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Our dedicated policy team, working with our members, wider community and expert partners, provide authoritative and robust information to shape current debates.
Whether maximising the effectiveness of research and education, or facilitating policymakers to use scientific information, our goal is to shape the development of policy relevant to the chemical sciences.
Making your committees inclusive and diverse
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Not out of thin air
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Ofsted education inspection
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Operating principles for the UN science policy panel
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Our evidence to ESC teacher recruitment and retention
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Our policy position on secondary school teachers' deployment
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Outreach Fund impact full report 2020 - 2022
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Outreach Fund impact summary report 2020 - 2022
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PFAS alternatives
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PFAS in UK drinking water
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PFAS in UK waters
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Plan S
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Plan S consultation response from the RSC
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Plastic waste
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PLFs: opportunities for a sustainable future
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