Partnership inspires a new project
Date Published: 02.10.2026
Wadham works with departments and schools to help young people make informed choices about their futures.
Wadham’s Access Team work in partnership with the wider university and schools to help young people find out more about university study and to help them make informed choices about their next steps.
Among our partners is Oxford University's Department of Chemistry, with whom we work on Building Bridges. This programme focuses on supporting STEM teaching in Y5-Y7.
Working together has inspired a new project for a sixth form audience to help the transition between A-level and undergraduate chemistry. The Compounds of Interest programme uses content covered in A-level Chemistry as a launchpad into Oxford research that is connected but goes far beyond.
In the first Compounds of Interest video, Professor Ed Anderson, explores propellanes, connecting this area of organic chemistry to A-level Chemistry concepts and demonstrating their wider importance.
UK state school Y12 (or equivalent) Chemistry students and teachers are invited to join Prof. Anderson on Wednesday 7 October 2026, to discuss an A-level adaptation of a research paper related to the video to give an opportunity for school students to extend their knowledge beyond the standard curriculum. Wadham has provided the funding for this programme, including the time for a sixth form Chemistry teacher, working at one of Wadham’s link schools, to adapt the journal article and help bridge the two worlds of school and university.