Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 20/01/2026#MICER26 at Imperial College London, 13 May 2026 micerportal.wordpress.commicerportal.wordpress.comMethods in Chemistry Education Research PortalPost by @seerymk. 010
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 06/01/2026A mini-essay from me on the essay in the age of GenAI michaelseery.com/the-essay-in...michaelseery.comThe essay in the age of GenAIOver my time studying for my history degree, I had to write many essays and came to love it as a form of assessment. The process of writing out what I thought about something was a tangible mechani… 001
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 27/10/20252026 will be (I think) the 10th MICER... we are now looking for expressions of interest to host it rsccerg.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/o...rsccerg.wordpress.comOpen Call for Organisers of 10th MICER 2026ICER runs annually under the auspices of the RSC Chemistry Education Research Group, and the group are issuing a call for organisers of the 2026 meeting. Details are provided below. Submissions sho… 031
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Something new from me. The Chris Adams symposium prompted me to think the role of virtual laboratories in chemistry and I have been slowly thinking it through since. It turns out that there is a lot to do. Sharing as a preprint and really welcome comments while I work it up. osf.io/preprints/ed...osf.ioOSF 020
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 10/09/2025National Archives (UK) running 3 events on Irish history this month. Yes pleeeeze www.eventbrite.com/cc/finding-i... 010
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Sometimes it is hard being a chemist and a gardener 010
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Sometimes this is a very difficult country to live in 000
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 04/09/2025One of the fascinating if depressing things about “the literature” is the extent to which people cite other work that completely misrepresents what the cited article says. And that’s going to get so much worse with AI “insights”. 040
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Happy Putting those Aspirations for Completing Tasks Back On Ice For Another Year Day to all who celebrate. 🙌 162
Reposted by Michael SeeryMichael O’Neill @michaeloneill.org · 18/08/2025**New blog post** A reflection on how moving city made me less productive this year. www.michaeloneill.org/blog-1/2025/8/18/the-academic-productivity-cost-of-movingmichaeloneill.orgThe academic productivity cost of moving — Michael O'NeillA reflection on the way I became less productive in the year I moved from one University to another. 131
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 15/08/2025It's 4 years since everything upended, and having this month just finished the first year in my new role, I am (over)sharing some reflections. Short version: all is well :D michaelseery.com/reflecting-o...michaelseery.comReflecting on moving career, moving life: 4 years onI’ve recently completed my first year in my new job and as part of my annual review was prompted by my Director to reflect on learnings over the year past (I work in a Faculty of Arts now; it’s wha… 270
Reposted by Michael SeeryProf. Natalie Fey @nataliefeynls.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Paging the #CompChemSky and #iTeachChem communities: Could you please help my MSc student with an education project, exploring how gen AI shapes the way we think, solve problems, and build confidence. 116
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 31/07/2025I've spent a bit of time thinking and writing about GRC CERP; how it came together, and how it came to be. Thank you to everyone who played a part and the many messages since. It's long, so a main take away message, it is: *conference organisers should always have a "meal with speakers" system*.michaelseery.comA Maine Meitheal: Reflecting on the 2025 GRC Chemistry Education Research and PracticeIn early July in rural Maine, I chaired the 2025 Gordon Research Conference Chemistry Education Research and Practice meeting. I was elected way back in 2019 as Vice Chair to Ellen Yezierski (Vice … 030
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 18/07/2025First day//last day of GRC CERP. Who needs sleep?!.Thanks so much to Erin Saitta for photos. 050
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Was an amazing week - thanks for presentation and bringing *all* the gang from Texas 🤣 They made an enormous contribution to the meeting. 050
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 11/07/2025What an amazing week! Thank you everyone who made it so special. This was a career highlight that will be tough to beat. #GRCCERP #MoonAgents 051
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 04/07/2025#GRCCERP begins! Setting off on journey with a view of Westbury White Horse from the train (through very murky window). 120
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 01/07/2025At Trinity last night for book launch of 300 years of Trinity. Launched by Peter Boyle (who turned to history when he retired - role model ❤️); met up with JMK; and a talk from Peter Morris on history of chemistry lab. 000
