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This chapter will explore the impact virtual learning had on students and their social and emotional development as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors’ guiding question(s) for this chapter will be: How has social and emotional growth been considered as part of the missing piece to virtual learning? How are social and emotional learning opportunities addressed to achieve maximum student success and development as future leaders in a global society? What lessons have been learned during the pandemic regarding virtual teaching that can help develop more robust curriculum/learning choices for supporting students’ social and emotional well-being? Using research on digital learning and student and teacher interviews, the authors will gather data to report on the positives and opportunities for growth from the impact of the pandemic and virtual learning. The authors discuss implications of this work.

KEK Ltd., Hurdsfield Industrial Estate, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2ND, announce an extension to their cryogenic grinding facility with the installation of a 2000 litre nitrogen tank (approximately 3 times the size of the previous facility).

Of direct interest to readers of this journal, is a vibrational processing unit for laboratories which lends itself to scaling‐up. Basically, the unit is centred on the Megapact vibrational ball mill, which consists of two tubular, stainless steel chambers, oscillated at 2,800 cycles/min. Product to be processed is pumped through the oscillating chambers, to be subjected to hundreds of thousands of impacts, taken into a receiving tank and re‐circulated until such time as required to achieve the end‐product quality.

Jenag Equipment Ltd., 17 Aston Road, Waterlooville, Hants PO7 7XG, specialists in the design and manufacture of automatic backwashing liquid strainer systems for the process industries, has concluded an agreement with Rio Beer Maschinefabrik AG of Niederwil, Switzerland, to market its complete range of industrial washing plant exclusively throughout the UK.

Pilamec Ltd, Harbour Rd, Lydney, Glos, GL15 4EJ, have introduced a new and streamlined version of their Megamill. Not only is the processing efficiency of the mill heightened but accessibility to all parts of this high energy vibrational ball mill has been improved, it is claimed. However, the price has been pegged at the 1979 level.

Cray Valley Products Ltd., St. Mary Cray, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3PP, have recently introduced a range of resins for use in liquid inks. This range consists of Unithane 672S, Synaqua 845S, Synaqua 846S and Versamid 790.

Ateliers Sussmeyer has introduced a continuous solvent recovery unit which is reliable and economic in operation.

Now available from George Meller Ltd., Orion Park, Northfield Avenue, London W13 9SJ, the L & W surface wettability tester is designed to determine the wettability of paint films, paper, board, plastic, textiles, metal surfaces, and other materials, by means of the contact angle method.

During recent years there has been a considerable development in the type of mixer which is used in the preparation of printing ink formulations.