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We are a partnership of women at UK universities who are working to tackle life's big challenges through the chemical sciences. We’ve teamed up to develop a series of challenges and materials aimed at KS2-KS3 (10-14 year olds) and their supporters of any age.

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Star Chemist: RSC WIC Baking Competition

Well done to everyone who entered our competition. So many tasty bakes!

Please see our competition page for snapshots of some of our incredible entries.

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Explore

Learn about the pioneering Chemistry research taking place at UK universities and meet the women academics making ground-breaking discoveries.

Discover

Find out what it’s like to be a Chemist! Get involved by taking part in our challenges. Upload your progress on the Celebrate! Tab.

Connect

Get to know the creators behind the challenges on the Hello! Tab or connect with us via our LIVE event and our Q&A channel.

Power our future

Learn about innovative battery technologies being developed at the University of Oxford

Power UP!

Protect our oceans

Dive into the research to develop biodegradable plastics at the University of Wolverhampton

Dig It UP!

Let the Earth breathe

Join the women at the University of Bristol who are using Chemistry to measure air pollutants

Look UP!

The building blocks of life

Explore how women at Imperial College London are investigating the importance of proteins in our lives

Proteam UP!

Fantastic photochemistry

Discover how laser technology is being used to develop sustainable sunscreens of the future at the University of Warwick

Light UP!

Chemistry can save lives

Connect with the team at Durham University who are using polymers to make drugs more effective

LinkUP!

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Hello!

Chemistry is a fascinating field of study that has the power to change the way we live.

Our challenges showcase a fraction of the work being undertaken by women in the chemical sciences. Read about more of these movers and shakers and how their efforts are making the difference...