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- Biology is a top choice for A Level Students
- 19 August 2010The Society of Biology is pleased to see the increased numbers of students taking Biology AS and A Levels, ensuring that Biology remains one of the top 5 subject choices for students in 2010.
- Synthetic biology gets wary welcome
- 02 September 2010The emerging research area of synthetic biology may not suffer the general opposition which greeted other controversial technologies like GM crops, but its risks will need careful regulation if its promise is to be realised.
- The identification of priority policy options for UK nature conservation
- 26 August 2010A new paper identiies priority policy developments that would support conservation in the UK in the light of technological developments, changes in knowledge or environmental change.
- Two more funding opportunities – British Academy & TSB
- 25 August 2010Funding from British Academy postdoctoral fellowships & Metadata, a new funding competition from the Technology Strategy Board.
- Are you a bright light in environmental science?
- 25 August 2010Due to high demand an extra Environmental YES workshop has been added in Edinburgh from Wednesday 22nd - Friday 24th September 2010.
- Funding opportunity - CASE Studentship Open Competition
- 25 August 2010NERC invites applications to the CASE Studentship Open Competition.
- Increased number of entries for separate sciences at GCSE
- 24 August 2010The Society of Biology is pleased to see that the GCSE results for 2010 show a continued movement into separate sciences, with biology entries up 28%
- Can biodiversity learn lessons from climate change?
- 21 August 2010The Cambridge Conservation Initiative is seeking your views on lessons for the communication of biodiversity loss.
- Register to attend our Curriculum development Workshop
- 20 August 2010
- Launched! Industry Survey on Accredited Degrees
- 19 August 2010
- A geneticist in the House
- 18 August 2010Dr Julian Huppert MP talks to THE.
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