Lydia Arnold, 18, Greater Manchester, has been selected to appear in Exceptional Youth, an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

On 16 September five British teenagers flew to Moscow to take part in the EU Contest for Young Scientists.

The BA is delighted to support the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto, which was launched by the Secretary of State for Educational and Skillls in November 2006.

Holly Batchelor, 17, from The Mary Erskine School in Edinburgh, is flying out to Albuquerque, USA, in May to represent the UK at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

Gurjit Singh Sidhu from Dundee headed off to Phoenix, to represent our top young scientists at ISEF 2005.

Projects studying students’ attitudes to vaccination, developing a hepatitis B genotyping tool and designing a bridal gown won prizes at the BA CREST Science Fair.

For all the latest news from this year's BA Festival of Science, visit the Festival website.

All over the UK, hundreds of thousands of people took part in science events to celebrate National Science Week 2005 (11-20 March).

Win £30 worth of M&S vouchers or an iPod! The Science Council would like to hear your views on the idea of a new and easily accessible Science Careers website. This website will be aimed at students aged 11-19 and their parents, teachers and advisers.

Holly Batchelor is out in Albuquerque, USA, representing the UK at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

Cancer Research UK is asking students to pen a 300-word news story about a recent medical or health-related advance that has intrigued or excited them.

Two young scientists from the UK recently won the opportunity to meet like-minded people from across the globe at the London International Youth Science Forum.

On Friday 21st April 2006 the Scottish CREST Award Final took place at the University of Abertay, Dundee.

Science is a colourful subject, both literally and in its exciting discoveries, so as part of National Science Week 2006, we are launching Illuminate, a photography competition aimed at capturing the colour in science.

A schools-industry initiative started by the BA has been picked out for a prestigious award present by Tony Blair.

On June 28th pupils from schools around the North West attended the BA CREST regional awards, held at the University of Salford, Greater Manchester. This event, sponsored by AstraZeneca, is one of many regional Crest finals that have been happening across the UK.

Cambridge University Science Productions will be webcasting lectures from the Festival. The webcasting programme will be tailored particularly to schools in the UK and Ireland.

The 2005 Scottish Final of the BA CREST Awards took place at Dundee University on Thursday, 21st April. With 50 projects entered, 27 of them at Bronze level, this was the largest Scottish final ever.

Out of more than 2,000 entries, we've selected the winners to our National Science Week Universe poetry competition. Find out who the winners are here.

Three award ceremonies have been held to celebrate the success of hundreds of First Investigators in Mid Glamorgan Schools.

Investigation, experimentation, exploration were the order of the day when the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland Branch of the BA descended on the Almond Valley Heritage Centre.

Over 400 pupils from Glasgow primary schools tested their green credentials and learnt about the environment as part of an “ECO Day”.