In 1943, Field Studies Council’s founders gathered at the Natural History Museum in London to realise a vision ‘to provide opportunities for school children to study living plants and animals in their natural environment’. From that initial meeting the Council for the Promotion of Field Studies (now Field Studies Council) was born.
The FSC is using 2013, its 70th Anniversary year, to celebrate our journey so far and to plot the onward course.
FSC Anniversary Events
Throughout the year FSC Centres are organising special events to celebrate its 70th Anniversary and there will be something for everyone.
View the 70th anniversary calendar of events
There are special events for FSC Members giving them the chance to visit favourite Centres or visit new ones and to find out more about the work of the charity. The full programme can be viewed here
FSC Memories
If you have a special FSC memory – a course, a person you met, a tutor , a FSC Centre, or if FSC has played an important role in your life choices or interests, they would love to hear from you.
You can read the memories collected so far here.
Millport Marine Biological Station
The University Marine Biological Station Millport (UMBSM) is a higher education institute located on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
In December 2012 it was announced that it may be forced to close by the end of 2013 due to the withdrawal of funding. However, on 1 January 2014, ownership will transfer from the University of London to the Field Studies Council (FSC) after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed and the transfer of ownership agreed.
So, Millport will be open for business next year, offering facilities for fieldwork at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and developing its provision through the FSC's expertise in residential and day field courses in environmental sciences of all sorts.