Higher Education Group

Purpose and scope

The Royal Society of Chemistry Higher Education Group (RSC HEG) represents those with interest in chemistry in higher education. Our community provides a supportive network promoting collaboration, innovation, and dissemination of effective learning and teaching practice throughout the chemical sciences.

Aims

• To represent practicing colleagues with an interest in chemical science education, including but not limited to, higher education.
• To provide a forum for the fruitful discussion of the teaching and learning of chemistry at a higher level.
• To support and promote the development, dissemination and wider use of effective teaching and learning activities.
• To promote the wider recognition of good work in chemical education at this level.

Benefits of joining this group

• Advance notice of relevant events, meetings and conferences and courses
• Reduced registration fees for meetings
• Networking opportunities
• General info of various topics associated with the interest group and related RSC Subject Communities
• Keeps members up-to-date with current developments within the sector and promotes Continuous Professional Development

Get involved

Activities

The Group organises the annual summer Variety in Chemistry Education and Physics Higher Education Conference (ViCEPHEC), usually attended by around 150 academics, which includes poster presentations, software demonstrations, oral presentations, interactive workshop sessions and informal discussion. We also hold a winter meeting focusing on a particular educational theme (a recent example was Assessment for Learning).

We sponsor several other educational meetings and conferences including Methods in Chemistry Education Research (MiCER) and Methods of Research in Science Education (MORSE), and provide bursaries for ViCEPHEC conference attendance, and support education projects through Kickstarter Funding Awards. 

Forthcoming events

View forthcoming events organised by the Higher Education Group.

Annual report

Please get in touch with the Networks Team if you would like to be sent a copy of last year’s annual report for the Higher Education Group.

Keep in touch

The group issues e-alerts which provides links to group events and other relevant information which may be of interest to you

Committee

The committee members listed are responsible for designing programmes that will advance chemistry in the subject area, helping the RSC to meet its aims, engaging with and supporting our members.

We are always keen to welcome new members to the committee. When vacancies arise, we circulate a “Call for Committee”, where an email is sent to all members of the group to make them aware of new opportunities to join the committee.

It is important to have diverse representation on committees to consider the needs of our membership. All RSC members are welcome to stand for committee positions when vacancies are advertised.

Glossary for Committee Positions

Contact the Committee

For any queries about the interest group, please contact the Committee Secretary using the contact form, accessible via the button below.

Quick links and information

Higher Education Group website

More information about the Higher Education Group.

Contact us

Contact the Networks team with your queries.