Chemistry for our future resources - Strands 2, 3 and 4
Strands 2, 3 and 4 concentrated on the developments to improve student support and teaching and learning in undergraduate chemistry courses.
- Strand 2 - Teacher Fellowship Scheme
Teacher Fellowship saw the secondment of chemistry teachers into university chemistry departments for a year to undertake projects aimed at easing the school-to-university transition.
- Strand 3 - Curriculum Development
Strand 3 covered a range of projects including development and evaluation context- and problem-based learning, school-to-university transition projects and a study on 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 Undergraduate Years 1 and 2
April 2008
PDF (584k)
Summary of the 10 school-to-university transition projects
Flyer summarising the work of 10 universities in helping to ease the 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
Videos on academic research relevant to A-Level curriculum
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, Thomas Graham House, Milton Road, Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1223 432221
Fax: +44 (0)1223 423623
