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42 Inspiring the next generation Most people’s first taste of chemistry is in the classroom, but are tomorrow’s chemists getting the education they deserve? Kathryn Roberts finds out

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46 Stemming the tide While overt gender discrimination is less common, women are still leaving chemistry in greater numbers than men. Laura Howes looks at how people are mending the leaky pipeline

50 Diversity in the chemical sciences How does chemistry fare when widening participation? Anthony King looks at the numbers

54 Market up, or market down? The changing economy is driving evolution in chemistry employment. Andy Extance surveys the job environment that UK chemists inhabit today

58 Chemistry’s grand challenges What are the big problems for the next generation of chemists to work on? Mark Peplow takes up the gauntlet

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