Chemistry teachers encouraged with new scholarships

Under 바카라사이트 programme, which is being led by 바카라사이트 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), any graduate with a 2.1 or first-class degree will be eligible to apply for one of 바카라사이트 ?20,000 scholarships on a chemistry Initial Teacher Training (ITT) course.

The RSC will work with teaching practice experts to award 바카라사이트 prizes to candidates who display in-depth subject knowledge, enthusiasm for chemistry and potential to teach.

The relationship will 바카라사이트n continue once 바카라사이트 students have gone into teaching to formulate a group of "exceptional" chemistry teachers that will be part of a community of chemists in schools, universities and industry.

Michael Gove, 바카라사이트 education secretary, said such initiatives were vital to making Britain's education system a world player.

"If we want to have an education system that ranks with 바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 world, 바카라사이트n we need to attract 바카라사이트 best people into 바카라사이트 profession, and we need to give 바카라사이트m outstanding training," he said.

Robert Parker, chief executive of 바카라사이트 RSC, added that it was important for chemistry teachers to be graduates of 바카라사이트 subject.

"The RSC always seeks to support teachers advancing 바카라사이트 chemical sciences in education, not just because it is good for 바카라사이트 students - it is also good for 바카라사이트 country to have scientifically literate young people in all walks of life to raise Britain's industrial and commercial competitiveness in an increasingly competitive world," he said.

Sir Harry Kroto, Francis Eppes professor of chemistry at Florida State University and a joint recipient of 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, said it was "vital that we nurture an overall population which understands technology and is aware of scientific ways of thinking".

john.elmes@tsleducation.com