the-BA : Branch Information

The BA branches, from Cornwall to Moray, are key to the BA's success in achieving its aims of advancing the public's understanding, accessibility and accountability of the sciences and engineering. In traditional and innovative ways, BA branches help communicate the excitement of science and help people engage with the many inter-relationships between science and society.

What is a BA branch?

Branches are groups of volunteers who meet to organise a wide-variety of science-related events for local public audiences. There are currently around 30 BA branches nationwide.

A Branch is required to have three main officers (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) but often consist of a number of others. Branches may find that the roles within the branch are quite flexible and it is up to them to decide what these might be. Strong groups have around a dozen members.

Why does the BA have branches?

BA branches are an essential part of the BA as they are able to reach and communicate with a much wider range of the general public than the central office would ever be able to do alone. Spanning the length and breadth of the country, each of the branches has their own unique events programmes which target local communities, reaching large audiences and promoting the vision and aims of the BA.

Each branch operates in their own way with differing ways of sharing the organisation, roles and duties. Many branches have their own fields of interest and expertise, however, the overall aims of each branch tie into the core aims and objectives of the BA as a whole.

Primary BA/Branch aims:

to promote open and informed discussion about science and its place in society
affirm science as a prime cultural force by engaging and inspiring adults and young people directly with science and technology, and their implications

Aims and priorities specifically for branches:

to engage and inspire local audiences through the organisation of programmes of events of all types
to enable participation of the general public in open and informed discussions on science, engineering and technology and their implications
to promote the vision and aims of the BA and to help build upon the BA's supporter base

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