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The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA), founded in 1831 and based in London, England, promotes science to the general public, and to young people in particular, across the United Kingdom. The organization hosts the annual BA Festival of Science and National Science and Engineering Week programs. The BA Festival of Science runs approximately 250 events, involving hundreds of scientists and social commentators. BA also hosts a science communications conference. The organization runs workshops. It also provides scientists with media fellowships. An archive of event reports is accessed on the association's websites. BA was established under Royal Charter. It is governed by a board of trustees. The association encompasses 16 scientific units, including those focused on agriculture, biology, chemistry, economics, engineering, geography, physics, and sociology. It operates 33 branches across the United Kingdom. Early BA meetings included Joule's experiments in the 1840s and the 1960 debate on Darwinism between Huxley and Wilberforce. BA has raised funding from Intel Education, The Royal Society, The Nuffield Foundation, AstraZeneca, Research Councils UK, Lloyd's Register Educational Trust, the Northwest Regional Development Agency, The Capital of Culture Company, The Granada Foundation, and other commercial, academic, and government organizations.
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