"It's important that students are given the opportunity to develop real research skills and appreciate the creativity of science through carrying out real research-based projects via schemes such as the CREST Awards."

Two of the winners at the 2008 Young Scientists' and Engineers' Fair have gone on to have outstanding success at the EU Contest for Young Scientists held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Grants are available to help schools organise their own National Science and Engineering Week event. Applications close 28 November 2008.

The new competition for 13-19 year olds will crown the 'UK Young Scientist of the Year' and 'UK Young Technologist of the Year' on the eve of National Science and Engineering Week.

Marco Colombo, from the school of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh has won this year's perspectives poster competition.

The North Wales Branch of the BA is organising a new sciBAr - where you can find out about hot science topics in an informal environment, while enjoying a casual beverage.

From chocolate cravings to the UK's future in space, the BA Festival of Science featured heavily in the news. Read on for some of the week's big stories.

As part of Black History Month, the x-change will be looking at the issue of genes and drugs and asking how we can ensure that different ethnic groups receive the correct medicines.

What did the second half of 2004 have in store for us?

2004 was a year of clones, hobbits and 21-year old babies, of 4x4s, missing Beagles and kamikaze pigeons. And, of course, George Bush.

Science is fun – “Oh yes it is!” – for thousands of children in the North East who were treated to a special panto.

The message from the latest Public Attitudes to Science Survey is that more work is needed to engage and involve the public with scientific developments in the UK.

Dr Lucy Wallace who lives in Headley and works at the University of Reading has been named Volunteer of the Year by the British Science Association.

Vivienne Parry, an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association and a celebrity judge in the forthcoming National Science & Engineering Competition was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the public understanding of science.

During National Science & Engineering Week, the British Science Association's CREST Youth Panel met to discuss their feelings towards their future in UK Science. They have composed an open letter to the Science Minster, David Willets to raise a number of concerns that they feel needs to be addressed.

During National Science & Engineering Week, the British Science Association’s CREST Youth Panel met to discuss their feelings towards their future in UK Science. They have composed an open letter to the Science Minster, David Willets to raise a number of concerns that they feel needs to be addressed.

Three close affiliates of the British Science Association have been recognised in the 2010 New Year's Day Honours, including two of our Honorary Fellows and a judge from the National Science & Engineering Competition.

A new book charting the history of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1831-1939 and the journey of discovery undergone by the UK during this time is hot off the press!

Prizes awarded in biggest ever national celebration of young scientists and engineers.

From CREST success to meeting the Prime Minister: Holly Batchelor shines on panel alongside the Science Minister and Secretary of State...

What do you think about stem cell research... the severn barrage... or how science is portrayed in the media? Share your hopes, fears and observations about 'change' this National Science and Engineering Week via a new online forum.

Over 22,500 people have pledged support for our threatened UK bees as part of the Save Our Bees campaign for National Science and Engineering Week.

As well as the chance for students to compete for some amazing and prestigious prizes, the fair will feature exciting shows and workshops, displays and demonstrations of leading-edge UK technology, and inspiring careers information.

Europe's largest, longest running science festival is coming to Surrey in 2009. Find out how local organisations, groups and businesses can get involved.

Britain's rising science and engineering talent will showcase their outstanding projects at the UK Young Scientists' and Engineers' Fair on Friday 7 March at the Centre of the Cell in Whitechapel, London.

Is there life on other planets? Can I live forever? Who's got greater will power, men or women? And can chocolate save your life?

A dedicated and inspirational volunteer from West Lothian, Scotland, has received the Sir Walter Bodmer Award for Volunteers in recognition for giving thousands of people the chance to participate in diverse and engaging science activities.

You'll be amazed what's on offer during National Science and Engineering Week (7-16 March)...

The BA has recognised the great contribution that two committed volunteers have made to engage and inspire adults and young people with science and technology, by presenting them with the Sir Walter Bodmer Award for Volunteers.

The BA welcomes the publication of a Royal Society report on the findings of a major study into the factors affecting science communication by scientists and engineers.

People from Afro-Caribbean groups may be amongst the most under-represented in science, but as National Science Week nears, two scientists from the Black community are leading the fore to engage young people in science

After just four hours, could a practising scientist pass herself off as a bona fide journalist?

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.

This year’s Perspectives winner was Nicola McLoughlin, a PhD student from the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University.

When Gurjit Singh Sidhu touches down at Phoenix airport, Arizona, he will be carrying with him the hopes of the UK.

