Education Community

The Education Community Council reports directly to the RSC Professional Standards Board. The role of the community is to foster knowledge and understanding of, and engagement with, all aspects of the chemical sciences relating to learning, teaching, and communication through the guidance of its Council acting to:

• Identify and address key issues in teaching and learning
• Support those involved in education and in the development of good practice
• Effect a synergy between education practice and research
• Forge co-operation and exchange in teaching and educational research with groups worldwide
• Represent a lobbying voice for the enhancement of the quality of learning and teaching in the chemical sciences

Interest groups associated with the Education Community:

• Chemical Education Research Group
  Promotes research at all levels of education.
• Educational Techniques Group
  Promotes and evaluates new educational materials and techniques for teaching chemistry.
• Secondary and Further Education Group
  Concerned with chemical education at the Secondary and Further Education level.
• Higher Education Group
  Provides a forum for discussion of teaching and learning of chemistry at Higher Education level.

As a member of a subject community or interest group you will receive communications so you can stay informed about major developments in your field such as funding, training, events and activities alongside calls to contribute to RSC programmes and policy work.

Members of associated interest groups will automatically become members of the relevant subject community. Members can manually select or remove interest groups and subject communities within their membership profile.

Related Regions

The Education Community Regions organise regionally based activities and projects focused on addressing the needs of teachers that are specific to their national education systems.

• Education Community Ireland
• Education Community Scotland

A number of resources including careers support, managing professional development and mentoring is available to Royal Society of Chemistry Members. Visit the individual webpages for more information:

• Careers support for members
• Manage your professional development
• Mentoring
• Teaching and learning resources
• Outreach
• Inclusion and Diversity resources
• Policy and perspectives
• Science Culture
• Event resources
• Volunteering
• Expenses policy
• Expenses form