✏️ Explore this month’s highlights: Olympiad 2025 registration, new professional development courses and spooky resources for Halloween ⬇️
New professional development courses
Boost your subject knowledge, pedagogy and classroom confidence with our new online courses.
Designed to fit around your schedule, these flexible, self-led courses are packed with practical strategies you can use straightaway. You’ll get a recognised RSC certificate for your professional development log on completion.
Choose from:
- Effective pedagogy – Delve into the core principles and gain new skills to refine your practice and improve your learners’ outcomes.
- Particle and atomic models – Strengthen your subject knowledge and use proven strategies to support your learners’ progress.
The UK Chemistry Olympiad is back!
Challenge your post-16 students to take their chemistry knowledge and problem-solving skills to the next level – just like thousands of others across the UK.
This free competition is a brilliant opportunity for your learners to think beyond the classroom and demonstrate their enthusiasm for chemistry.
What do medicinal chemists do?
You asked – and we listened!
This topic topped our summer poll, and we’ve created a brand-new page in response to your votes: What do medicinal chemists do? page.
Explore what medicinal chemists do day to day, where they work, how to get into the industry, and what students can expect in terms of salary and career progression.
Use the full What jobs can I do? series to spark curiosity and support career conversations in your classroom.
Learners thinking about studying chemistry at university?
Help your students choose their course with confidence – share our RSC accredited degree courses.
These courses meet our high standards for chemistry education, so students can be sure they’re getting a quality experience.
🎃🧨 Seasonal science: Halloween and bonfire night resources
Explore spooky science activities that link chemistry to creepy contexts, and dive into explosive reactions and safety science with our fireworks materials. Perfect for engaging students in the lead-up to half term.
I’m a Scientist – Chemistry Week
Monday 10 – Sunday 16 November, online
Connect your students with real scientists this Chemistry Week. Students can join live online conversations, ask questions, explore real-world chemistry and discover their place in STEM with the I’m a Scientist programme, supported by the RSC.
Win Amazon vouchers in this student poster competition
1 October 2025 – 31 January 2026
Encourage your students to explore how coatings contribute to energy efficiency in this competition run by the RSC’s Surface Coatings Special Interest Group. It’s open to A-level, Scottish Higher and Irish Leaving certificate learners. First prize is £250 of Amazon vouchers, plus there are vouchers for second and third place too.
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