1st October 2018 UK Chemistry Olympiad - Registration Open Help your post-16 students to develop higher order thinking and problem-solving skills. Applications are open from 1 October until 21 December 2018. Run annually, the Olympiad is an opportunity for teachers to challenge their chemistry students, helping them to develop creative thinking, and apply their existing knowledge in new and interesting contexts. The competition is made up of three stages, starting with a written test and ending with four students representing the UK at the prestigious International Chemistry Olympiad Full details here 1st October 2018 Website Improvements We are currently updating the website to add content and make it easier to navigate. Please bear with us. 25th September 2018 New Schools Liaison Officer From September 2018, Soozy Smith has taken on a full time role in the department delivering and developing our outreach programme. Soozy has extensive experience teaching chemistry at KS3/KS4/KS5, and has worked with primary teachers and students to develop science teaching from Foundation stage upwards. 25th September 2018 New Teaching Labs Update We've all been working hard getting the new teaching labs ready for the new term. Outreach workshops will be reduced for the rest of 2018 as we settle in and iron out the inevitable difficulties with a new building. Workshops and events will be running from 2019, with an increased capacity. Please get in touch if you'd like to book a workshop for next year.
Soozy Smith Schools Liaison & Outreach Chemistry Teaching Laboratory South Parks Road Oxford, OX1 3PS E: outreach@chem.ox.ac.uk T: 01865 281510