Schools Membership is open to any primary, middle or secondary school or Sixth Form College in the UK or Ireland which is involved in teaching microbiology.
SGM School Membership costs only £10 a year.
For this a named teacher representative will receive:

• the Society's magazine Microbiology Today
• advance notification of future activities and copies of new teaching resources
• discounted fees for attendance on SGM training courses and workshops

• Bugs and drugs
• Making money from microbes
• Gene Therapy
• Putting microbes to work
• Food microbiology
• Microbial threats in the home

MT also has a range of regular features. These include SchoolZone, a two page spread devoted to microbiology news and activities for teachers. Contributions of interesting material for SchoolZone, such as novel investigations, useful tips and good sources of information are welcome. A copy of the post-16 resource Practical Fermentation (worth £15) will be sent to any school whose submission is published.
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Priority mailings
School Members will be told first about any courses or workshops that the Society is organizing so that they have the opportunity to book places in good time. They will be sent copies of new resources as soon as they are published, and occasional materials that are only made available to School Members.
Latest factfile:

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Discounts on SGM INSET courses
SGM runs basic practical microbiology courses for secondary school teachers and technicians, summer schools and occasional workshops. School Members are entitled to a 20% discount on the course fees for these events.
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Download a membership application form here.