In March C. Guo (Y13) was given permission to do his EPQ project at Changzhou University as the school had agreed a time for him to do his experiment. He had decided to make Ibuprofen a complicated organic chemical which was much easier prepared using the universities equipment. Thanks to Ms Chen the science technician’s contact with her former university mentor Mr Li everything was set up for a fruitful first collaboration between WAIS and Changzhou University. Hopefully these first steps will lead to a more wide ranging collaboration allowing more opportunities for WAIS pupils to experience a real university science laboratory.