Higher Education

We are committed to promoting biology as a subject of choice to students up to and including degree level. At university level we support and recognise excellence in biology teaching; champion a biology curriculum that challenges students and encourages their passion for biology; and provide career guidance at all levels. 

Choosing your degree

For information and advice about chosing your degree, and to access a copy of our new degree guide Becoming a Biologist: Degrees and Careers in Biology please see the university section of the careers pages of our website.

Higher Education Policy

The Society provides Government and other policy makers - including funders of biological education and research – with independent evidence-based opinion, representative of the widest range of bioscience disciplines.

Please see our Consultation Responses page for details of our Higher Education Policy responses.

Heads of University Biosciences

Heads of University Biolosciences is a Special Interest Group of the Society of Biology open to heads of bioscience departments and subject leads or nominees in UK Higher Education (HE).  HUBS acts as a forum for discussing national issues on the provision of research and teaching in the biological sciences, and as a source of informed comment on the consultations of the day which affect HE institutions delivering in the biological and life sciences.

Degree Recognition

The recognition of degrees with over 50% biological content is an important part of the our support for interdisciplinary and combined degree programmes. For more information click on the menu tabs.

Degree Accreditation

Accreditation: recognising degrees which provide students with the high-level skills, knowledge and understanding needed to pursue further scientific and professional careers. For more information on our work developing a fit for purpose system of accreditation click on the menu tab.

Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award

The Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award seeks to identify the UK’s leading bioscience university teachers recognising the invaluable role played by Teachers in Higher Education. The competition is open to all employed bioscience teachers in the UK higher education system and individuals can be nominated either by self, peer or management nomination using the quick nomination form. To find out more click on the menu tab.