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The National HE STEM Programme has funded the production of a series of guides on transition, induction and retention of students in STEM subjects. The guides cover transition to HE, the first year experience, social engagement, curriculum development to support retention, maths support, optimising the part-time experience, and using data to understand the issues. The paper discusses why the guides were produced and how the project was managed. The literature forming the general background to the project is presented, together with the research underpinning particular guides. The paper summarises the content of each guide, and discusses the lessons learned from the project as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work addresses the problem of enriching high throughput screening (HTS) data of mixtures of five compounds/well without any redundancies and where no structural information of the drug target is available. Devising a mathematical model for mixtures of compounds is extremely difficult. Instead, we employed extended-connectivity fingerprints (ECFPs), which are a new class of fingerprints for molecular characterization. We calculated the Tanimoto similarity between all the compounds which appeared in the active mixtures and ranked them in order of decreasing similarity. This methodology enriched the data in three recent in-house HTS campaigns that were conducted in five compounds/well mixtures. The top 10% most similar compounds captured between 29% and 41% of the active compounds. Although this methodology is not particularly sensitive, considering the quality of the data (ca. 80% noise presumed to be inactive) and the simplicity of the method, we find it useful. It offers a true opportunity to quickly prioritize and enrich primary screening data from mixtures of compounds and therefore reduce the time and the high costs of the secondary screening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An account of group work at a day centre for elderly people which, by using Reminiscence Therapy, tapped into a time when their morale had been high; with some interesting results. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An introduction is presented that discusses issue articles on topics including control engineering, international engineering students, and programme outcomes for engineering education.

An introduction is presented that discusses issue articles on topics including the use of social media for feedback in engineering courses, the enhancement of student engagement in engineering education, and the use of online testing in engineering courses.

The author introduces the updated appearance of the journal, developed by organization The Higher Education Academy, the revisions to the journal's website, located at journals.heacademy.ac.uk, and acknowledges the 23 reviewers from Great Britain and globally who contributed to the issue.