Job Vacancy - Deputy Executive Secretary

We are seeking a Deputy Executive Secretary to support various activities run by the Society.

24 March
2026

Copyeditor for Biological Reviews (freelance engagement)

We are seeking a freelance copyeditor for Biological Reviews.

22 March
2026

Book Launch of Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

Authors to speak at Department of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre on 13 May.

20 March
2026

107th Conversazione and NatHistFest

Annual exhibition has run continuously since 1921 and will take place on 10th and 11th April 2026.

05 March
2026

CPS President Professor John Carr awarded BSPP Honorary Membership

CPS President Professor John Carr awarded BSPP Honorary Membership for exceptional contribution to plant pathology.

15 January
2026

Travel Grant helps PhD student present his work in Hawaii

A CPS Travel Grant helped PhD student John Hancock to present his work at the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

01 January
2026

Professor John Carr becomes CPS President

Professor John Carr from the Department of Plant Sciences becomes CPS President.

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From Darwin’s paper on evolution to the development of stem cell research, publications from the Society continue to shape the scientific landscape.

Mathematical Proceedings is one of the few high-quality journals publishing original research papers that cover the whole range of pure and applied mathematics, theoretical physics and statistics.

Biological Reviews covers the entire range of the biological sciences, presenting several review articles per issue. Although scholarly and with extensive bibliographies, the articles are aimed at non-specialist biologists as well as researchers in the field.

The Spirit of Inquiry celebrates the 200^th anniversary of the remarkable Cambridge Philosophical Society and brings to life the many remarkable episodes and illustrious figures associated with the Society, including Adam Sedgwick, Mary Somerville, Charles Darwin, and Lawrence Bragg.

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