The RAF Falcons Parachuting Display Team will sky-dive into Exeter City Football Club’s grounds to launch this year’s BA Festival of Science.

This month marks the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sir Richard Owen, the Lancashire-born scientist who coined the phrase 'dinosaur'.

Judith Willetts of DrugScope discusses the UK's drugs policies in Science & Public Affairs.

The BA holds a SPA Forum looking at how best to communicate the risks associated with severe weather.

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.

During the 2011 degree ceremony, Aston University presented eight honorary degrees to leading figures in the fields of business, science, engineering and politics. These included Ian Gray; Lord Stafford; Nelson Ogunshakin OBE; Sir Roland Jackson; Paul Bassi CBE; Mohammad Nazir OBE; Ian Robertson and Robert Walter MP.

A new report by the Academy of Medical Sciences, examining the use of animals containing human material (ACHM) in biomedical research has been published.

Jim Al-Khalili was awarded this honour for his outstanding work in communicating physics to public audiences face- to- face at numerous public events and through his work as a writer and broadcaster.

Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow has been appointed to the UK Government's top-level advisory body on science and technology policy issues that reports directly to the Prime Minister.

Congratulations to Hannah Eastwood, who was named the UK Young Scientist of the Year, and Andrew Cowan, who was named the UK Young Engineer of the Year in this year’s National Science & Engineering Competition

The British Science Association is working with Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Sciencewise-ERC to prepare 12 talented young people to attend the prestigious Planet Under Pressure conference.

The British Science Festival was featured in the 'Cool' slot of the new ITV breakfast show 'Daybreak'They were showing experiments involving liquid nitrogen and hydrogen peroxide conducted on our behalf by the Edcoms team.

Honorary Fellows are individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the aims and purposes of the Association by promoting openness about science in society and engaging and inspiring adults and young people directly with science and technology.

Professor Julia Goodfellow the Chair of the British Science Association and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent, has been appointed DBE in the Queen's birthday honours, for her services to science.

National Science & Engineering Competition prize winner, James Popper, has gone on to achieve outstanding success at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, California.

The science community around the world are being targeted by an email scam using the British Science Festival as bait......

Lord Winston has said that Aberdeen is doing a great job in engaging the public and young people in science during his keynote speech at a British Science Association dinner.

Courtney Williams, Hannah Stuart and Robert Tann attended the 21st European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) in Paris this month. They won their place by attending the CREST National Final at The Big Bang in March 2009 where the judges commended their projects for their originality and the students ability to communicate their topics.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Volunteers' Week, and on this landmark occasion, Peter Reed from Leominster in Herefordshire has been named Volunteer of the Year by the British Science Association. He has received the Walter Bodmer Award for Volunteers in recognition for his hard work and dedication in his role as Recorder for the History of Science Section.

Owen McMeel, who scooped fourth place in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), has just returned to the UK after an all star trip to China.

Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the Association, last week officially opened the new meeting place of the Nottinghamshire Branch - right in the heart of the local science community.

The British Science Association and Aston University announce that the British Science Festival will be coming to Birmingham in September 2010. The event proposal process is open until 1st October 2009.

Announcing this year's British Science Association Award Lectures - a highlight of the British Science Festival - given by five talented science communicators.

We are delighted to announce that Katherine Mathieson has been appointed as Director of Education at the British Science Association.

Acoustics Professor Trevor Cox from the University of Salford has revealed the nation's funniest whoopee cushion sound following a two-week web experiment into what makes flatulence funny. The result marks this year's National Science and Engineering Week and Comic Relief.

Catch-up with what our busy branches have been doing for National Science and Engineering Week

The Prime Minister has launched a new campaign to encourage public interest in science and show people its importance to their everyday lives as well as to the strength of the UK economy.

The British Science Festival team want to know what people in the area think should be discussed at the UK's largest science festival when it visits Surrey in September. Come and have your say at one of the drop-in sessions being held in February.

The new look incorporates a new name, British Science Association, and logo designed to engage with contemporary issues as well as a wider audience.

Lord May of Oxford is to be our incoming President in 2009, succeeding the current President, Sir David King, in September.

The 2008/9 STEM Directories, launched at the BA Festival of Science, are a rich source of schemes and activities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), designed to enthuse students of every age.

An upsurge in the number and activity of many BA Branches is bringing a new lease of life to the BA's regional events programme.

