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2026 UK Chemistry Olympiad round one results

2026-03-20T06:10:00+00:00By Emily Kelly

The Royal Society of Chemistry reveals the grade boundaries for this year’s UK Chemistry Olympiad

Celebrating Keith Taber’s contribution to chemistry education

2026-03-09T17:35:00+00:00By Lisa Clatworthy

A giant of chemistry education and research, Keith Taber has died. Read tributes from colleagues at the RSC and beyond

Spark students’ curiosity for British Science Week 2026

2026-02-06T06:31:00+00:00By Joanna Buckley and Emma Lumb

Everything you need to plan for 6–15 March

RSC announces 2025 Education Prize winners

2025-11-19T06:03:00+00:00By Laura-Alexandra Smith

Celebrate excellence in chemistry education with this year’s prize winners

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2025-11-06T06:34:00+00:00By Georgia Murphy

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Take action for Chemistry Week 2025

2025-10-17T07:31:00+01:00By Georgia Murphy

Experiments, practicals and resources to help you plan for 10–16 November

RSC publishes teachers’ standards framework for chemistry

2025-09-30T05:31:00+01:00By Emma Lumb and Abby Bunting

Strengthen, develop and enhance your teaching practice with this subject-specific framework, based on the teachers’ standards for England

Announcing the 2025 Science Teaching Survey findings

2025-09-12T05:06:00+01:00By Eliza Blair

Discover the challenges and trends reported by teachers and technicians across the UK and Ireland

Introducing a new way to find RSC teaching resources

2025-07-25T07:15:00+01:00By Juliet Kennard

Everything you need to teach key chemistry topics, organised by purpose, to save you time and transform your lessons

BESA shortlists RSC practical videos and resources for award

2025-07-16T07:00:00+01:00By Georgia Murphy

The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) recognised our core practical videos and resources in their Outstanding curriculum and assessment resource – secondary award category

Colour Chemistry workshops inspire learners across Wales

2025-06-06T05:50:00+01:00By Rebecca Laye

Cross-curriculum workshops funded by RSC Outreach grants allow students of all ages to explore links between art and chemistry

Effective pedagogy: a new self-led teacher professional development course

2025-04-30T05:12:00+01:00By Steph Kancy

Delve into the principles and practices of effective chemistry teaching

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How to break through the numeracy barrier

2026-03-26T09:11:00+00:00By Matthew Parks

Maths anxiety hinders chemistry learning, so give struggling students the best possible chance of success with these useful tips

Oracy is at the heart of chemistry teaching

2026-03-25T06:26:00+00:00By Naomi Hennah

The Curriculum and assessment review in England focuses on oracy, bringing its policy in line with what’s already happening in science classrooms, say teachers

How safe are practicals in the hands of AI?

2026-03-24T06:08:00+00:00By Wendy Winnard

Help your learners become creative, critical and conscious consumers of GenAI by being aware of its limitations

How to scaffold science for SEND learners

2026-03-19T06:17:00+00:00By Michael Prince

Use these tips to build useful scaffolding techniques for sequencing questions, graph drawing skills, recall and reasoning that make science more accessible

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