Group News

When your Board of Trustees last met on 16 November 2011, the key priority was to agree the rolling business plan for 2012-14 and the budget to implement this.

Water use to grow and process biomass feedstocks for fuels has recently emerged as an important controversy. In a world where several countries already face water stress – and where over 70% of global freshwater use takes place in the agricultural sector – bioenergy development might present considerable challenges, from the perspective of water quantity as well as water quality.

The winner of the 2010 SCI Scotland Prize for the best PhD thesis submitted to a Scottish university in the fields of chemistry and related disciplines is Dr Zixue Su.

The 18th Joint Annual Conference of the SCI Chinese UK Group and The Chinese Society of Chemical Science and Technology in the UK was held at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge on 17 Sept 2011.

Stephanie Burns, CEO and Chairman of Dow Corning and new Honorary President of SCI, talks about her experience leading a corporation where innovation is paramount. She also discusses SCI's role in driving knowledge transference in the chemical industry, CSR initiatives and innovative ideas for the future of SCI involving community engagement and mentoring of young scientists.

SCI is always happy to welcome new volunteers and members to the Society.

On Thursday 11 and Friday 12 September 2008, SCI ran two ‘workshop and best practice sharing’ events, open to all Treasurers, Secretaries and Chairs of Regional Interest (RIG) and Technical Interest Groups (TIG).

The main aim of SCI is to bring members together and an online forum can help us do this through the web.

On Monday, 28 September 2009, SCI will be hosting a one-day ‘Volunteer Workshop and Best Practice’ day for the Honorary Chairmen, Secretaries and Treasurers of all its UK-based Interest Groups.

The 15th Joint Annual Conference of The Society of Chemical Industry - Chinese UK Group (SCI-CS) and The Chinese Society of Chemical Science and Technology in the UK (CSCST-UK), was held at the University of Liverpool’s Department of Chemistry.

The Taylor & Francis Group have received a request from the Chinese authorities to publish a Chinese language version of the second edition of Structure and Performance of Cements.

The Chinese UK Group forms a platform through which Chinese students, scholars and researchers across the UK can exchange their research, professional and social life experiences. Our Group also bridges the link between SCI and Chinese scientists, especially those based in mainland China