About Us
Love Food Love Science is created and managed by the Institute of Food Science & Technology.
We are a charity and our purpose is the advancement and application of food science and technology for the benefit, safety, and health of the public.
Love Food Love Science is free to use.
Supporting teachers by creating classroom resources and acting as food science mentors is our way of nurturing the students who are the next generation of food sector professionals in the UK. In so doing we help to safeguard the public by ensuring a strong food science and technology profession for years to come.
We can play a unique role in upholding the quality of food science teaching and enticing the next generation to think about the exciting and rewarding food science careers available in our economically significant and vibrant sector.
We developed Love Food Love Science in collaboration with teachers (through our friends at the Food Teachers Centre and individual teachers); we have engaged and consulted with our partners and sector stakeholders; and we ran a pilot of the IFST-teacher mentoring in 2016, all of which has helped us shape Love Food Love Science.
Our aims:-
- To help teachers improve their understanding of food science and bring the subject to life using real-world examples.
- To show how the scientific method works in practice – for example, variables, control, testing, measurement, sensory evaluation.
- To support teachers by giving them access to a food science mentor/critical friend.
- To inspire and excite teachers and young people about food science and technology.
Through Love Food Love Science we hope to:-
- Engage and show teachers and young people how the tasks that they are set at GCSE match real life circumstances and opens up careers options, improving the take-up of post-16 and degree routes into the food sector.
- Raise the profile of food teaching in schools as head-teachers, parents and governors come to see greater value in the subject to the local economy, community and in terms of careers prospects.
- Provide a route for food science professionals to become more closely involved in the education and exam process, offering feedback to exam boards and advice on relevant syllabus content for the future.
