Industry commits £500k to develop A-level chemistry
The teaching of organic and physical chemistry at A-level will benefit from new resources developed by the RSC with funding from Shire and Reckitt Benckiser
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is to use funds totalling £500,000 from two new industrial partners to advance the teaching of A-level chemistry in schools and colleges in the UK. Colin Osborne, education manager schools and colleges at the RSC, told Education in Chemistry: 'The Society will use the funds to produce ICT-based resources designed to introduce modern contexts relevant to the A-level chemistry curriculum'.
The RSC will receive £250,000 over the next five years from biopharmaceutical company Shire to improve the teaching of A-level organic chemistry. The company will also be sponsoring an award for top A-level chemistry students.
Reckitt Benckiser, the company behind such household brands as Cillit Bang, Vanish and Nurofen, has committed £50,000 per annum for five years for the RSC to develop new materials for A-level physical chemistry.
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