Welcome to the first post!

This is the first post on my latest Blog site, dedicated to support students taking the BTEC route(s) in Sciences at the Liverpool Life Sciences UTC. However, it is an open Blog and anyone is welcome to look, read, comment and collaborate. The purpose of the Blog is primarily to support the Unit based material with an emphasis on the Innovation Lab experimental programme, taken by students in Y12 and 13. In addition to specific posts that will relate to experiments coming up, or results just behind us, I intend to pepper the Blog with related aspects of Science (with an emphasis on the Life Sciences) that I think are interesting. However, any suggestions are also most welcome and I shall develop the page format as the term develops and time permits. You will also see links on the Right Hand Side (RHS) to my other Blog sites, some of which will be unrelated, but some will be relevant. I sometimes duplicate posts if I think they may be useful to the different, intended audiences.

So what should you look forward to? The BTEC Level 3 programmes at the UTC in Liverpool present students with a parallel portfolio of science and health related education opportunities, offering an alternative to A levels. The Innovation Labs provide a laboratory based focus for the Science Units and we shall be running Innovation sessions relating to Applied Science Units 13, 15 and 18 (in the first instance).

Unit 13: Biochemistry and Biochemical Techniques
Unit 15: Microbiological Techniques
Unit 18: Genetics and Genetic Engineering

The first post this week, will precede the Unit 13 programme (commencing 19th January), which is being developed in conjunction with the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the University of Sheffield and one or more of our UTC Partners. This will centre on the enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase (LHS), but will incorporate all of the elements required by Unit 13. The posts will be an accompaniment to materials and resources provided through Mr. Houseman's Google Classroom at the UTC, for which students will have secure access.

More soon....