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#BSF25 | Liverpool | 10-14 Sept 2025
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BSA Honorary Fellow and former Chair of the @stemdandiappg.bsky.social, Chi Onwurah MP, has been made a Dame for her work in Political and Public Service. And former BSA President Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell was named Companion of Honour (CH) for services to Astronomy and Physics and to Diversity.
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For the first time, we partnered with @ucl.ac.uk for a special competition category for students aged 8-18 years old, all about improving the health of our air.
Thank you, UCL, and congratulations to our brilliant, creative, winners and runners-up!
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Here's one of our #BSF25 partners, @liverpooluni.bsky.social, with more on their Award Lecturer Dr Rebecca Evans.
In her lecture, Rebecca will explore how brands on videogame platforms are targeting young people with ads for foods high in fat, sugar and salt:
www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...
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And more from University of Warwick on their Award Lecturer Dr Alex Baker! Alex's research focuses on therapeutics and diagnosis for neglected tropical diseases.
At #BSF25 he'll look at the significance of snake venom and synthetic antibodies for global health:
warwick.ac.uk/news/pressre...
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Here's more from the University of Birmingham on their #BSF25 Award Lecturer Dr Katie Reilly - Katie will be delivering the Environmental Sciences Lecture, focusing on the critical issue of sewage in our seas and rivers, and the actions needed to tackle it:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/br...
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This blog is a two-parter!
In the second instalment, we share tips from Poppy on doing #CRESTAwards (have fun with it!), and her mum Natasha on supporting a child (let them ask questions and look up answers together).
www.britishscienceassociation.org/blog/educati... @chriswebbmp.bsky.social
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And finally: the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity and Inclusion in STEM is new to BlueSky! The BSA acts as the APPG's secretariat.
Follow the APPG on @stemdandiappg.bsky.social for briefings, blogs, EDI in STEM news and more.
Also now on LinkedIn:
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In the current challenging climate for developing EDI strategies, it's vital that evidence on the benefits to ALL – employees, employers, and wider society – continues to be heard, and discussion on challenges and plans to overcome these are had >>
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Our briefing is based on a series of interviews with EDI leads and Human Resources departments at 14 universities and science, technology, engineering and maths organisations.
We've looked at the current lack of diversity and skills shortages and then identified areas where action is needed.