NEWS

‘Love zoo’ hits the right note at Green Man festival

This summer the Society entertained more than 1,100 festival goers with hands-on activities related to hormones and mating.

The Society delivered a range of activities from within 'the Love Zoo', a mobile library that has been specially converted for the annual Green Man music festival near Abergavenny in Wales. Originally a folkmusic festival, Green Man has for many years included a large science and learning area called Einstein's Garden.

Assisted by staff from the Society

Links strengthened at annual Parliamentary meet

Parliamentary Links Day, once of the biggest events in the Society's calendar, was again a huge success. Around 150 MPs and members of the scientific community convened in the House of Commons to discuss science and public trust, the theme of this year's Links Day.

The speaker of the House, John Bercow, introduced the event with a poignant dedication to the incredible work and scientific interest of Tony Benn. Speakers from across the scientific spectrum included Andrew Miller MP

Society prepares for Biology Week 2014

The Society is gearing up for its third annual Biology Week this October, with a huge range of national and local events and activities planned to get the UK talking biology.

Alongside its member organisations, the Society has devised a quiz which schools, pubs and anyone wishing to organise an event are free to use during the week of October 11-18.

The theme of this year's Biology Week debate at the Royal Institution will be 'Malaria Eradication: Can we do it?' and an

Biology 'Blue Plaque' project wins £70k grant

The Society of Biology has been awarded £69,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a new project that celebrates great biologists around the UK.

Biology: Changing the World aims to inspire future biologists by celebrating important life science research and life scientists in the UK. Commemorative plaques will be created to mark the home, place of work or school of biologists in the same way that English Heritage's 'blue plaque' scheme recognises the link between locations and

Higher Education teaching project launched

A project to improve the status and valuation of higher education (HE) teaching has been launched by the Society, in collaboration with other science and education organisations.

In March representatives from across the HE sector met to discuss the project, which aims to improve the perception of higher education teaching and stress its importance in academia.

The Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS), The Physiological Society, and the Society of Biology's special interest

MBE for Society policy adviser

Dr Barbara Knowles FSB, senior science policy adviser at the Society of Biology, has been awarded an MBE in the 2014 New Year honours list for services to science communication and the environment.