Phoenix is adamant that the new course will teach "solid chemistry", but he thinks that an attraction for
students will be a teaching approach that differs significantly from his days as an undergraduate. This
takes real-life issues as the starting point of lectures and modules, such as how drugs are made or the
science behind green issues. Out of this study, he says, students will be exposed to exactly the same core
chemistry, unchanged over decades, but they will be doing it in a way that is more engaging and more
likely to lead to more fundamental learning.