Royal Society of Chemistry Bill Bryson Prize 2013

This may be of interest to secondary school pupils:

RSC Bill Bryson Prize 2013

The RSC Bill Bryson Prize is designed to recognise and encourage excellent science communication in schools and colleges.The competition is open to students aged 5-18 with entries accepted in any format as long as they accurately communicate science appropriate for their chosen audience.

Recent entries have included videos, podcasts, posters, even cartoons and poems.

Theme for the 2013

For the 2013 competition we want your creative answers to this question How does science keeps us healthy?

How to enter

Entrants will be able to submit entries online from the beginning of March 2013, please check back in March for further submission details.

Deadline

The 2013 competition deadline is 31 March 2013.

Entry Information

Who can enter and what are the categories

Downloadable Files

Promotional Poster
Download this poster to promote the 2013 Bill Bryson Prize PDF (492k)  

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2012 Winners

RSC Bill Bryson Prize 2012 winners

View the winning entries for 2012.

Contact and Further Information

Education Department
Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Milton Road, Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1223 432221
Fax: +44 (0)1223 423623
Email: Education Department

RI Christmas lectures

The excellent RI Christmas (Modern Alchemist) lectures are now available from the RI Archives.
Watch and enjoy!

British Biology Olympiad for post-16 UK students...

Note  that the end date has been extended to 21st Jan 2013...

British Biology Olympiad

Please submit a registration form as soon as possible and by 21^st January at the latest.

Open to all post-16 students in the UK.
Challenging the most talented young biologists.
Selecting students to represent the UK in Switzerland 2013 

Format and timetable

Round 1 - a two hour multiple choice paper taken in schools between January 31st and February 6th
Round 2 - a 90 minute written paper taken in schools between February 25th and March 1st
Finals - practical assessments and an additional written paper taken at the University of Reading from April 7th to 10th

Aims

The British Biology Olympiad challenges and stimulates students with an interest in Biology to expand and extend their talents. In offering a wider syllabus than A-level, it allows students to demonstrate their knowledge and to be suitably rewarded and publicly recognised by the award of medals, certificates and other prizes. It is hoped that competing in the Olympiad will encourage students already interested in this valuable, wide-ranging and rewarding subject to continue their study beyond A-level.
In addition to encouraging and rewarding pupils in their studies the BBO provides a means of selecting a team to represent the UK at the International Biology Olympiad. The IBO seeks to challenge by both theory and practical tests some of the top pre-university biology students in the world, with 60 countries taking part. The UK teams have had considerable success at IBO and we are very grateful to BBSRC for its continued support of the UK team's participation.