Elizabeth Major, winner of the first ever Lloyd's Register Educational Trust Teachers' Prize, shares her experiences of the trip she won to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta, Georgia.

Searching for the best of the UK's young scientists and engineers.

The BA Festival of Science will come to Guildford in September 2009, the BA and the University of Surrey jointly announced today.

The BA is part of a consortium producing three STEM Directories for the Department for Children, Schools and Families covering all national and regional enhancement and enrichment activity in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

Chester student Alex White has scooped $3000 after winning a prestigious prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta, USA.

Alex White, winner of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair prize at the UK's Young Scientists' and Engineers' Fair, flew to the US this weekend to compete in what has been termed 'the Olympics of science competitions'.

The 2008 BA Award Lecturers will discuss a wide range of fascinating subjects: from how the analysis of text messages can put criminals behind bars, to the prediction of disease outbreaks...

CREST Star Investigators, a new UK-wide scheme to support science clubs in primary schools, has received a positive response from children and organisers, according to preliminary evaluation results.

17-year-old Elisabeth Muller was among those who won awards at the prestigious UK Young Scientists' and Engineers' Fair on Friday (7 March), gaining two amazing prizes for her project analysing the mineralogy of a lunar meteorite.

To help answer the popular Big Question 'Is there life on other planets?' for National Science and Engineering Week, a group of leading scientists have created a spectacular vision of a dark underwater alien world full of glowing jelly creatures...

Help create the biggest database of "autobiographical memories" ever attempted by adding yours.

The report results, published on 11 March, highlight a strong public desire for scientists to explain and discuss their work. The BA calls on all scientists to regard such public discourse as a professional responsibility.

At a recent event at the Multi-Faith Centre in the University of Derby, cosmologist Professor Peter Coles talked to people of many faiths and of no faith about the theory, engaging the audience in an evening of information and discussion.

Find out about the amazing New Zealand adventure that has just begun for two CREST Award students...

The programme details the full exciting line-up coming to York from 9-15 September and is now available, so you can hand pick from the jam packed schedule at your own leisure.

Holly Batchelor will be carrying the hopes of the UK with her when she lands in America to represent our top young scientists at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Holly Batchelor, the 2007 BA CREST Award winner, has won an impressive three prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

Sir David King will take over as President of the BA for the year 2008 after he steps down as the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser at the end of 2007, it is announced today.

Marine ecology, the origins of human speech and face identification in our surveillance society are amongst the topics which have scooped the prestigious 2007 BA Award Lectures for science communication.

An underwater city featuring seaweed farms, recycling plants and air-powered transport to the surface has been named the winning eco-city of the future in a design competition run by the BA for National Science and Engineering Week

The BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) responds to the Conservative Party 'STEM and Society' Consultation Paper

The nationwide launches of National Science and Engineering Week started the celebrations which will see over two thousand events taking place across the UK from 9-18 March, exploring every aspect of science.

Sodium bicarbonate rockets have been voted "The Nation's Favourite Experiment" in a nationwide poll carried out as part of National Science and Engineering Week.

The talents of the UK's brightest young scientists were rewarded on Friday as they won prizes at the prestigious national BA CREST Science Fair held at the Royal Society, London.

UK student Galen Brown, 17, wins trip to CERN at the prestigious EU Contest for Young Scientists in Valencia.

To celebrate National Science and Engineering Week and the release of Disney's new animated adventure, the BA has launched a competition for 5-14 year olds...

Sarah Collins, a PhD student from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge, has won this year's perspectives poster competition at the BA Festival of Science, for her poster expressing the risks and the benefits of volcanic eruptions.

The BA's Statutes have been revised and are now available.

Prime Minister Tony Blair, Olympic athlete Colin Jackson and TV scientist Professor Robert Winston are all joining in Click for the Climate and promising to reduce their energy consumption over National Science Week.

The BA issued a challenge to the five major supermarket chains to reduce the price of their energy-saving bulbs during National Science Week - find out how they responded.

A stunning image of a clam’s siphon is amongst the winners of the Illuminate competition to capture the colour in science.

Lord Browne of Madingley, the Group Chief Executive of BP plc, has pledged to switch his electricity to a green energy supplier to help in the fight against climate change.

Lydia Arnold's plans to study medicine have been given a hand thanks to her award-winning project – a robotic hand. Lydia won one of the top prizes at this year's BA CREST Science Fair.

Which of these words do you wish applied to your job: creative, challenging, exciting, unusual or stimulating?

