Non-specialist teachers - help is on the way

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have agreed to support a three-year programme aimed at raising the quality of chemistry teaching among non-specialist secondary school teachers in the UK. GSK is funding the project to the tune of £150k per year, the RSC is putting up £65k per year as well as providing administrative and materials support. The partnership has applied to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) through its Gateways Development Fund for matched funding. (The latter will be used for the programme in England.) In total the funding is expected to support 900 teachers per year for three years.