The British Science Association
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British Science Association
We are the UK's nationwide, open membership organisation, which provides opportunities for people of all ages to learn about, discuss and challenge the sciences and their implications.
British Science Association
We are the UK's nationwide, open membership organisation, which provides opportunities for people of all ages to learn about, discuss and challenge the sciences and their implications.
Who are you?
Free Membership
Our activities and events
Latest
British Science Association Media Fellowship applications now open
Up to 10 Media Fellowships are awarded each year to scientists, social scientists, clinicians and engineers from different backgrounds and stages of their career who are given 3-8 weeks working with a national press, broadcast or internet journalist to gain a greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media and produce accurate and well-informed news pieces.
National Science & Engineering Week: Be part of the buzz!
Start planning your own celebration next March using support from the British Science Association, download activity packs, how-to-guides and more.
Nominations for the 2012 Teacher's Prize are open!
Go one better than giving your teacher an apple... the National Science & Engineering Competition is proud to announce The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Teachers Award is now taking nominations for the 2012 prize.
Other
Get hands-on with science
The National Science & Engineering Week Activity Pack series has a wide range of hands on activities and investigations suitable for school and home... 
CREST Awards
New inspiring project ideas are available for students as part of BP's Enterprising Science...
Science Alliances
Our activities are supported by a regional network of branches. Discover events happening near you…
News
Big name sponsors and celebrities announced as Aberdeen prepares to host Europe’s leading science event
The Major energy sector multinationals - and Scotland’s best-selling regional newspaper - have thrown their weight behind the national celebration of science which will headline the North-East calendar this year.....
CREST students win big in Europe!
Three talented CREST students who won a place in the European Union Contest for Young Scientists via the National Science & Engineering Competition have all won awards on the continent for their outstanding project work.
Newcastle wins bid for British Science Festival 2013
British Science Festival – Europe’s largest and most high profile public science event – will be coming to Newcastle in September 2013…Free communications
A range of free communications available
The British Science Association provides a variety of free communications, including the weekly Science News Digest, quarterly magazine People & Science, and the Science e-lert. Find out more...
Latest edition of our magazine
Keep up to date with public engagement with science with the quarterly People & Science magazine. From government news, to public engagement in the developing world, to the latest community low down in ‘tales from the water cooler.Newsletters
Science e-lert
Features just some of the British Science Association's wide ranging and diverse activities connecting science with people.
CREST News
Comes out each term and features information about the Young People's Programme, the British Science Association's award schemes and activities for schools and parents.