A young scientist from Dorset has shown for the first time that caterpillars recruit ants by using acoustic signals in a project which is amongst the entries to this year’s national BA CREST Science Fair on 27 February.

A young scientist from Dorset has shown for the first time that caterpillars recruit ants by using acoustic signals in a project which is amongst the entries to this year’s national BA CREST Science Fair on 27 February.

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

Ireland's Minister for Enterprise Trade & Employment, officially launched the programme of activities for the BA Festival of Science yesterday.

Sir David King will be discussing climate change with Charlie Kronick, Chief Advisor for Greenpeace, and Sarah Mukherjee, Environment Correspondent at the BBC live on the web.

Over 150 students aged between 11 and 19 from the Ireland and Northern Ireland have been showcasing their science and engineering projects at the annual Seagate Young Innovators event in Belfast.

If we are to engage and inspire young people with science, it is important that we listen to their hopes and concerns, argues Sir Roland.

Volunteers in the North West of England have been rewarded for giving tens of thousands of young people the chance to explore science in fun and educational activities.

Gurjit Singh Sidhu, 17, from Dundee has scooped a $1,000 (£543) prize at an international science fair in Phoenix, Arizona.

Identity theft, silent aircraft and cell suicide are amongst the topics which have scooped prestigious awards for science communication.

The BA today called for a better understanding of what underlies people’s attitudes towards science. The call coincides with the release of the BA’s comprehensive review of research on science in society, Connecting Science.

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.

The BA calls for a culture change in science, with recognition and reward for scientists engaging with the public, and a climate of greater openness and public consultation on science issues.

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.

Professor Robert Winston, President of the BA, today launched National Science Week (11-20 March) with a call for more openness in science.

Mr Jim Wallace MSP, Scotland's Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning, launched National Science Week in Scotland at St Andrew's golf course.

Scientists are being invited to find out how the media work as part of the BA's Media Fellowship scheme.

Lord Browne of Madingley, Group Chief Executive of BP plc, will take over as President of the BA in September 2006, it is announced today.

The festive period is over and we have all made our New Year resolutions. But will any of us actually stick to them?

Terry Pratchett, Sir Patrick Moore and the Muppet scientists are just some of the people to have submitted poems for our universe competition.

You’ll be amazed what you could find out during National Science Week, from why you shouldn’t play with Frisbees in the snow to how chimpanzees talk.

The winner of this year's Perspectives competition was announced at the BA Festival of Science.

From man to maggot to anthrax to science comics... Find out what went on at the BA Festival of Science in Exeter.

Do supermarkets do their best to support farmers or are they suppressing them? Air your views in a lively debate to be held during this year's BA Festival of Science.

Are men really from Mars and women from Venus? Maybe not, but apparently they do see the world differently according to one of the winners of the Daily Telegraph BASF Science Writer Awards 2004.

Their experiments rarely go right and usually result in serious injury for one of them, but Dr Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker have been voted the UK’s favourite screen scientists.

Cory Black from Dumfries Academy has won a national competition with her poster telling scientists what she would like them to research.

The BA’s latest Honorary Members were last night announced at the BA Festival of Science Dinner.

The BA and bbc.co.uk/cult launch vote to find the UK's favourite screen scientist.

Heavy rain and high winds didn’t stop more than 1,500 people from taking part in the BA’s activities at this year’s Royal Highland Show.

Girls are not as turned off by science as is commonly believed but they are much more concerned than boys about the ethical issues surrounding the subject, according to a new study.

On 8 June, Venus passed across the face of the Sun for the first time since 1882 and hundreds of thousands of people across the UK made sure they witnessed this rare event.

During three days in June (15, 16 and 17) hundreds of children in Wales will celebrate their achievements in science and technology.

The BA announces winners of inaugural Sir Walter Bodmer Award for Volunteers.

Pupils at schools around Exeter will be exploring science and medicine through art in a project for the BA Festival of Science.

Scottish student wins fourth prize at international science fair.

Young people across the UK are being asked their opinions on the direction that science takes in the future and how they believe scientists should act.

Suzi Leather, Chair of the Human Fertility and Embyology Authority, is to speak at the x-change.

Two students from the UK are set to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair at Portland, Oregon at the beginning of May.

During the week, it seemed that everyone was involved in a science activity somewhere.

We would like to hear what our supporters have been up to. If you have some news to tell us, please contact our Press Office.

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

Investigation, experimentation and exploration with the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland Branch of the BA.