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Staff profiles
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Senior Management Board
The BGS Senior Management Board is the main management decision-making body.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
At BGS we strive for a fair and open working environment, free from discrimination where we value all colleagues as individuals and respect their differences.
Science Advisory Committee
The BGS Science Advisory Committee was recruited under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that the BGS signed with NERC following the creation of the BGS Board.
Organisational structure
Find out more about the organisational structure of BGS.
Latest news
BGS partner with Arcadis in £70 000 research programme to support brownfield development
10/15/2020
New research will explore microorganisms with the potential to breakdown hazardous chemicals in the environment.
British Geological Survey HRA Gus Gunn to be awarded MBE
10/14/2020
Andrew Gordon Gunn – known to all as Gus – has been awarded an MBE in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Joint project aims to support sustainable development in Kenya
10/12/2020
The British Geological Survey (BGS) is part of a joint UK-Kenyan international project that aims to blend data and information with local stakeholder input to explore the sustainable supply of sand and aggregates in Kenya.
BGS Welcomes Andrew McConnochie as Director of Operations
10/09/2020
Andrew will be responsible for providing leadership and management of the operational support infrastructure at BGS.
Join our Big Borehole Dig
10/07/2020
BGS and the Dig-To-Share Project have launched the Big Borehole Dig – a citizen science initiative to help improve the availability and accessibility of borehole data for all, and we’re looking for anyone with an interest in boreholes or geology to get involved.
Deep drilling in Europe’s oldest and most species-rich lake provides new insights into evolution
10/02/2020
The older and more stable an ecosystem is, the longer lived its species and the more stable the species communities are.
Seismic data featured in Natural History Museum project to highlight impact of Covid-19
10/01/2020
BGS seismic data is featured in a Natural History Museum Public engagement initiative, showing changes in the movement of people, air and noise pollution, and wildlife sightings in the UK during lockdown.
Lyell Centre opens its doors for a special virtual weekend
09/25/2020
Members of the public will get a rare chance to take a look behind the scenes of the Lyell Centre later this month.
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