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EXTERNAL EXAMINER’S QUOTE
“My overall comment regarding the quality of teaching and
learning on the modules I looked at is that they are both excellent.
There was much evidence of excellent teaching and some specific
comments appear below. Most of the modules had student feedback
information and this was on the whole at a very high standard.”
From Year 1 students are trained in both
UV-vis and IR spectroscopy to a level
at which the recording of spectra and
operation of the instruments are routine.
This leads in to using fluorescence and
Raman spectrometers in Year 2. Keele
students learn how to prepare samples
and set up the pulse sequences for
NMR spectroscopy which become a
routine method of analysis for organic
and organometallic compounds and
is used extensively in Year 2. In
analytical chemistry there are excellent
gas chromatography (GC) and high
performance liquid chromatography
(HPLC) systems for the analysis of
complex mixtures of organic compounds
and Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)
absorption spectroscopy and X-ray
Fluorescence for inorganic materials.
This training gives Keele students the
confidence to select the right technique
to use when researching their projects in
Years 3 and 4. There is also access and
training for additional techniques such
as X-ray diffraction and high resolution
mass spectrometry. All these techniques
require extensive data analysis which
will be undertaken in the new computer
laboratory where training will be given in
the specialised data processing packages.
This training and access to
instrumentation gives Keele graduates
the most comprehensive exposure to
experimental procedures and laboratory
techniques possible placing them at an
advantage when entering the job market..
More details available at keele.ac.uk/
centralsciencelabs
keele.ac.uk/chemistry