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 04/06/2025RIP Edmund White. As a very confused young adult I somehow came across his work and it was a lightbulb. A world I never thought I could connect with, but was a comfort to know it existed. Some lovely tributes www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...theguardian.comEdmund White remembered: ‘He was the patron saint of queer literature’Colm Tóibín, Alan Hollinghurst, Adam Mars-Jones and more recall the high style and libidinous freedom of a writer who ‘was not a gateway to gay literature but a main destination’ 020
Reposted by Michael SeeryProf. Natalie Fey @nataliefeynls.bsky.social · 03/06/2025We are organising a one-day symposium in memory of Chris Adams, here in Bristol Chemistry on 27th June 2025, from 10 am. Details, programme and registration form here: cjasymposium.blogs.bristol.ac.uk Please register by the end of this week if you plan to come for dinner. 044
Reposted by Michael SeeryMichael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Are you attending GRC CERP this summer? If so, I have made a short presentation giving an overview of the conference, the flow of the week, and my top tips for attendees...! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrok...youtube.comGRC CERP 2025 Participants' BriefingYouTube video by Michael Seery 053
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Are you attending GRC CERP this summer? If so, I have made a short presentation giving an overview of the conference, the flow of the week, and my top tips for attendees...! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrok...youtube.comGRC CERP 2025 Participants' BriefingYouTube video by Michael Seery 053
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 20/05/2025For Trinity Chemistry alumni (and interested others) Book launch of "Trinity College Dublin - 300 years of Chemistry" in Dublin on 30th June with a talk from Peter Morris on the history of the chemistry laboratory. What's not to love?! 030
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 13/05/2025God I hope the answer is yes 🤞 (it was, but only because of a few extra hundred thousand details not mention in headline) 000
Reposted by Michael SeeryColin McGill @colinmcgill.bsky.social · 28/04/2025The finalised programme for Methods in Chemistry Education Research #MICER25 at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social micerportal.wordpress.com #chemsky #chemedresearch 021
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Had a great day yesterday at #CLEAR25 symposium - really excellent talks. Loved hearing about @burrowscer.bsky.social phenomenongraphy work describing student perspectives in project-based labs, and Jianye Wei on inquiry in Chinese context. I've added my slides here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/guac2... 052
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I finally made a headline! Lovely article on the launch summit of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for University Science Education last week. use.ku.dk/news/news-20...use.ku.dkUSE Center summit lays groundwork for ambitious research plan: “A seminal moment”More than 50 education researchers from the USE Center and participating teaching faculty mapped the educational reality in their discipline. The results will inform concrete research projects with an... 010
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Recording of @aud2526.bsky.social presentation "Signing to Know: Unlocking chemistry concepts" from symposium in her honour last week is now on @cerg.bsky.social YouTube channel. Thanks to Dr Helen Pain for her warm introduction to Audrey and the symposium youtu.be/9cWN4oD39kwyoutu.beDr Audrey Cameron: Teaching Deaf Children ChemistryYouTube video by RSC Chemical Education Research Group 066
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 24/04/2025A really inspiring symposium today. Lots to take away from it. I loved the chemical considerations involved in making new signs and the student generated videos were amazing! Thanks to presenters, interpreters, & Dr Helen Pain for officially opening proceedings! rsccerg.wordpress.com/2025/02/10/t...rsccerg.wordpress.comTeaching Chemistry to Deaf Students: A Symposium in Honour of Dr Audrey CameronDr Audrey Cameron HonFRSC OBE is Chancellor’s Fellow at Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh. She has worked extensively in d/Deaf education, including lar… 282
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Among a chorus of pandering plaudits for Francis, Mary McAleese cuts through the crap and says it as it is www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... 020
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Fantastic story (and also v. jealous) Amazing how many sliding doors there are on everyone's journey. In another world I would have discovered conservation science and perhaps gone on that path. 010
