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Royal Society of Biology’s Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year 2020 announced
The Royal Society of Biology Heads of University Biosciences (HUBS) have named Dr Sue Jones, associate head of school: biosciences at York St. John University, as winner of the HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award 2020. The Royal Society of Biology...
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Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year 2020 shortlist announced
The Royal Society of Biology is pleased to announce the shortlist for the Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year award for 2020. The Royal Society of Biology is pleased to announce the shortlist for the Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of...
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Reading the Signs
of her. A citizen of that country gestures at the rabbit and says “gavagai”. The researcher doesn’t speak this language and needs to work out what gavagai means. Does it mean “Grab the rabbit, it’s good to eat!”? “Hands off, that’s my rabbit!”? “Run,...
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Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year 2019 shortlist announced
The Royal Society of Biology have announced the shortlist for the HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award 2019. The Royal Society of Biology have announced the shortlist for the HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award 2019. The award recognises...
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RSB and Heads of University Biosciences name HE Biosciences Teacher of the Year 2018
The Royal Society of Biology and Heads of University Biosciences have named Dr Dominic Henri as HE Biosciences Teacher of the Year for his dedication to pedagogical research and innovative teaching. The Royal Society of Biology and its Special Interest...
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Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year 2018 shortlist announced
Three educators have been selected for the final round of this year’s HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year award. Three educators have been selected for the final round of this year’s HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year award. The award recognises teachers...
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Heads of University Biosciences come together to discuss widening participation and public engagement
The Heads of University Biosciences (HUBS) held their annual Winter Meeting, which focused on widening participation and public engagement with science, hosted at the Natural History Museum, London. The Heads of University Biosciences (HUBS) held their...
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RSB announces the Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year
Dr Ian Turner, from the University of Derby, has been recognised for his outstanding and innovative teaching styles that look to bring pantomime into the lecture theatre. Dr Ian Turner, from the University of Derby, has been recognised for his...
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Finalists for Higher Education Teacher of the Year Award announced
The Royal Society of Biology is pleased to announce that Dr Sarah Gretton, Professor Kevin Moffat and Dr Ian Turner have been shortlisted for the 2017 Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award. The Royal Society of Biology is pleased to...
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Lessons from larvae
Biologist and author Professor Matthew Cobb explains why studying the much-maligned maggot can help us better understand ourselves – from our genes and development to our sense of smell The Biologist 63(4) p12-15 Maggots have a bad reputation....
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Hull lecturer wins national teaching award
Dr Katharine Hubbard, from the University of Hull, has won the Royal Society of Biology’s prestigious Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award 2016. Dr Katharine Hubbard, from the University of Hull, has won the Royal Society of Biology’s...
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Finalists for national higher education teaching award announced
Dr Kevin Coward CBiol FRSB, Dr Katharine Hubbard and Dr Lesley Morrell have been shortlisted for the Royal Society of Biology Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award. Dr Kevin Coward CBiol FRSB, Dr Katharine Hubbard and Dr Lesley Morrell...
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Nominations open for HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award 2016
Award 2016. The Award seeks to identify the UK's leading bioscience teachers, recognising the invaluable role they play in educating and inspiring the next generation of biologists at university. The winner receives the Ed Wood Memorial Prize of £1,000,...
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Dr Mark Clements named HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year
Dr Mark Clements from the University of Westminster, has won the Society of Biology’s prestigious Higher Education Biosciences Teacher of the Year Award 2015. Dr Mark Clements from the University of Westminster, has won the Society of Biology’s...
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Biology in the Real World past talks
The following are the Biology in the Real World talks that have taken place at the Association for Science Education's Annual Conference: 2018 In 2018, the talks for Biology in the Real World theme was Separating fact from fiction: Is it true an...
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Safe Haven
escaping war and persecution The Biologist Vol 61(6) p24-27 Between 1933 and 1945, the UK took in numerous biologists displaced by Nazism, Italian fascism and the Second World War. While stellar biochemists such as Hans Krebs and Max Perutz are rightly...
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Crime Genes
looking to use defendants’ genes to defend criminal behaviour, despite the evidence for its use being largely unconvincing Reducing a convicted murderer’s sentence because they have certain genes sounds a little far-fetched, but it has already happened....
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Kingston lecturer wins 2014 HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award
Dr Nick Freestone from Kingston University was announced last week as the Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year at an awards ceremony on the 8th April held at the 2014 Heads of University Biosciences (HUBS) Spring Meeting, Chicheley Hall,...
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Sheffield professor wins HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award
Professor Tim Birkhead FRS was yesterday announced as the Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year at an awards ceremony held at the HUBS Spring Meeting, Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire. Professor Tim Birkhead FRS was yesterday announced as the...
