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Learning Assistant Program Director - Rutgers

Dear Members of the Chemistry Education Research Community,

The Learning Centers at Rutgers University is hiring a Director-level position that will oversee the Learning Assistant (LA) Program and interact with faculty across the New Brunswick campus.

Travel Support to attend BCCE 2018

At BCCE 2018, we invite you to consider attending workshops presenting scale-themed materials and how these were incorporated into various courses. Because these projects are supported by NSF (DUE-1432090), we also have limited travel funds for which we would invite you or your colleagues to apply. Both workshops will be held on Wednesday, August 1st (the details are listed below). To apply for travel funds, please send an application to Kristen Murphy (kmurphy@uwm.edu) including:

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Postdoctoral position in STEM Education Research at Duke University

A postdoctoral position focused on writing-to-learn pedagogies in science education is available in the Biology Department at Duke University. The position is part of an NSF-funded IUSE grant (Improving Undergraduate STEM Education) to understand the role of writing in promoting learning and engagement for undergraduates at the introductory and capstone levels, with particular attention to the mechanisms of effect.

Job posting at UVA: Postdoctoral Research Associate in STEM Education

The University of Virginia's Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), a pan-University center supporting teaching at all levels and in all academic disciplines, invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate position beginning in August 2018.

Vicente Talanquer webinar – 23rd May

For our final webinar in the RSC CERGinar series, Prof Vicente Talanquer will be delivering his webinar: "Controlling Intuition". To celebrate the end of our inaugural series, Prof Talanquer has kindly agreed to having an extended discussion. Registration and details are at the link: https://rsccerg.wordpress.com/2018/04/30/vicente-talanquer-webinar-23rd-may/

The time of the webinar is 7 - 8.30 PM British Summer Time (BST), which is 6 - 7.30 PM GMT.