RSC Education news and updates

Colour Chemistry workshops inspire learners across Wales

2025-06-06T05:50:00+01:00By Rebecca Laye

Cross-curriculum workshops funded by RSC Outreach grants allows students of all ages to explore links between art and chemistry

Effective pedagogy: a new self-led teacher professional development course

2025-04-30T05:12:00+01:00By Steph Kancy

Delve into the principles and practices of effective chemistry teaching

Winchester College win 2025 Top of the Bench national final

2025-03-25T06:02:00+00:00By Georgia Murphy

The RSC announces the winners and runners-up of the 2025 competition

2025 UK Chemistry Olympiad Round one results

2025-03-07T04:42:00+00:00By Georgia Murphy

The Royal Society of Chemistry announces the grade boundaries for this year’s UK Chemistry Olympiad

British Science Week 2025

2025-02-25T00:08:00+00:00By Georgia Murphy

Prepare for and celebrate the theme of change and adapt during 7–16 March

National Careers Week 2025

2025-02-14T06:07:00+00:00By Georgia Murphy

Get ready for National Careers Week, taking place between 3–8 March 2025, with all the Royal Society of Chemistry has to offer

RSC initial teacher training scholarships open for 2025/26

2025-01-21T06:54:00+00:00By Katie Kay

Everything you need to know about supporting Royal Society of Chemistry scholars

Introducing the Education publishing editorial board

2024-12-04T06:06:00+00:00By Juliet Kennard and Lisa Clatworthy

Find out how the different perspectives on the editorial board help develop our articles and resources

RSC shares the 2024 Science Teaching Survey’s findings

2024-11-27T13:04:00+00:00By Georgia Murphy

Science teachers and technicians in the UK and Ireland provide valuable information about the trends and challenges on the profession

RSC announces 2024 Education Prize winners

2024-11-20T06:08:00+00:00By Georgia Murphy

Celebrate the winners of the 2024 Excellence in Education Prizes and The Horizon Prizes for Education

Events in your region in October 2024

2024-10-22T08:24:00+01:00

Join us for the ASE West of England Science Convention and discover exciting workshops for primary and secondary school teachers and technicians

RSC publishes Popping good chemistry investigation in memory of beloved colleague

2024-10-15T05:42:00+01:00By Georgia Murphy

Learn more about the experiment and our late, beloved colleague Declan McGeown’s passion for science

Chemistry Week 2024

2024-09-23T15:26:00+01:00By Georgia Murphy

Presentations, experiments and funding opportunities from the Royal Society of Chemistry to celebrate this November

UK students win silver medals at 56th International Chemistry Olympiad

2024-08-15T06:40:00+01:00By Georgia Murphy

Dedication and hard work pay off for the UK team at the Olympiad final

RSC maps teaching resources to T-level qualifications

2024-08-08T07:13:00+01:00By Juliet Kennard

Use our curriculum explorer to find resources by topic and subtopic for science and healthcare science T-levels

Connecting school leaders and RSC members

2024-06-27T07:40:00+01:00By Deborah van Wyk

Find out how the RSC’s Leadership mentoring programme can help you progress

The latest news and articles from Education in Chemistry

How to teach collision theory and what affects rates of reaction at 14–16

2025-06-05T08:41:00+01:00By Kate Comisso

Help students tackle the topic of collision theory head on with these teaching strategies

Scaffold learning with decision trees

2025-06-04T05:30:00+01:00By Catherine Smith

Help students unravel complex topics with a decision tree – a visual support you can gradually remove

Contextualising core practicals

2025-06-02T04:57:00+01:00By Ian McDaid

How to use students’ everyday experiences to aid understanding in experiments

The AI experiment

2025-05-29T05:22:00+01:00By Wendy Winnard

Wendy Winnard explores how effective generative artificial intelligence is in the chemistry classroom

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