The Polymer Study Tours are free four day residential courses for secondary teachers of science and design technology designed to improve your knowledge and understanding of the aspects of the curriculum related to polymers. The courses based at Edinburgh Napier University (23 to 26 June), London Metropolitan University (30 June to 03 July) and the University of Manchester (07 to 10 July) include a mixture of lectures, laboratory and workshop sessions and visits to plastics processing companies.

For more information or to book a place for 2013 please visit www.iom3.org/content/pst or www.polymer-teaching-resources.