Biology Workload Creep Survey
In 2022, we surveyed School of Biology staff about their perception of workload, including how it has changed over time and the impact of those changes on staff wellbeing. We have now published this report and make…
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Distinguished Public Lecture: Fighting Racial Myths
The Biology Anti-Racist Committee (BARC) and the School of Biology EDI Committee are extremely excited to announce that award-winning journalist and author Angela Saini will be visiting St Andrews to give…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science Public Lecture: Prof Melanie Welham
Update 31 Jan – CANCELLED Please note this event has been cancelled due to the UCU Industrial Action planned for that day. We will look into the possibility of rescheduling this. UN International Day of Women and…
Lecture on decolonizing the biology curriculum
On Friday 7 October 2022, Professor Kevin Lala gave a lecture on “decolonizing the biology curriculum” to first year students in the School of Biology. The lecture discusses the science of race and racism and the need…
SMRU researchers had a fin-tastic time in Hull
On the 10th September Grant Ellis and Jennifer Coxon from the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) ran an outreach stand at the University of Hull Science Festival 2022. The festival is designed to engage and inspire…
The Jeff and Ellen Graves Coffee and Cake room
The Centre for Biological Diversity’s coffee room has been renamed “The Jeff and Ellen Graves Coffee and Cake Room” in celebration and gratitude for all the diverse contributions Jeff and Ellen made to our community.
EDI Round table
On Monday 11 July 2022, Kevin Laland held a lunchtime EDI roundtable discussion with the Women in Bioscience group (WoBio) at the University of Vienna. Kevin shared BEDI’s experience of going from EDI novices to Athena…
Principal’s Medal Salma Ali
Presented by Professor Dame Sally Mapstone DBE, FRSE Wednesday 15 June – morning ceremony I should now like to introduce the Principal’s Medal. This award was inaugurated thirteen years ago with a gift from three…
School of Biology REF2021 results
REF (the Research Excellence Framework) is an exercise that looks periodically (the previous REF was in 2014) across the UK at university output (the quality of research papers), environment (people, facilities etc)…
EDI matters: The journey from novices to gold
On 12 May 2022 Kevin Laland gave a talk at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition about the School of Biology’s journey from EDI novices to Athena Swan Gold Award holders.
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