Pat O’Shea is currently teaching chemistry at Alphington Grammar School and has taught VCE chemistry for over thirty years. He is one of the authors of the popular Heinemann Chemistry series and has been writing trial exams for many years. He is ideally suited to provide advice on the impact of the new study design as he was on the VCAA committee that rewrote this document and he helped write the sample exam for this new course. He maintains a Weebly site that provides free chemistry resources for Victorian teachers and has marked VCE chemistry exams for many years.