You can print off your personalised timetable from the university timetable website. This ensures that classes are of appropriate sizes.
If you have a timetable clash there may be some flexibility in timing, depending on the unit of study.
It is essential that you attend all sessions for which you have been timetabled in Chemistry.
Laboratories
Laboratory workspace allocation will be in your first timetabled session of the semester (either week 1 or 2 - check your timetable). For more information click here.
Note: There is a requirement that you attend a minimum of 90% of the laboratory classes. You must pass the practical component of the unit.
During the semester, you will cycle through the complete program. Click on the link below that corresponds to your group (the colour of your laboratory handbook) and note the experiment and its location within the First Year Chemistry Laboratories.
Pink Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Pink 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 E3: Environmental Forensics Friday classes only Front of Laboratory A 4 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents Front of Laboratory D 5 E9: Porphyrins Front of Laboratory B 6 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules Back of Laboratory B 7 E10: Acetic Acid Content of Vinegar Back of Laboratory D 8 E8: Sunscreens all classes except Friday Back of Laboratory A 9 E1: Chemistry of Soil Front of Laboratory A 10 E7: Phase Separation and Purification Front of Laboratory D 11 E5: Heat and Temperature Front of Laboratory B 12 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions Back of Laboratory B 13 No class
Blue Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Dark Blue 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions Friday classes only Back of Laboratory A 4 E3: Environmental Forensics Front of Laboratory A 5 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents Front of Laboratory D 6 E9: Porphyrins Front of Laboratory B 7 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules Back of Laboratory B 8 E10: Acetic Acid Content of Vinegar all classes except Friday Back of Laboratory D 9 E8: Sunscreens Back of Laboratory A 10 E1: Chemistry of Soil Front of Laboratory A 11 E7: Phase Separation and Purification Front of Laboratory D 12 E5: Heat and Temperature Back of Laboratory D 13 No class
Silver Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Silver 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 No CHEM1xx1 students in Silver 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Orange Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Orange 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents Friday classes only Front of Laboratory D 4 E9: Porphyrins Front of Laboratory B 5 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules Back of Laboratory B 6 E10: Acetic Acid Content of Vinegar Back of Laboratory D 7 E8: Sunscreens Back of Laboratory A 8 E1: Chemistry of Soil all classes except Friday Front of Laboratory A 9 E7: Phase Separation and Purification Front of Laboratory D 10 E5: Heat and Temperature Front of Laboratory B 11 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions Back of Laboratory B 12 E3: Environmental Forensics Front of Laboratory A 13 No class
Yellow Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Yellow 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 E9: Porphyrins Friday classes only Front of Laboratory B 4 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules Back of Laboratory B 5 E10: Acetic Acid Content of Vinegar Back of Laboratory D 6 E8: Sunscreens Back of Laboratory A 7 E1: Chemistry of Soil Front of Laboratory A 8 E7: Phase Separation and Purification all classes except Friday Front of Laboratory D 9 E5: Heat and Temperature Front of Laboratory B 10 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions Back of Laboratory B 11 E3: Environmental Forensics Front of Laboratory A 12 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents Back of Laboratory A 13 No class
Dark Green Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Dark Green 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 E5: Heat and Temperature Friday classes only Back of Laboratory D 4 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions Back of Laboratory A 5 E3: Environmental Forensics Front of Laboratory A 6 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents Front of Laboratory D 7 E9: Porphyrins Front of Laboratory B 8 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules all classes except Friday Back of Laboratory B 9 E10: Acetic Acid Content of Vinegar Back of Laboratory D 10 E8: Sunscreens Back of Laboratory A 11 E1: Chemistry of Soil Back of Laboratory D 12 E7: Phase Separation and Purification Front of Laboratory D 13 No class
Red Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Red 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules Friday classes only Back of Laboratory B 4 E10: Acetic Acid Content of Vinegar Back of Laboratory D 5 E8: Sunscreens Back of Laboratory A 6 E1: Chemistry of Soil Front of Laboratory A 7 E7: Phase Separation and Purification Front of Laboratory D 8 E5: Heat and Temperature all classes except Friday Front of Laboratory B 9 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions Back of Laboratory B 10 E3: Environmental Forensics Front of Laboratory A 11 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents Back of Laboratory A 12 E9: Porphyrins Front of Laboratory B 13 No class
Purple Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Purple 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 No CHEM1xx1 students in Purple 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Light Green Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Light Green 2 Registration and safety information 3 No class 4 E1: Chemistry of Soil Front of Laboratory C 5 E7: Phase Separation and Purification Back of Laboratory C 6 E5: Heat and Temperature Front of Laboratory C 7 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions Back of Laboratory C 8 E3: Environmental Forensics Front of Laboratory C 9 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents Back of Laboratory C 10 E9: Porphyrins Front of Laboratory C 11 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules Back of Laboratory C 12 E10: Acetic Acid Content of Vinegar Front of Laboratory C 13
Light Blue Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Light Blue 2 Registration and safety information 3 Friday classes only 4 E8: Sunscreens Back of Laboratory C 5 E1: Chemistry of Soil Front of Laboratory C 6 E7: Phase Separation and Purification Back of Laboratory C 7 E5: Heat and Temperature Front of Laboratory C 8 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions all classes except Friday Back of Laboratory C 9 E3: Environmental Forensics Front of Laboratory C 10 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents Back of Laboratory C 11 E9: Porphyrins Front of Laboratory C 12 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules Back of Laboratory C 13
Cream Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Cream 2 Registration and safety information 3 No students in Cream 4 No students in Cream 5 No students in Cream 6 No students in Cream 7 No students in Cream 8 No students in Cream 9 No students in Cream 10 No students in Cream 11 No students in Cream 12 No students in Cream 13 No students in Cream
Missed or Know You Will Miss Your Laboratory Class?
If you know you are going to miss your timetabled laboratory slot due to a pre-arranged commitment (sport, music or theatrical rehearsal, work etc), you can catch the experiment up at an alternative session by following the 'catch up' link below. It is your responsibility to plan ahead if you have a clashing sport or theatrical event!
If you miss a laboratory session due to unforeseen circmstances (illness etc), your preferred option should also be to catch up the laboratory work. You can apply for Special Consideration (choose "attendance") but unless you can demonstrate that you are unable to catch up the experiment at a later date, the most likely outcome will be an instruction to catch up your experiment within 2 weeks of getting better.
Note that most experiments are available over a large number of sessions, over many weeks. Near the end of semester, these tend to fill quickly, so you are strongly advised not leave unfinished experiments until the end of semester, and do so at risk of failing to complete the laboratory course. Without special consideration, you can book a session for up to 2 weeks after the missed experiements. With special consideration, you can contact the first year office to book a session beyond the 2 week window. The box below shows which experiments are available in which sessions and in which weeks. It does not show whether there are free workspaces available:
To organise a catch up lab session, please use the booking tool under "Missed or know you will miss your laboratory class?" in "Laboratory Program" on eLearning.