Outreach programme

RSC Schools Analyst Competition

The Department of Chemistry at Reading hosted the national final of the RSC-sponsored Schools Analyst Competition in June 2011. Winners from regional heats from across the United Kingdom sent teams of three Year 12 students to carry out a range of practical analytical determinatons which are judged on skill, understanding and accuracy.

The winners were as follows:

First prize: Sir John Deane's School - Jack Hofmann, David Nicholson, Heather White

Second prize: Arnold School - Alexandra Booth, Alexander Card, Michael Yaxley

Third prize: North Halifax Grammar School - Duncan Lomax, Marcus Peel, Samuel Tingle

To find out more, you can read the press release or download a poster prepared by two Year 10 work experience students in pdf or pptx format.