ASE Annual Conference 2025 Programme Highlights
The ASE is delighted to be hosting its Annual Conference at the University of Nottingham from 9th to 11th January 2025. International sessions are incorporated throughout the event for this year and we will have a great exhibition with lots of exclusive Conference offers.
Throughout: Sessions for both Primary and 11-19 are threaded throughout all three days
Thursday: Post-16 focus, and for those involved in leading and delivering professional development, the Teacher Developers’ Group programme
Friday: is the dedicated Technicians day and Early Career Teacher day.
Saturday: Focus on Research.
Presidential Address
Mind the gap! Challenging inequalities in school science engagement and participation
Professor Louise Archer
UCL Institute of Education
ASE President / Karl Mannheim Chair of Sociology of Education
School science continues to face intense challenges – from declining student interest, aspirations and confidence in science to longstanding inequalities in participation, underpinned by chronic underfunding, understaffing and overburdening of teachers.
Keynote speakers
AI, science education and dialogue
Rupert Wegerif
Professor of Education, Academic Director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative, Faculty of Education and Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
Should practical work be like recipes?
Natasha Serret
Senior Lecturer in Education, Nottingham Trent University
Catarina Corriea
Lecturer in Education, University College London
Mathematics (and the science curriculum) to 18
Andrew Noyes
Professor of Education, University of Nottingham, Faculty of Social Sciences
Welcoming diverse pre-service science trainees: transformational practices
Keynote selected by Teacher Developers' Group
Robert Campbell
Course Lead PGCE Secondary Science, St Mary's University Twickenham
Dan Cottle
Associate Professor Physics Education, University of Birmingham
Rachel Davies
Lecturer Science Education, Kings College London
Schooling while home burns? The science teacher's role in educating for sustainability
Paul Vare
EdD Course Leader, School of Education and Science, University of Gloucestershire
Can Geology save the world?
Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson
Professor of Basin Analysis, Imperial College London (Dept of Earth Science & Engineering)
Science influencers: a model for professional identity, esteem and value
Christina Whittaker Co-lead Science Across The City Project, Science Across the City Karen Peters Strategic co-lead Science across the city, Science Across the City Becki Price Science Subject Leader, The Willows Primary School Dawn McCann Science subject leader, Hillside Primary School
Climate change and health
Dr Helena Clements Consultant Paediatrician, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Officer for Climate Change at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Purposeful and effective practical work in primary science
Julie Jordan University of Manchester Lynne Bianchi Professor / Director, SEERIH, University of Manchester Sarah Earle Professor of Primary Science Education, Bath Spa University
AI and the Science Teacher
Miles Berry Professor of Computing Education, Roehampton University
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ASE Conference 2025 social events
Thursday 9th January 2025
Thursday offers a chance to catch up with old friends and new, with a jacket potato buffet with PAYG bar.
Time: 7pm
Location: Trent Building
Friday 10th January 2025
Friday offers Curry and a Quiz with PAYG bar.
Time: 7pm
Location: Trent Building
Thursday 9th January 2025
Visit to Nottingham Trent Observatory - details of this Thursday evening trip to be announced soon!