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King’s Birthday Honours 2024 recognises RSB Fellows
The RSB is delighted to announce that five members have been recognised in King Charles III’s Birthday Honours list for 2024, which acknowledges outstanding achievements of people across the United Kingdom. The RSB is delighted to announce that five...
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Evolving 5-19 biology
Over the last ten years, the Royal Society of Biology has been preparing for the next round of curriculum reform across the UK nations, working with awarding organisations, regulatory bodies and governments to inform development of new qualifications,...
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15 Conservation Topics to Watch in 2020
For the past eleven years, a panel of researchers - led by the conservation biologist Bill Sutherland – have convened to produce a ‘horizon scan’ of issues that could have a substantive effect on global conservation in the coming year. Towards the end...
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Making Waves
This year marks 200 years since HMS Beagle was launched. Richard Oliver, John Canaris and Angela Hutchings look at the history of this famous vessel and how it made its mark on science April 2nd 2020 HMS Beagle was a modest ship that had a...
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It's time to teach the power of plants properly
There are even greater knowledge gaps affecting fungi, with just 0.4% of described fungal species having had their conservation status assessed and potentially millions of fungal species yet to be described. 23rd February 2024 Education experts Bethan...
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Glasgow Science Festival
The Royal Society of Biology outreach and engagement team have produced activities as part of this year's virtual Glasgow Science Festival. This year's Glasgow Science Festival is bringing science to your sofa with a digital programme of hands on...
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Midlothian Science Festival
The Royal Society of Biology outreach and engagement team have produced activities as part of this year's virtual Midlothian Science Festival. This year's Midlothian Science Festival is bringing science to you with a digital programme of hands on...
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Swansea Science Festival
The Royal Society of Biology outreach and engagement team have produced activities as part of this year's virtual Swansea Science Festival. This year's Swansea Science Festival is bringing science to you with a digital programme of hands on activities,...
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The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship
Claudia Bieling and Tobias Plieninger Cambridge University Press, £39.99 Compatibility between profitable farming and the conservation of environmentally sustainable landscapes is a vital challenge economically, politically and socially. Providing...
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Ground rules
As the International Year of Soils nears its end, Dr Tudor Dawkins and Dr Farnon Ellwood examine the nature and importance of soil and how farmers can keep it in good shape The Biologist 62(5) p26-29 The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
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Mark Logan MP joins members to discuss funding, education, and international research and development
Mark Logan MP, for Bolton North East and member of the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee, joined RSB members online on 24th February to discuss a wide range of topics, including current inquiries, future funding models, and...
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ASG Resources
An overview of reports, statements, libraries and website links related to animal research in the UK. [Please note that this page is currently under review and will be updated soon to include more recent resources and links to relevant third-party...
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Come and meet us
Come along to our outreach and engagement events to meet us and find out more about the Royal Society of Biology. The RSB can be found at many of the UK's science festivals, providing opportunities for anyone interested in science to meet us, work with...
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STEM Careers: A student's guide to opportunities in science, technology, engineering and maths
Paul Greer Trotman Education (Crimson Publishing Ltd), £14.99 This book has information on a wide range of STEM careers, opportunities for further study, entry to college or university, and apprenticeships. Covering such a broad subject in a small,...
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Outreach and Engagement
The Royal Society of Biology takes hands-on biology to events across the UK to reach as broad an audience as possible and inspire people to appreciate the life sciences. We work with our Outreach and Engagement Working Group to ensure the biosciences...
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The Search for Lost Species
Dr Robin D Moore and Lindsay Renick Mayer on the inspiring successes of a project seeking to find organisms on the very edge of existence The Biologist 66(5) (RSB 10th Anniversary Special Issue) p24-27. A duck with a bright pink head. The world’s...
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Regional Grant Scheme Events
Regional Grants of between £50 - £500 help members run an event or activity in their region that engages members and the local community with biology Currently in its fifth year, the grant scheme has funded over 100 events to take place across the UK...
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Creationism in Scotland’s schools: petition makes progress
This week the Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee (PPC) advised the Education and Culture committee to consider the Scottish Secular Society’s petition on the teaching of creationism in Scottish schools. This follows the Society of Biology's letter...
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RSB launches new online training portal myLearning
The Royal Society of Biology has launched a brand new online training portal, offering courses to suit all interests and competencies, from enthusiastic biologists to professionals working in the biosciences. The Royal Society of Biology has launched a...
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Policy Highlights
Over the past 10 years since 2009, the RSB policy team have produced more than 250 letters, briefing notes, position statements, consultation responses and reports, on a huge range of policy topics, expressing key messages from and for the biosciences....
