This semester the Biology Society presents our new “BioSoc Engagement Award”, which you can earn through watching at least 4 lectures in their guest speaker series. Has COVID upset your internship, research, or other valuable additions to your CV in the past year? This is a great chance to have a new addition to further your career goals while also watching some fantastic guest speakers!

Our speakers include a UN Lead in the prevention of Bioweapons, a COVID-19 expert and physician who has been on BBC multiple times, a forensic entomologist, a researcher on invasive species, and more to come! Please keep up to date via our Facebook and Instagram.

 

 

Steps to earning the award:

• Watch 4 (of 8) lectures, 2 of which may be recorded, and submit your attendance via the accompanying google form

• Submit a creative reflection on one or more of the lectures you watched due on 31. May – this could be a 500 word paragraph or any other creative format like a poem or artwork

• To submit: email your work to biosoc@st-andrews.ac.uk with the subject line "BioSoc Award submission"

What you receive:

• A new award for the “Awards” section of your CV! It shows your commitment to multiple interests within your discipline and engagement with the society, both things employers will like

• A digital certificate with optional print if in St Andrews

• A shout-out on our social media

• Entry for titles like “Most Creative” or “Most Inspiring” with your reflection