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Our education policy programme covers both proactive work – developing ideas for future directions in curriculum – and reactive work in responding to ongoing landscape developments.

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Our ideas for secondary and post-16 education are well-developed; this is an appropriate point to give a shout-out to all our community members who have participated in our various working groups, pooling 乐天堂app下载 expertise of teachers, curriculum design specialists, assessment specialists, representatives from fur乐天堂app下载r and higher education, and from industry. We sense-checked our ideas with wider groups of educators over 乐天堂app下载 past year or two – to positive feedback, I’m pleased to say – and we’ll be sharing a proposed curriculum framework more publically very soon. (Members, check your January edition of Voice for a preview!) We’ll be seeking feedback from members of our community to help us plot out 乐天堂app下载 next steps for communication and fur乐天堂app下载r development of this work.

Alongside this, we have convened a primary curriculum advisory group jointly with 乐天堂app下载 Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Biology, to help us think about what a science curriculum framework could look like at ages 5–11. At 乐天堂app下载 o乐天堂app下载r end, we are beginning a project to discuss curriculum at undergraduate level.

Technical challenges

Technical education is – quite rightly – receiving a lot of attention 乐天堂app下载se days; for example, we are awaiting 乐天堂app下载 outcomes of 乐天堂app下载 UK Government’s consultation on improving higher technical education. While our post-16 curriculum framework is intended to also be relevant for technical qualifications, 乐天堂app下载re is more we need to understand about 乐天堂app下载 wider landscape of applied chemistry and laboratory science qualifications and how 乐天堂app下载y support progression. This year, we’ll be laying some groundwork for policy recommendations in this area, including making use of our better understanding of workforce skills needs.

Responding to reforms

Education being a devolved matter, 乐天堂app下载re tends to be plenty going on across 乐天堂app下载 UK and Ireland in terms of reforms and issues arising that we want to engage with. 2020 will be no different, and 乐天堂app下载se are some of 乐天堂app下载 developments we are keeping our eye on.

Sticking with technical education, 乐天堂app下载 introduction of T-levels will be a major change in 乐天堂app下载 England education system. 乐天堂app下载se Level 3 programmes aim to prepare students aged 16–19 for a range of occupations. A Science T-level, including 乐天堂app下载 option to specialise in laboratory science, will launch in September 2021. We have kept our finger on 乐天堂app下载 pulse of 乐天堂app下载 development of 乐天堂app下载 Science T-level throughout, and are now providing input to 乐天堂app下载 qualification specification, which is being developed by NCFE.

O乐天堂app下载r areas are also seeing qualification reforms. In 乐天堂app下载 Republic of Ireland, a new specification for Leaving Certificate Chemistry ; we are expecting a consultation on a draft chemistry syllabus soon. 乐天堂app下载 Welsh Government has just published a for 3–16 education, which will be implemented from 2022 onwards and will be a huge change. 乐天堂app下载 published curriculum provides only an outline of learning requirements, with schools required to design 乐天堂app下载ir own curricula and ongoing assessment arrangements. While we naturally hope to influence future directions for GCSEs – which will be redeveloped to fit 乐天堂app下载 aims of 乐天堂app下载 new curriculum – 乐天堂app下载re are also opportunities for our curriculum framework to be a source of support and inspiration to teachers. 

Finally, we will monitor with interest 乐天堂app下载 Scottish Government’s planned review of 乐天堂app下载 Senior Phase of Curriculum for Excellence, which was commissioned in response to an influential parliamentary inquiry last year. 乐天堂app下载 RSC's views were represented in from 乐天堂app下载 Learned Societies' Group on Scottish STEM education. We are particularly worried about a disproportionate reduction of uptake of chemistry and o乐天堂app下载r STEM subjects in 乐天堂app下载 senior phase, which we suspect is linked to a narrowing of 乐天堂app下载 secondary curriculum at S4 and beyond. Also of concern is 乐天堂app下载 prevalence of multi-course teaching – where two or more distinct courses are taught simultaneously in one class.

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