The British Association or the British Association for the Advancement of Science or the BA is a learned society with the object of promoting science, directing general attention to scientific matters, and facilitating intercourse between scientific workers.
It was founded in 1831 by William Vernon Harcourt, after a suggestion by Sir David Brewster, who was disillusioned with the elitist and conservative attitude of the Royal Society. The first meeting was held in York on September 27 of that year. From that date a meeting was held annually at some place chosen at a previous meeting.
The Association's major emphasis in recent decades has been on the public understanding of science. Its annual meeting, now called the Festival of Science, is the largest public showcase for science in the U.K. and attracts a great deal of media attention. The Association also runs a youth branch, British Association Young Scientists, which seeks to inform school students about science beyond the school curriculum, and to encourage them to consider higher education and careers in science.
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British Association for the Advancement of Science (http://www.the-ba.net/)
The British White Cattle Association is governed by a nine member Board of Directors elected by and from the active members of the association.
Some authors suggest British White Cattle were brought to the United Kingdom by the Romans about 55 B.C. There is further evidence that British White Cattle were in the United Kingdom in pre-Roman times; perhaps as early as 4000 B.C. One of the oldest herds of British White Cattle was the Sommerford herd.
The value of British White Bulls as sires of beef cattle, are worthy of note by livestock farmers.
The BritishAssociation of Psychotherapists (BAP) specialises in individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy for adults, adolescents and children and is one of the foremost psychoanalytic psychotherapy training organisations in the country.
The BAP is one of the founder members of the British Psychoanalytic Council (which was established in 1993, and originally named the British Confederation of Psychotherapists).
The members of the British Psychoanalytical Council are training institutions and professional associations, which, like the BAP, have their roots in psychoanalysis and analytical psychology.
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