The social origins and schooling of a scientific elite: fellows of the Royal Society born from 1900 by Bukodi, E, Goldthorpe, J, Steinberg, I

“…We present an analysis of the social composition of the UK scientific elite, as represented by Fellows of the Royal Society, in terms of Fellows’ social class origins and type of secondary schooling. …”

In conversation with Xin Lu by Howe, FS, Lu, X

“…Xin has received many awards and honours in recognition of her significant contributions to cancer biology, including being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2020. Here, she outlines how her breakthrough discovery of ASPPs came about and its impact on the cancer field, as well as highlighting the importance of mentors including Min Wu, Birgit Lane and Sir David Lane in shaping her early career and helping her to navigate a new research world, having moved to the UK from China in the 80s.…”

John Newsom-Davis: clinician-scientist and so much more. by Vincent, A

“…Among many honours, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1991, appointed Commander of the British Empire in 1996 and made a Foreign Associate Member of the Institute of Medicine of the United States in 2001. …”

Variation in the social composition of the uk academic elite: the underlay of the two – or three – cultures? by Bukodi, E, Goldthorpe, J

“…In this paper, we complement a previous study of the UK natural science elite, as represented by Fellows of the Royal Society, with a comparable study of the humanities and social sciences elites, as represented by Fellows of the British Academy. …”

Continuing complexity: the university careers of a scientific elite in relation to their class origins and schooling by Bukodi, E, Goldthorpe, JH, Steinberg, I

“…We report on continuing research on the UK scientific elite, intended to illustrate a proposed new approach to elite studies and based on a prosopography of Fellows of the Royal Society born from 1900. We extend analyses previously reported of Fellows' social origins and secondary schooling to take in their university careers as under- and postgraduates. …”