Stacks of pound coins

Financial challenges affect the health of UK chemistry

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Maintaining a healthy chemistry pipeline requires affordable education and training routes

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Stacks of pound coins

Financial challenges affect the health of UK chemistry

Maintaining a healthy chemistry pipeline requires affordable education and training routes

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We need to help more people break through the barriers of tight networks