The BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) is a charity which exists to advance the public understanding, accessibility and accountability of the sciences and engineering. The website of The BA is here.

Visiting the BA Festival is a key event in the ScienceLive calendar of events, and ScienceLive has been broadcasting from the BA Festival since 2005. A key event and time-honoured tradition of the BA Festival each year are the Award Lectures. As part of the webcasting, ScienceLive has been following these lectures. We usually catch up with the lecturer for an interview too. The lecture can be accessed below. For more content from the BA Festivals, please visit our video archive.

The BA Award Lectures from Dublin 2005

In 2005, we recorded the Lord Kelvin Award Lecture with Robert Walsh, entitled Living with a star - a new encounter with our dynamic sun . We also met Robert for an interview - Living with a star - an encounter with Robert Walsh . Also in 2005, we met Jason Hall-Spencer, and talked to him about Irelands Hidden Depths - behind the scenes . The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award in 2005 went to Tom Reynolds, and you can catch his lecture The future of civil aviation - the approach of the silent aircraft .

The BA Award Lectures from Norwich 2006

In 2006, you can hear about the The role of materials technology in sporting performance , with Claire Davis, as well as watch her interview: The role of materials ... - Behind the scenes .

The BA Charles Lyell Award went to Tim Lenton, who spoke on the subject of How stable is planet Earth? , he is also featured in this interview , as well as in our climate change debate: . Matthew Lambon Ralph gave the BA Charles Darwin Award Lecture lecture on .

Brian Cox lectured on , and we met him for an interview too ( ).  The final award lecture was on Computer says no: The social aspects of computer misuse , and was given by Stefan Fafinski, and we also have this interview with him.