Education

The Education Committee Chairman The Goldsmiths' Company has continuously supported charitable work in education since the sixteenth century. The current Education Committee was formed in 1944 to ensure the continuance of the Company's traditional role as an innovator and supporter of less recognised, but important needs.

The Education Committee works within the following policy guidelines:

  • To foster aspects of education considered to be in most need of encouragement
  • To fill gaps in educational provision
  • To help in situations where the Company's limited finances can have most impact through the multiplier effect

The Company currently funds four major proactive projects:

  • Science for Society Courses. Providing science teachers with free residential courses, aimed at broadening their perspective on subjects allied to the A-level syllabus.
  • Goldsmiths’ Grant for Teachers. Providing primary and secondary school teachers with the opportunity to take time out from the classroom for personal and professional development.
  • Primary School Projects. Assisting seven selected primary schools to raise their standards of literacy and numeracy.
  • Post-Graduate Medical Students. Providing busaries to promising but needy students who have switched to medicine as their second degree. This is carried out through the BMA who have a close association with the Company. Please note that we do not offer medical grants for individual applications.

The Royal Geographic Society Goldsmiths’ Teaching Grants are awarded to five teachers each year to support them in developing educational resources linked to five field projects/expeditions mounted by the RGS each year. This scheme is administered by the RGS.

All enquiries should be addressed to the Education Administrator.