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RSB Gopher Science Lab online training course for teachers now available
An interactive online training course covering hands-on science activities is now available through the RSB myLearning portal. An interactive online training course covering hands-on science activities is now available through the RSB myLearning...
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Primary Science Teacher of the Year Award
The Royal Society of Biology endorses and supports the Primary Science Teaching Trust (PSTT) Awards for primary science teachers. Hence, a category of PSTT Primary Science Teacher Award, known as the Royal Society of Biology Award, to recognise...
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Society elects members to Chartered Science Teacher register
The Society of Biology is delighted to elect its first applicants on to the Chartered Science Teacher register. The Society of Biology is delighted to elect its first applicants on to the Chartered Science Teacher register. Professor Graham Scott,...
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RSB to advise new partnership delivering science teacher professional development
The Royal Society of Biology has joined a new network dedicated to providing teachers with career-long, science-specific development opportunities. The Royal Society of Biology has joined a new network dedicated to providing teachers with career-long,...
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Better biology and science education for all young people across the UK
The Royal Society of Biology has been preparing for curriculum and assessment reform across the UK. Today we publish an expanded suite of documents to sit alongside our recommendations and framework for 5-19 biology curricula, and are pleased to...
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2013
SCORE response to the Department for Education consultation on A level subject content in the sciences 20 December 2013 The Society has responded, through SCORE, to the Department for Education consultation on A level subject content in the sciences....
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A voice for biology education
With different education reforms underway in each of the four UK nations, the RSB has been working hard to ensure better biology and science education for all young people Across the UK, governments are embarking on curriculum and qualification reform,...
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RSB attends this year's Association for Science Education conference
A team from the Royal Society of Biology attended this year’s Association for Science Education annual conference at the University of Liverpool, from 4th – 6th January 2018. A team from the Royal Society of Biology attended this year’s Association for...
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Animal Science Meeting 2023 Report
The 20th Animal Science Meeting, organised by the Royal Society of Biology, took place on in December 2023. The meeting is organised and supported by the RSB Animal Science Group, a special interest group of the Royal Society of Biology, which brings...
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Reports
Young Biologist Forum 2024 On Saturday 16th March, Royal Holloway University of London hosted on its beautiful campus the 3rd edition of the Young Biologist Forum. The event is fully organised by the RHUL Biological Society students and supported by...
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RSB@10: From Biosecurity to Brexit
It’s been a busy 10 years for UK science and education policy. Laura Marshall and Lauren McLeod reflect on hundreds of pieces of RSB policy work The Biologist 66(5) (RSB 10th Anniversary Special Issue) p8-9 Since 2009 the RSB policy team have produced...
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The mysterious mesentery
Tom Ireland delves into a new paper on the mesentery, a connective membrane that was recently reclassified as an organ 28th September 2020 You might not be able to point it out on a diagram of the human body and you certainly can’t draw it: the...
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Society awards outstanding science communicators
Anita Montagna, from King's College London and Dr Joana Alves Moscoso of Imperial College London have been named as the winners of the Royal Society of Biology's Science Communication Awards 2015. Anita Montagna, from King's College London and Dr Joana...
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Bioscience Journals
Our Member Organisations produce a range of excellent specialist journals Biochemical Society British Ecological Society British Pharmacological Society British Society for Immunology Microbiology Society Society for Applied Microbiology Society for...
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RSB@10: The first decade & beyond
The Society of Biology, now the Royal Society of Biology, was founded 10 years ago this month. The Biologist convened a panel of key figures in the Society’s history to discuss why a unified voice for the biosciences was needed, what the organisation...
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Education during COVID-19
Advice, resources and announcements for schools, students and parents during COVID-19 pandemic Educators across the UK are now dealing with new challenges as schools and universities partially reopen and face continued disruption to teaching and...
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SCORE benchmark tools for resourcing practical work
About SCORE The Association for Science Education, Institute of Physics, Royal Society, Royal Society of Biology and Royal Society of Chemistry have worked together in partnership for many years to support science education from ages 5-19, this...
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How to… write a lab handbook
Samuel Mehr has studied what makes a good lab handbook so you don’t have to – and says a good one could improve your team’s science and save time April 2nd 2020 When joining a laboratory, trainees become part of a scientific organisation with an array...
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Biology Week 2021 Calendar
Visit our Biology Week calendar to see the amazing selection of events and activities that took place during Biology Week 2021 Check out the amazing selection of events that took place during Biology Week 2021 Saturday 2 October UK Fungus Day 2021 |...
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Reports
6th and 7th Annual General Meeting of the RSB Hong Kong branch 22 July 2022 Due to Covid restrictions in Hong Kong this meeting was held as both the 6th and 7th Annual General Meeting of the Royal Society of Biology Hong Kong branch. Like our previous...