Reposted by Michael SeeryColin McGill @colinmcgill.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Methods in Chemistry Education Research speaker announcement: Dr Nicola Kiernan, Head of Chemistry and STEM co-ordinator at the High School of Dundee will be leading a workshop exploring the use of video for analysing gestures. www.linkedin.com/posts/colin-... #chatchemistry #chemedresearchlinkedin.comPenultime speaker announcement for the Methods in Chemistry Education… | Colin McGillPenultime speaker announcement for the Methods in Chemistry Education Research (MICER) meeting at Edinburgh Napier University on 21 May 2025 Dr Nicola Kiernan (Head of Chemistry and STEM Co-ordinator... 021
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Back to work today after a week off. Was it something I said?! 010
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Six years after being elected to chair the meeting (thanks COVID), and quite a few professional twists and turns later, I am feeling quite emotional about *finally* publishing the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on 'Chemistry Education Research and Practice' programme online. It'll be a cracker!grc.org2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Conference GRCThe 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice will be held in Lewiston, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot. 020
Reposted by Michael SeeryColin McGill @colinmcgill.bsky.social · 04/04/2025#MICER25 update: Prof. Paul Ashwin will be leading a workshop on the use of interview data and phenomenography. MICER takes place at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on Wednesday 21 May 2025. Details at micerportal.wordpress.com #ChemEd #ITeachChem #ChemEdResearch #ChemSkymicerportal.wordpress.comMethods in Chemistry Education Research PortalPost by @seerymk. 033
Reposted by Michael SeeryDr. Molly B. Atkinson @mollybatkinson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Hi friends! Have you ever used the CHemistry Instrument Review and Assessment Library (CHIRAL) chiral.chemedx.org? We want to hear your feedback! Please drop your thoughts in our quick CHIRAL feedback survey: portlandstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 011
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Learn about and feedback on this amazing education research resource rsccerg.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/c...rsccerg.wordpress.comCHemistry Instrument Review and Assessment Library (CHIRAL)CHIRAL ( is a collection of research assessments/inventories that compiles valid (measures what we intend it to measure) and reliable (consistent, minimizing measurement error) instruments in one c… 032
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 30/03/2025This article says everything I want to say about AI hype in a much clearer way than I ever could. Excellent work.nytimes.comOpinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes (Gift Article)A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear. 050
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 29/03/2025In a parallel universe this is the conference that I could be attending 😭 When people say they don’t know what they’d do if they won the lottery, I do! I know what I’d do…! 020
Reposted by Michael SeeryKatharine Hubbard @katharinehubbard.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Am hiring! If you know anyone who might want to lead institutional approaches to digital pedagogy and practice either let me know or send them this link. @bnuni.bsky.social an exciting place to be right now! jobs.bucks.ac.uk/vacancy/seni... #DigitalPedagogy #DigitalEducationjobs.bucks.ac.ukSenior Adviser (Digital Pedagogy and Practice) (1755) | Buckinghamshire New UniversityFull Time - Permanent - High Wycombe Salary - £44,128 - £55,755 Buckinghamshire New University is an ambitious, modern univers 078
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Wasn’t sure what to expect but ended up being unexpectedly sweet www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | How Hooters Became a Refuge for Young Gay Men (Gift Article)Many fathers and grandfathers take their gay sons to the bar. It’s become a place of refuge — and how that happened is a curious story. 020
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Watching ‘Adolescence’ (slowly, as I can only take so much at the moment). Will be forever glad I grew up in an era without internet and smartphone. Yes I am old now. 030
Reposted by Michael SeeryColin McGill @colinmcgill.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Register for Methods in Chemistry Education Research (MICER) at micerportal.wordpress.com #chatchemistry #ChemEdResearch 022
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I do want to cry. A programme with a specific and valuable offering is no longer deemed viable. Having seen elsewhere the transformational power of these types of programmes, it’s such a travesty. 062
Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 09/03/2025The fantastic documentary “Housewife of the Year” reviewed in NYT “…we, too, will be making documentaries looking back, incredulous at what we lived through, what we allowed, what we assumed was normal.”nytimes.com‘Housewife of the Year’: Contestants Look Back in Dismay (Gift Article)Ciaran Cassidy’s film revisits an Irish television show that judged stay-at-home moms on budgeting and appearance. 020