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As a member of the BES, there are opportunities for you to join the many Committees which govern and direct the work of the BES. You can join the Committees either as a member of Council, or as a co-opted member with particular expertise to contribute to the work of the Committee. To find out more, contact the Chair of the Committee you would be interested in joining.
Management Board
Management Board manages the business plan and acts as an executive of Council.
Management Board Chair: Professor Charles Godfray, President
Education, Training and Careers Committee
This Committee is responsible for curriculum development at all levels of formal education including educational development projects, development and publication of teaching materials, production of careers advice, overseeing grants related to schools and expedition grants. Details of educational activities and career information can be found on the Education information pages.
Chair: Dr Libby John
Finance Board
The Finance Board develops policy options within finance and internal affairs as well as monitoring income/expenditure and overseeing the management of the Society's investment portfolio.
Chair: Dr Drew Purves
Grants Committee
This Committee is responsible for all the Society's grants. The Committee undertakes periodic reviews of the Society's grant schemes and their administration.
Chair: Professor Mike Begon
Meetings Committee
This Committee is responsible for all the Society's academic meetings. It administers the Annual Meeting, runs the Annual Symposium and Special Symposium from programme development to publication, assesses proposals for future meetings, co-ordinates the activities of the Specialist Groups, and oversees student support, workshop sponsorship, commemorative events fund, and financial support for meetings run by associated organisations e.g. INTECOL.
Chair: Dr Andrew Beckerman
Membership Committee
Primary responsibility is the maintenance and development of services to members including the Bulletin, the website and other membership. It shares responsibility for admittance of new members with the Finance & Policy Committee and is responsible for increasing recruitment of new members.
Chair: Dr Bill Sutherland
Personnel Committee
This Committee is responsible for setting the employment policy of the Society, setting terms and conditions of Blades Court staff, considering staffing levels and overseeing contracts of employment.
Chair: Dr Dave Hodgson
Public and Policy Committee
The remit of this Committee is very wide indeed and it is responsible for raising awareness of ecology outside the formal education system. Specific responsibilities include liaison with external organisations, publicity, Ecological Issues booklets, meetings aimed at a non-scientific audiences and administering the Public Engagement and Ecology Into Policy grants. The PPC consists of BES Council members together with a number of co-opted members whose skills and expertise are needed to cover the wide range of interests the Committee has to deal with.
Interim Chair: Dr Juliet Vickery
Publications Committee
Its remit is to publish papers in journals, and maintain and enhance their scientific standards and their profitability. It liaises with Wiley Blackwell and looks at the future development of academic publishing.
Chair: Dr Alan Gray
