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The Department of Chemistry at the University of York has a dedicated Schools Liaison and Outreach programme that aims to engage young people of all ages with chemistry-based activities. These are offered by members of the department plus our CIEC promoting science team (CIEC)

CIEC Team

There are opportunities for school groups to visit the University to see some of the work that goes on in our laboratories, and members of the department go out to run activities in schools and at organised external events.

Activities include the annual York Festival of Science & Technology, Demonstration lectures, Primary science days, Salters' Chemistry Camps, Salters' Festival of Chemistry, the University of York Science Trail and various other Outreach events. The A-level magazines, Chemistry Review and Physics Review are edited here as well.

For primary schools, activities offered by the CIEC include CPD (continuing professional development) and the Children Challenging Industry project which aim to show pupils the world of work and how school science can be used in an industrial context.