There are just two days left to vote in the National Lottery awards, and support the Lion Salt Works in its bid to win a Heritage Award! Voting closes at midnight on Wednesday 20th July. Click here to vote Located in Marston, Cheshire, the Lion Salt Works Museum is a monument to the UK’s last … Continue reading
I had heard about it a few times, but didn’t apply. The offer seemed to be too good to be true – four days in London learning about geoscience, with everything paid for – surely not? Continue reading
With Earth Science Week 2016 just three months away, we’re excited to bring you the Geological Society’s 2016 photography competition! Continue reading
This year’s William Smith Medal – named for the man responsible for the first geological map of a nation – is presented to Dr Michael de Freitas, Distinguished Research Fellow at Imperial College London. Continue reading
A 9 day long celebration of the geology all around us in the UK and Ireland, Earth Science Week is an opportunity for museums and other outreach organisations to highlight their collections, for geologists to engage with new audiences, and for the public to explore the geology around them. Continue reading
In two week’s time, the Society will be holding our annual Awards Ceremony, at which we will present the 2016 medals and prizes. (See below for details of how to come along!) This year, our highest honour, the Wollaston Medal – named for William Hyde Wollaston – is awarded to Susan Brantley of Penn State … Continue reading
Everyone has heard of the Natural History Museum – but did you know there are more than 250 geological collections across the UK? Continue reading
On 25th April the Geological Society hosted the fifth and largest ever National Schools Geology Challenge and Early Career Geologist Finals at Burlington House. The day brought together a record eight school teams and six young geoscientists, each representing a different Regional Group, to present their topic of choice to our panel of four judges from industry … Continue reading
Those of us who follow our twitter account will know that we held the national finals of the Schools Geology Challenge at Burlington House last week – culminating in the infamous quiz round! As the school teams fought it out, in competition with their teachers and the finalists of the Early Careers Competition, we joined … Continue reading
‘What would a palaeontologist of the far future do if he, she (or indeed, it) came upon technofossils, the petrified artefacts of a long-extinct civilization?’ Continue reading
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