great for a senior student to write, as an aid for helping undergraduates. If you’d like to write this article, just let the editor know. See Contact page for email address.

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