National Careers Week (3–8 March)
Get ready for National Careers Week, 3–8 March 2025. We’ve got everything you need to excite and inspire your learners to choose a career in chemistry on our A Future in Chemistry careers site:
- New: our job profiles featuring real-life chemists have been updated with key information on what under-18s care about, such as salary range, job location, information on work-life balance, skills required, career progression and qualifications.
- Discover chemists nearby: use our UK&I map of chemistry employers to show students that a chemistry career could be on their doorstep.
- Curriculum-aligned resources: visit our teachers page to find ready-to-go careers resources and activities, including printable posters, curriculum maps and PowerPoints.
- Future workforce: the kind of chemist employers need in the future is changing. Find out what skills students will need to guarantee to impress and succeed in their career.
British Science Week (7–16 March)
British Science Week is 7–16 March. This year’s theme is ‘change and adapt’ and we’ve got two easy-to-prepare activities in the official activity pack.
Inspire your learners with:
🏝 Be a desert island survivor
For primary learners – explore how to purify water. Find us on page 23.
🤯 Evaporation in action
For secondary learners – investigate as salt crystals form. Find us on page 26.
🌍 Explore our changing planet
Get free lesson plans, experiments and activities for BSW25 on our climate change and sustainability collection page.
Explore sustainability collection
Equip yourself for the future with specialised support this new year
Free sessions to boost your confidence and build your knowledge! Next upcoming course: Improving numeracy to enhance pupil outcomes
Monday 24 February, 4–5pm
Join Matthew Parks, head of chemistry at Wellington College and RSC teacher developer, as he demonstrates tried and tested ways to improve the numeracy skills and confidence of your students. Suited for primary, secondary and further education.
Help us help early career teachers
Are you a chemistry or science teacher in the first 5 years of teaching, based in the UK or ROI?
We need your help! Your opinion could shape the way that the Royal Society of Chemistry helps early career teachers. Have your voice heard – please fill out our short survey, with the potential to participate in a focus group.
Thank you for your feedback – it will really help us to develop our offering for those starting out in their teaching career.
Give your technical support staff the #TECHOGNITION they deserve
Technical support staff play a key role in education, but it is often not recognised – you can change that on 27 March.
#TECHOGNITION is a one-day event that celebrates the work of school and FE college technicians with the aim of publicly showcasing the vast array of skills and tasks these jobs entail.
We encourage technical staff in UK schools and colleges to upload photos of themselves or their colleagues performing any one of the vast and varied jobs they do to this website and to social media alongside the hashtag #TECHOGNITION. Make sure to tag the RSC too on social using @roysocchem.
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