As Chair of the Biology Curriculum Committee, Professor Shallcross will lead the committee as it contributes to the evidence RSB will submit to curriculum and qualification reform reviews ensuring that all young people experience accessible, equitable, and inclusive biology curricula and assessments, which prepare them to be scientifically literate, able to make scientifically informed choices, and ready them for a diverse and evolving world of work.

Commenting on the curriculum and assessment reform and his new appointment, Professor Shallcross said: “As we anticipate an exciting period of education reform across the UK, I look forward to championing the work of the Royal Society of Biology and the expert members in the curriculum committee. RSB has spent many years gathering evidence, developing curriculum and qualifications policy, and preparing to engage with reform. Now we will put that work into action.”