Extra cash for chemistry in the short term
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has awarded an additional £1.65m to the Chemistry for our future (CFOF) programme
In April the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) awarded an additional £1.65m to the Chemistry for our future (CFOF) programme. The additional funds will extend the initiative from September 2008 to July 2009. The programme's national manager, Melanie Washington, told Education in Chemistry, 'The extension phase will provide opportunities for the projects to become established, the dissemination of project outcomes and best practice among partner HEIs, and for further evaluation of the initiative'.
By funding CFOF to July 2009, HEFCE will align the timetables of its four profile-raising actives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. 'During the next 10 months we will work with the other HEFCE-funded STEM initiatives to develop a united bid for funding to continue our work from 2009 and beyond as part of a collaborative STEM programme', adds Washington.
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