Linking HEIs and employers
The formation of strong Higher Education Institution (HEI)-employer relations is vital to establish and enhance all forms of employer engagement. Through the HE STEM Programme, the RSC are investigating means of setting up formal links between HEIs and employers, as well as ensuring that these links can be maintained in a sustainable fashion.
- Encouraging links between HEIs and employers
- Involving employers in the development of the HEI curriculum to ensure its relevance for the future workforce
- Development of resources to introduce chemistry-focused business skills into the undergraduate curriculum
Employer Engagement for Curriculum Development
Engagement between HEIs and employers can result in course material enhanced by valuable industrial examples and a real-life context

Advanced Medicinal Chemistry course material
A lecture series on advanced medicinal chemistry developed collaboratively between Nottingham Trent University and AstraZeneca
Contact and Further Information
HE STEM Programme Team
Royal Society of Chemistry,
Thomas Graham House,
Science Park,
Milton Road,
Cambridge
CB4 0WF
Tel: +44 (0)1223 432221
Fax: +44 (0)1223 423623
