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- Four students selected to represent the UK at the International Biology Olympiad 2024Four students have been chosen to represent the UK at 2024 International Biology Olympiad, taking place in Astana, Kazakhstan. The students selected are: The team of four were chosen at the University of Warwick from sixteen finalists (listed below) who were selected from the highest scoring students of the British… Read More »Four students selected to represent the UK at the International Biology Olympiad 2024
- Results of the British Biology Olympiad are out!The results of the British Biology Olympiad are now available for schools to download and distribute to their students. Almost 15000 students from over 1000 schools participated this year. Many congratulations to all those who have been awarded Gold, Silver, Bronze, Highly Commended and Commended! Students from schools in the… Read More »Results of the British Biology Olympiad are out!
- UK team win medals at IBO 2023!This year the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) took place in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Four students representing the UK were awarded medals at the competition. Robert Halliday (Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge) received a gold medal, Matilda Littlemore (Latymer Upper School) and Tom Postance (RGS Guildford) received silver… Read More »UK team win medals at IBO 2023!
- Four students selected to represent the UK at the International Biology OlympiadFour students have been chosen to represent the UK at this year’s International Biology Olympiad, taking place in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. The students selected are Matilda Littlemore from Latymer Upper School, Tom Postance from RGS Guildford, Robert Halliday from Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge, and Rui-Lin Wang… Read More »Four students selected to represent the UK at the International Biology Olympiad
- British Biology Olympiad 2023 resultsOver 13,000 students from more than 800 schools worldwide took part in this year’s British Biology Olympiad. They completed two 45-minute papers covering familiar and novel topics across the entirety of biology from ecology to biotechnology! Students’ results are now available on the competition website. Pin badges will be posted to UK schools… Read More »British Biology Olympiad 2023 results