We are delighted to share that CIEC Advisory Teacher Rebecca Cornwell has written a feature article for the Association for Science Education’s respected journal Primary Science.

In this article Helen Harden and Nicky Waller explain the innovative Best Evidence Science Teaching (BEST) resources for ages 7–11, created by the Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) and funded by the Horners’ Charities.

We’re delighted to share that the Autumn 2025 edition of Elements, the Chemicals North West journal, includes a fantastic article by our very own North West Advisory Teacher, Ruth Duberley.

As part of our continued quest to ensure that all our interventions and activities are rigorously evaluated, we recently welcomed Maria Turkenburg-van Diepen DPhil PhD back into the CIEC team.

We are delighted to announce that we are moving to the next stage of our partnership with Synthomer.

CIEC are now on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Recent articles in the Journal of Emergent Science and the International Journal of Science havehighlighted the value of CIEC’s Children Challenging Industry programme.

Our latest activities dispel stereotypes about industry and help primary school children understand that many companies are working to solve problems around pollution and sustainability.

Our flagship CCI programme launched in September 2024 to schools and science-based companies based in and around Widnes, Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington.

The CIEC team has been working with the Oak National Academy since March 2023 to create resources for 400 new KS1 and KS2 lessons. Teachers now have full access to all of these high-quality science teaching and learning materials.