British Science Association

@britsciassoc.bsky.social

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A charity with a vision for science to be more relevant, representative, and connected to society. Founded in 1831. www.britishscienceassociation.org www.britishsciencefestival.org www.britishscienceweek.org www.crestawards.org

Graphic slide showing two happy women looking at plants - text reads All events are FREE - book now!
GIF showing British Science Festival images and information: Celebrating people, stories, ideas at the heart of science. 16 - 20 September, Southampton, book now
Image of a Southampton music event, musicians on stage perform while a crowd at night raise their hands. Smiley face balloons bounce around.
Video of Hannah speaking outside amongst trees and plants, she wears a blue sweater and looks toward the camera.
Infographic showing key festival evaluation data: 17,441 people engaged, 114 events, 16 venues, 228 event organisers, 32 local community orgs, 95% enjoyed their festival events, 94% would recommend the festival, 85% felt more aware of research, 74% felt inspired to seek out science activities. 16% identified as queer, 16% as disabled, 29% lived in areas of multiple deprivation, 16-30 main age range of visitors, 61% woman, 36% men, 2% non-binary, 1% prefer to self ID.
Cover image of PAS report, a medium blue background with image in corner of people walking around. UKRI logo at the top, and the title PUBLIC ATTITUDES TO SCIENCE 2025.
Photo of Liz, Dr Anne-Marie and other women in tech seated at the BSA's offices, laptops out, big windows and a row of books behind.
Shot of Tom's prototype device, attached to the arm and wrist. Some wires connect sensors on forearm to a small computer inside a 3D printed case on a wrist strap and ring-like finger strap.
Image of a scientist in white lab coat, with a pipette and testtube. They are wearing a white lab coat and are a wheelchair user. Other scientists work in the background. A quote overlayed says "it's through change that science progresses, and good science is diverse and inclusive, including for disabled people. We are here, within science as scientists." - Dr Frankie Doddato
Two female dancers in huge beautiful birds' wings and colourful makeup bow facing each other on the steps of a large Cathedral, a tapestry depicting birds hanging in the background
Photo of Meg in drag-style scary moon head and white makeup, making a dramatic gesture in front of a ladder wrapped in foil.
Fairylight lit venue with indoor tree branches, busy audience and Flint in hat and pinkish shirt behind the mic
A demos team member stands behind a big ball of blue fire coming out of a large pipe
Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas presents in a lecture theatre in front of a large photo of herself and her dog
Robyn in side profile, wearing a fantastic dark suit jacket, trilby style hat and glasses.
Image of Baroness Brown
Photo of a mic with a blurry backdrop which could be a club of some kind
Performer Meg Hodgson in a drag style costume, large moon type headpiece, white clown makeup, a creepy grin, in front of a lamp. Pic by Charley Williams.
18th century woman working with scientific tools.
An image of the front cover of an event guide.
A woman holding a baby in silhouette stands in front of Geist, a large glowing orb surrounded by lights...
A surreal and striking image of Prof Yeo in a suit, sitting in a shiny and prestigious wood panelled room with a notebook, looking at the camera while a giant baguette balances on his head with a muffin (American style, not English) balances on one end, and a carton of fries on the other
A man with a baguette on his head, balancing a muffin and fries.
Photo of a sponsored advert and a half-page feature about the British Science Festival in Your Magazine Liverpool, the image shows Movema's migratory bird themed dance performance
Image of Rachel Honeyghan-Williams, Erin Beeston, Kate Slade & Freya McGhee.
Parrot next to a small digital screen.
A black and white image of a brain that appears like a cloud.
Image of quantum physics waves and electrons in bright colours.
A banner saying 'I was there...Liverpool's Lost Venues'
A group of people in leggings, trackies and tshirts, dance, wave arms above heads, and look happy to be starting their day.
A group of young people on a dark theatre stage with black backdrop
British Science Festival graphic slide, dark bluey purple background, turquoise and pink text. It reads: Get ready, Liverpool! Save the date 10-14 September 2025. Two people at a previous festival have fun with a driving simulator.
Dark blue graphic slide showing five posters created by competition winners, with BSW logo in corner and Special UCL category on air health as a header.
Pic of Rebecca, she is a woman with long dark blonde hair and clear plastic framed glasses, smiling for camera.
Alex, a man with short beard in white lab coat and glasses smiles in his lab, while other scientists work behind.
Photo of Palace of Westminster under blue skies
Photo of a party of six teenage school pupils and their teacher meeting in the BSA's office foyer with Hannah Russell
A navy blue and white graphic slide which says FOR THOUGHT by the British Science Association and Partners. Underneath are the BSA logo and the logo of Headline Sponsor MSD
Photo of Sonic Spider at the British Science Festival - a gigantic spider inspired musical instrument. It has eight metal legs, several people are using them to create sounds while others sit in a circle and watch in between columns in a large green-painted room.
Photo from the Royal Academy of Engineering's This Is Engineering project shows a young black woman with red hair, pearl headband and long pink fingernails wearing protective eyewear. She's holding electronic engineering equipment in a lab setting.
A group of women standing in front of a screen titled 'Rubbish Summit.'
A group of people sitting by the water on the ground working on something with their hands.
A group of people on top of a hill.
A poster with brightly coloured images of a seam chairs, trees and a seaport, besides gothic architecture.
Photo showing a line up of eight students at Coleg Gwent, a further education college in South East Wales, standing around a table with red table cloth, in front of posters about their work, and a computer screen with which to demo their facial recognition classes - it says THEIA: AR Technology on it, the name of their theoretical company