Spectroscopy in a Suitcase - Royal Society of Chemistry

Chemistry
for our Future
Chemistry for our Future (CFOF) began on
1st September 2006 as a two-year, £3.6m pilot
programme financed by the Higher Education
Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and
managed by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
The RSC secured a further £1.65m of HEFCE funding
to extend the programme until July 2009.
The programme aims to secure a strong and sustainable future for
the chemical sciences. Over 30 separate projects and 35 universities
are involved in the programme, tackling a wide range of issues from
recruitment of students to development of higher education curricula
and provision of high quality careers advice.
To learn more about the project, visit the website (www.rsc.org/cfof)
or send us an email (education@rsc.org).
SpectraSchool
www.spectraschool.org
A website has been designed
to enhance the teaching of
spectroscopy, providing a variety
of resource materials for students
and teachers including real spectra.
SpectraSchool can be used to
assist SIAS sessions as well as
being an independent aid to
teaching, learning and revision.
Spectroscopy in a Suitcase (SIAS)
Instrumental techniques are a core part of post-16
curricula in chemistry and many schools visit
universities to see scientific equipment.
Spectroscopy in a Suitcase provides schools
and colleges with access to robust, portable,
state-of-the-art spectroscopic equipment;
contextualising the subject, bringing it to life
and engaging students.
SIAS brings the university laboratory into the school
classroom, delivering challenging hands-on experiments in
an exciting context. Workshops are delivered by trained
postgraduate students and teachers, ensuring the activities
compliment the content of all current chemistry syllabi.
SIAS is ideally suited to A-level and GCSE students studying
the physical sciences. To find out more about the project
visit the website www.rsc.org/cfof. To obtain electronic
copies of these resources visit www.spectraschool.org.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) thanks all contributors to this resource, especially the Chemistry for our Future Teacher Fellows
and Regional Coordinators David Brentnall, Cheryl Sacht, Anne Willis, Tracy McGhie and Jayne Shaw. The RSC would also like to thank the
following organisations for their generous contributions to the Spectroscopy in a Suitcase project: Sigma Aldrich, The Higher Education Funding
Council for England (HEFCE), the University of Leicester and University College London (UCL).