Tina Overton is Professor of Chemical Education in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hull, and Director of the Higher Education Academy Physical Sciences Centre. Tina graduated from Humberside Polytechnic in 1982, and has been at the University of Hull since 1992. StuartJohnson is an academic skills developer at the University of Leicester. He obtained a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Leicester, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Development from Thames Valley University. Dr Jon Scott is Director of Biological Studies at the University ofLeicester. He obtained a BSc in Biological Sciences and a PhD in Neurobiology from Durham University. He has been… a lecturer in physiology at the University of Leicester since 1987.