For Thought | Science, innovation, and society: working together for long-term change
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For Thought 2025 was our eighth annual event offering new and different perspectives on the relationship between science and innovation and society. This blog highlights some of the key themes of our first session’s speakers ..read more
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Education | Using Engage Grants to run CREST Discovery Days
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1w ago
Laura Taylor, Curriculum Leader for Science at Somercotes Academy, has run CREST Discovery Days with Engage funding for three years running. She spoke to us about how she has seen this benefit her Year 9 students as they approach GCSEs ..read more
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Change and adapt for the better with the British Science Week 2025 activity packs!
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1w ago
The British Science Week 2025 activity packs for children, young people and community groups are out now! The theme of the packs is ' Change and adapt', and in this blog we look at activities across all four packs that look at how things change and adapt for a safer, healthier world ..read more
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2024: Our past year, wrapped
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2M ago
In our final blog post of the year, we wrap up all our hard work and achievements from 2024, including British Science Week, how science was brought to life at the British Science Festival, and the ways we've worked to engage diverse voices plus, much more ..read more
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Diversity and inclusion in engineering are vital for innovation and growth – exploring the evidence
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2M ago
The Royal Academy of Engineering recently published a report bringing together evidence showing the benefits of equality, diversity, and inclusion to engineering businesses.  At a British Science Association and Academy co-hosted event in Parliament on 11 November 2024, a panel of business and policy experts discussed the report's findings ..read more
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Education | A Gold CREST Awards case study: bringing AI into dementia healthcare
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2M ago
AI is becoming more ubiquitous in society, with some unnerving implications, but could it be utilised in healthcare to improve patient quality of life? A group a students in Wales designed glasses that, using AI technology, could help people with dementia recognise loved ones' faces. The students, who each earned a Gold CREST Award for their work, spoke to us about their experience ..read more
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AI is ‘the conversation everyone is having’ – but how do we bring in missing voices?
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2M ago
The BSA recently co-hosted a panel discussion, Charting the Path Forward: A Call for UK Leadership in AI and Innovation, with our strategic partners 3M, and the New Statesman. Here, our CEO, Hannah Russell, summarises her key points from the event ..read more
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In conversation with Rob Deeks, CEO of Together As One (TAO)
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4M ago
We spoke to Rob Deeks is the CEO of Together As One (TAO), a charity founded in Slough in the '90s in response to gang violence within the South Asian community. TAO applied to join the Community-Led Research Programme (CLRP) and were subsequently partnered with researchers from the University of Reading ..read more
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Black History Month 2024: Celebrating MSD scientists and employees in STEM
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4M ago
As part of Black History Month, the British Science Association is collaborating with our partner, MSD, a global leader in healthcare to highlight their Black scientists and STEM professionals and their outstanding contributions ..read more
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Using nature-based learning to inspire young people
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4M ago
The BSA has recently worked with the Evolution Education Trust to explore how informal nature-based learning can inspire young people in their discovery of the life sciences. Read our blog to find out more ..read more
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