{"id":78782,"date":"2017-02-09T11:28:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T11:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=513db8f554bed739dd876846b90ebd3b"},"modified":"2017-02-09T11:28:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T11:28:42","slug":"news-story-gc-offers-rsc-approved-postgraduate-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=78782","title":{"rendered":"News story: GC offers RSC-approved postgraduate course"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Association of Public Analysts (APA) Educational Trust and the Government Chemist Programme in LGC organise an annual RSC-approved, fully residential week long postgraduate course on the analysis and examination of food and feed. The course will take place from 3 to 7 April 2017.<\/p>\n<p>See attached programme for full details.<\/p>\n<section class=\"attachment embedded\" id=\"attachment_1941614\">\n<div class=\"attachment-thumb\">\n      <a aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/589314\/Reading_APA_Residential_Course_2017FINAL.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/589314\/thumbnail_Reading_APA_Residential_Course_2017FINAL.pdf.png\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"attachment-details\">\n<h2 class=\"title\"><a aria-describedby=\"attachment-1941614-accessibility-help\" href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/589314\/Reading_APA_Residential_Course_2017FINAL.pdf\">Analysis and examination of foods postgraduate course<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"metadata\">\n        <span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">260KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">2 pages<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<div data-module=\"toggle\" class=\"accessibility-warning\" id=\"attachment-1941614-accessibility-help\">\n<h2>This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.<br \/>\n          <a class=\"toggler\" href=\"#attachment-1941614-accessibility-request\" data-controls=\"attachment-1941614-accessibility-request\" data-expanded=\"false\">Request an accessible format.<\/a><br \/>\n        <\/h2>\n<p id=\"attachment-1941614-accessibility-request\" class=\"js-hidden\">\n          If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a<br \/>\nversion of this document in a more accessible format, please email <a href=\"mailto:government.chemist@lgcgroup.com?body=Details%20of%20document%20required%3A%0A%0A%20%20Title%3A%20Analysis%20and%20examination%20of%20foods%20postgraduate%20course%0A%20%20Original%20format%3A%20pdf%0A%0APlease%20tell%20us%3A%0A%0A%20%201.%20What%20makes%20this%20format%20unsuitable%20for%20you%3F%0A%20%202.%20What%20format%20you%20would%20prefer%3F%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20&amp;subject=Request%20for%20%27Analysis%20and%20examination%20of%20foods%20postgraduate%20course%27%20in%20an%20alternative%20format\">government.chemist@lgcgroup.com<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The course, over a two year cycle, offers a distinctive learning experience, validated by active practitioners in the APA Training Committee, with unique features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a vibrant mix of lectures, laboratory practical sessions and interactive exercises<\/li>\n<li>wide range of experts, not found together elsewhere<\/li>\n<li>up to date teaching of safety (chemical and microbiological), authenticity, analysis and the law of food, water, feeding-stuffs and fertilisers<\/li>\n<li>professional networking with peer group and leading experts, National Reference Laboratories, senior academic researchers and policy officials<\/li>\n<li>alignment with the MChemA* syllabus<\/li>\n<li>practical and relevant training in microscopy and mycology<\/li>\n<li>interactive exercises including \u2018expert witness\u2019 role play mentored by experienced court going scientists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*The MChemA (Mastership in Chemical Anaysis) is the statutory qualification prescribed to practice as a Public Analyst by the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 2013<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"who-is-this-course-for\">Who is this course for?<\/h3>\n<p>This course is particularly appropriate for aspiring MChemA candidates but will also be valuable for anyone working in a Public Analysts\u2019 or food \/animal feed laboratory who wishes to equip themselves with additional skills.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"course-details\">Course details<\/h3>\n<p>Topics included in the course are food fraud, food labelling, the Defra Food Authenticity programme, food allergen analysis, advanced DNA testing, certificate and report writing and sessions on fertilisers and feedingstuffs. An evening interactive session offers training in court technique for the expert witness, with role play and mentoring by experienced court going scientists, before a bench including a former Magistrate.<\/p>\n<p>The accommodation will be in University hotel grade bedrooms with breakfast and evening meals taking place in \u2018The Cedars\u2019, located centrally on Reading University Campus. The teaching will take place in seminar rooms and laboratories.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"booking-information\">Booking information<\/h3>\n<p>If you are not able to join us for the whole week, do not hesitate to consider daily attendance. To this end Wednesday 5th April has a slightly later start with a particularly varied and relevant programme.<\/p>\n<p>Return the completed <span id=\"attachment_1941616\" class=\"attachment-inline\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/589315\/Registration_Form.docx\">registration form<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\">MS Word Document<\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">21.2KB<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n to <a href=\"mailto:walkermj@ntlworld.com\">walkermj@ntlworld.com<\/a> to book the course<\/p>\n<p>For any queries about the course or the activities of the Government Chemist please contact<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1885\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Government Chemist<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Queens Road<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">Teddington<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">TW11 0LY<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:Government.Chemist@lgcgroup.com\">Government.Chemist@lgcgroup.com<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GC Programme organises an annual, fully residential week-long postgraduate course on the analysis and examination of food and feed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}