World AIDS Day 2012

World AIDS Day: Saturday December 1st 2012

Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. Each year on December the 1st people all around the world unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The annual day provides an opportunity for people to show their support for those living with HIV, commemorate those who have died and raise awareness.

2011 saw the highest ever number of people being newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK.

We need to raise awareness and educate others. As biology students you are in a good position to familiarise yourself with the facts and spread the word.

Look at the NAT website for information about HIV:

World AIDS Day

and if you do nothing else in response to this blog post, take this quiz:

Are you HIV aware?

You will notice your teachers wearing red ribbons to mark World AIDS day and you can get one of your own from me.

Laura :)

"Your body, your consent?" event a success!

Hi all.

Yesterday the five winners of our recent biology competition took part in an event hosted by the Royal College of Pathologists.

The event was titled "Your body, your consent?" and involved discussion with professional pathologists about issues in bioethics. Here are just some of the questions raised:

How should human tissue be treated during medical research?
What are the laws surrounding use of human tissue in research?
Should people be allowed to buy or sell organs for donation?
When and how is a post-mortem carried out?
Should human tissues be put on public display in museums?

You will be able to find out more about the event soon from the 5 students who took part.

Laura :)

A presentation on Darwin - by Omario Brown

Hi all,

I am pleased to say that we have managed to recruit another student contributor - Omario Brown.

Omario is a member of the BTEC Extended Diploma (Yr 1) group and has already shown himself to be an extremely talanted young scientist.

Here is the PowerPoint from a presentation Omario recently gave during a tutorial session. He decided to focus on one of his heroes, Charles Darwin.

Charles Darwin

Take a look, it's great.

Laura :)

Unit 13 Assignment 1 - Separation techniques

Hi BTEC Level 3 Yr 2s,

Here is the link to the summary table you need to complete for P2. You also need to copy any practical sheets you have for the TLC you did in chemistry last year.

Separation techniques

Laura :)

Who influences science?

Hello again BTEC Level 3 Yr 1 class,

Here are the worksheets for your new assignment:

Research 1 - What's the agenda?

Table to complete - What's the agenda?

Laura :)