Chemistry for Our Future resources - Strand 2, 3 and 4
- Strand 2 - Supporting Key Educational Interfaces
Teacher Fellowship sees the secondment of chemistry teachers into an university for a year to help ease teh school-to-university transition
- Strand 3 - Higher Educational Chemical Sciences Curriculum Development
Includes 10 school-to-university transition projects, context-and problem-based learning (CBL/PBL) and a study looking into the Bologna process
- Strand 4 - Widening Access to University Laboratories
University of Bristol and University of Sheffield trialled two distinctive approaches to schools' use of university laboratory facilities with the aim to enhance pupils' experience of practical chemistry
Downloadable Files
Overlap of content between A-Level and Level 1/2 Chemistry
April 2008
PDF (584k)
Summary of the 10 school-to-university transition projects
Flyer summarising the work of 10 universities in helping to ease teh transition between school and university
PDF (180k)
Context/Problem-based learning in chemistry
Sharing lessons learnt and making it work
PDF (212k)
Mastering Bologna Report
A report on the readiness of UK Chemistry Departments to succeed in the European Higher Education Area
PDF (391k)
SWOT Workshop Results
Raw data collected from Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats workshops
PDF (121k)
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Related Links
The Interactive Lab Primer
Developed by the teacher fellows, the ILP is a web resource to support pupils' transition from school-to-university chemistry laboratory
Chemistry videos on current academic research
Videos to fit the new A-level specification on what chemists at UCL are doing to meet the challenges of the 21st century
The Higher Education Academy - Physical Sciences Centre
This Special Interest Group for Context Based Learning (CBL) and Problem Based Learning (PBL) provides further background and resources.
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Contact and Further Information
Education Department
Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7440 3344
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7287 9825
