Welcome to the Society for Natural Sciences

The Society for Natural Sciences (SNS) is a professional body for scientists, educators and students working across the discipline boundaries of science. 

“Promoting Interdisciplinary Science Education and Research”

Many of the technical issues of sustainability in energy and material resources, advances in technology and medicine, that are now faced by society are interdisciplinary. Natural scientists are in the vanguard of scientists who can cross disciplines to help tackle these problems and contribute to a better life for all.

Prospective Students

What is 'Natural Sciences' all about?

Current Students

How we support our student community

For Teachers

Info and resources for teachers

Resources

Seminars, blogs, webinars, info...

To address these issues the Society for Natural Sciences:

  • Runs outreach activities for schools, holds conferences for undergraduate students and meetings with employers.
  • Provides information about opportunities for natural sciences.
  • Accredits degree programmes: accredited courses are at least comparable in standard with single discipline degrees.

As a Society we are keen to support the equality of experience of Natural Sciences students alongside other specialist subjects during Covid. Our equality statement can be found here.

Join now to become a part of our community to contribute your story to the website to encourage others to cross the discipline boundaries; get information from employers and about events!

If you represent an academic institution or company wanting to be involved, we’d love to hear from you. If you have a query about the Society or would like to contribute, please get in touch with us via the ‘web enquires’ form here.

Resources are available for applicants to universities, current students, schools, graduates and university teachers via the Resources tab in the main menu.

As part of our on-going activities we invite you to become a member to view the monthly seminars and discussions on pedagogic research activities, and approaches for teaching across the natural sciences.
We also host a variety of cross-cutting research seminars – our seminar gallery can be found here.
You can also freely join our LinkedIn community group to keep up-to-date with events and activities.

Find more links about our society on other platforms here.

 


Latest news

Research Seminars

Pedagogic Research Seminars The Society for Natural Sciences Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Group host monthly lunchtime online seminars to support dissemination and discussion of best practice of interdisciplinary science education. These informal webinars are hosted via Advance HE, having an open presentation followed by lively discussion and Q&A. Some of the previous sessions have covered […]

E-seminar: Spaced Repetition (with or without Peer Learning)

Our March Society for Natural Sciences Learning and Teaching webinar: “Spaced Repetition (with or without Peer Learning)” will be delivered by will be delivered by Alison Voice (University of Leeds) and will take place on Thursday 30th March 2023 from 12.00-12.50. Please register via this event link to receive joining details prior to the event. The Society for Natural Sciences Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Group […]

Exploring the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Wednesday 5th April 2023 9.30: University of Leicester A hybrid networking event with invited guests to explore the benefits of the SoTL for teachers in higher education. [Note this a re-running of a similar event held at Herriot Watt University in May 2022] About this event The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) underpins pedagogic research […]

Annual Student Conference 2023

This year our student conference will be in its 6th year, being hosted in UCL on 4th April. We are looking forward to see the diverse selection of student projects and cross-disciplinary activity. This is an event well attended across the UK, with excellent invited speakers to promote interdisciplinary sciences. If you are interested in […]


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