The Royal Society
Olivia Philipps is a seasoned professional in educational engagement and science communication, currently serving as the Schools Engagement Manager at The Royal Society since September 2017 after progressing from roles including Senior Schools Engagement Officer and Schools Engagement Officer. Previously, Olivia held positions as a Building Blocks Developer at The Learning Partnership Wales Ltd and various roles at Squared Online, including Facilitator and Product Coordinator. Additional experience includes freelance work as a Content Developer at the Natural History Museum and roles such as Junior Researcher at Flavour SenseNation. Olivia also gained experience with the Wellcome Trust and TVF Communications, and began a career as Assistant TV Consultant at FILMWORKS CONSULTANCY LIMITED. Academically, Olivia holds a Master of Science in Science Communication from Imperial College London and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Bristol.
The Royal Society
The Royal Society is the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, and has been at the forefront of enquiry and discovery since its foundation in 1660. The backbone of the Society is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists of the day, elected by peer review for life and entitled to use FRS after their name. There are currently more than 60 Nobel Laureates amongst the Society's approximately 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members. Throughout its history, the Society has promoted excellence in science through its Fellowship and Foreign Membership, which has included Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, Francis Crick, James Watson and Stephen Hawking. The Society is independent of government, as it has been throughout its existence, by virtue of its Royal Charters. In 1663, The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge was granted its Arms and adopted the motto "Nullius in verba", an expression of its enduring commitment to empirical evidence as the basis of knowledge about the natural world. The Society's activities include influencing science and education policy, funding leading researchers, publishing journals that span all the sciences and the history of science, and the provision of science communication activities for a variety of public audiences.