The BA Award Lectures

The BA Award Lectures are prestigious prizes for talented communicators with an interesting story to tell about their research.

One of the most popular components of the programme, these lunchtime lectures are open to all. Join us each day to find out how we predict and prepare for epidemics, through to the emerging field of Forensic Linguistics.

The BA Lord Kelvin Award Lecture

Evolutionary colour- understadning nature's use of light.

Dr Pete Vukusic,at the University of Exeter, studies nature's use of colour and applies it to create enhanced products from camouflage to cosmetics.

The BA Joseph Lister Award Lecture Txt crimes, sex crimes and murder - the science of forensic linguistics Dr Tim Grant, Aston University Can you tell the gender and age of someone by studying what they write? Find out how this emerging science is being used to catch criminals.	The BA Charles Lyell Award Lecture 'Atishoo, Atishoo, we all fall down': predicting and controlling epidemics Professor Neil Ferguson OBE, Imperial College London What can we do to predict epidemics and mitigate their effects?
The BA Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award Lecture Climate change: what space can teach us about planet Earth Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Science Innovation Limited Look at global warming from a whole new angle and learn how space scientists make science count in the battle against climate change.	The BA Charles Darwin Award Lecture The "Sat Nav" in our brains Dr Hugo Spiers, University College London Do you have a poor sense of direction? Do you forget where you’ve parked the car? New research shows how the brain generates its own internal maps which we use for navigation, memory and imagination.

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