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BA Award Lectures 2003 The deadline for nominations for the BA Award Lectures 2003 is fast approaching and list members may like to nominate speakers. Each year the BA honours six outstanding communicators with the opportunity to present a prestigious award lecture at the BA Festival of Science. This award scheme aims to encourage the discussion of important developments in science and engineering with a general audience. The lectures demonstrate the impact of scientific breakthroughs in the society of today and tomorrow and identify some 0f the social and ethical implications of such advance. Nominations are invited for the following award lectures: Isambard Kingdom Brunel Lecture - Engineering, Technology, Industry Charles Darwin Lecture - Agricultural, Biological & Medical Sciences Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture - Science and Society Lord Kelvin Lecture - Physical Sciences and Mathematics Joseph Lister Lecture - Social Sciences Charles Lyell Lecture - Environmental Sciences Nominees should be professional scientists or engineers, under 40, who show outstanding skills in communicating to a non-specialist audience. To nominate individuals with a passion for communicating their work, you can download a copy of the nomination form from our website (www.the-ba.net <www.the-ba.net> ) or email me at [log in to unmask] The deadline for nominations is 22 November, 2002. Winners of these esteemed awards will be invited to give a lecture during the BA Festival of Science at the University of Salford 8-12 September 2003. _________________________ Craig Brierley Science Communication Officer the BA 23 Savile Row London W1S 2EZ tel: 020 7973 3064 fax: 020 7973 3051 www.the-ba.net <http://www.the-ba.net/> ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************