ASE 2025 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

The ASE is delighted to be hosting its Annual Conference, generously sponsored by AQA, at the University of Nottingham from 9th to 11th January 2025. International sessions are incorporated throughout the event’s 3 days and we will have a great exhibition with lots of exclusive Conference offers. Post-16 focus-day and for those involved in leading and delivering professional development, the Teacher Developers’ Group programme is Thursday. Friday is the dedicated Technicians day, kindly sponsored by Philip Harris, and Early Career Teacher day. Sessions for both Primary and 11-19 are threaded throughout all 3 days with a focus on Research on Saturday.

Book your tickets now at https://ase2025AnnConf.eventbrite.co.uk - and remember, if you are an ASE member you will benefit from hugely discounted prices! Check out our membership here - it’s free for Early Career Teachers and only £25 for Technicians!

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09:45 GMT

Using AI to support learning equity and diversity in STEM

Saturday January 11, 2025 09:45 - 10:35 GMT

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This session will explore the ways in which AI can be employed to support learning equity and diversity throughout students' time in schools, including the impact on uptake of and achievement in STEM. In addition to looking at the current research in this area, attendees will be introduced to a range of AI tools they could use in their classroom immediately.

This session is sponsored by Oxford University Press - proud to be part of the ASE 2025 Annual Conference.

Speakers

Rachel Arthur

Representing Oxford University Press

Sponsors

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is the UK’s number one school science publisher. Learning changes lives – and we’re here to drive that change.We support people wherever and however they want to learn, so they can achieve their learning goals and uncover new possibilities. Today, we... Read More →

Saturday January 11, 2025 09:45 - 10:35 GMT
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11:15 GMT

Keynote: Climate change and health

Saturday January 11, 2025 11:15 - 12:05 GMT

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As a paediatrician I am very focussed on the importance of improving the wellbeing of children and their families. This is key to developing a resilient community and giving children the skills they will need to adapt to climate change.
We need to bring education and health care together to meet this challenge.

Approximately 5% of the UK carbon footprint is produced by the NHS, 5% of journeys are related to the NHS and 5% of the UK workforce is within the NHS. My talk will be joining the dots between health and education and how we all need to work together to create a positive vision of a healthy low carbon future.

Speakers

Dr Helena Clements

Consultant Paediatrician and Officer for Climate Change, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Helena Clements has been a Consultant Paediatrician at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SFH) for over 20 years. Her main area of interest has been complex disability and palliative care.Helena’s other passion is Climate Action. She has had the support of the Trust... Read More →

Saturday January 11, 2025 11:15 - 12:05 GMT
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11-19

Theme Sustainability climate change & environmental issues
Key Stage / Audience Type 11-14, 14-16, Post-16

12:15 GMT

Science Education Beyond the Classroom

Saturday January 11, 2025 12:15 - 13:05 GMT

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Have you recently left the classroom, or perhaps considering alternative career paths in science education? Maybe you are considering part time with a related role elsewhere. There is an increasing rise in the ‘portfolio’ career for educators. Come along to this discussion to consider the risks, opportunities, pros and cons of diversifying beyond the classroom. If you have already developed this sort of career come along and share your experiences.

Speakers

Joanna Pellereau

Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick

Having been a physics teacher and Head of Department for over a decade, I am now Physics PGCE lead and a teaching fellow at the Centre for Teacher Education at the University of Warwick. I also take on freelance work and have supported OUP with the Kerboodle resources for the new... Read More →

Saturday January 11, 2025 12:15 - 13:05 GMT
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Theme Professional Journeys
Key Stage / Audience Type ECTs, Industry, Global, Selected by Teacher Developers' Group, Teacher Developers, 0-4, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11-14, 14-16, Post-16, FE/Skills, Advisors/Consultants

13:15 GMT

Panel: Practical work in a post-Covid era

Saturday January 11, 2025 13:15 - 14:05 GMT

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In 2023, we had the third Science Education Tracker which surveys young people’s views and experiences of science education in England and their attitudes towards science and to career aspirations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The findings of this survey are quite concerning. Between 2016 and 2023, there has been a marked reduction in young people’s access to more interactive forms of practical science, with these trends most accentuated between 2019 and 2023. While we know experience of hands-on practical work is key to learning and motivating students in science, most students in 2023 encountered practical work via videos. The survey also showed that, between 2019 and 2023, young people were less interested in science and computing with this decline in interest being more pronounced among younger cohort

Join in with this panel session chaired by David Montagu from the Royal Society, to hear the perspectives of experts with a wealth of experience in science education, on the decline of practical work post-covid and ideas of how we might address this in our schools and colleges.

Speakers

David Montagu

Senior Policy Advisor, Education, The Royal Society

David is a Senior Policy Adviser in the Royal Society’s Education team, and has worked on science, mathematics and computing education policy for over 15 years. He is the project lead on the Science Education Tracker and lead author of Practical inquiry in secondary science edu... Read More →

Caroline Neuberg

Leeds Trinity University, Senior Lecturer in Secondary Education Twitter, Leeds Trinity University

Dr. Caroline Neuberg is a Senior Lecturer in Secondary Education at Leeds Trinity University (LTU). The second Intensive Training and Practice (ITAP) completed by her science trainees focuses on signature pedagogies, dedicated to practical work. Many of the trainees, who have experienced... Read More →

Steve Jones

Director, CLEAPSS

Steve taught science in secondary schools for 28 years before moving into advisory work, initially for Hertfordshire and then as a regional adviser for the Secondary National Strategy - Always passionate about practical work Steve believes that hands-on activities are quite simply... Read More →

Ed Walsh

Science Education Consultant, Ed Walsh Consulting

An author and CPD presenter, I was a teacher for 20 years, 12 of them as team leader. I then worked as a consultant, supporting teachers and science teams, training teachers and developing curriculum materials. I am now a Series Editor for Collins, CPD Trainer for AQA and Development... Read More →

Alistair Moore

Research Fellow, University of York Science Education Group, University of York

Co-Director of the Best Evidence Science Teaching (BEST) project, and specialist in applied research and innovative development in school science curriculum and assessment. My areas of interest include school science curriculum development, practical work, formative and summative... Read More →

Saturday January 11, 2025 13:15 - 14:05 GMT
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11-19

Theme Research
Key Stage / Audience Type 11-14, 14-16, Post-16, Global, Advisors/Consultants, ITEs, FE/Skills, Industry, ECTs
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14:15 GMT

Keynote: AI and the Science Teacher

Saturday January 11, 2025 14:15 - 15:05 GMT

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This session looks at how AI can support accessibility and inclusion in science teaching.

Miles will begin the keynote with a quick introduction to the foundations of generative AI, before demonstrating some of the practical ways in which tools like Chat GPT may be used to save on science teachers' workload. He then turns to consider some ways in which pupils might use, and misuse, these technologies themselves.

He concludes with a discussion of the broader ethical and other implications of generative AI. This will be a great opportunity for teachers to consider how and why they might incorporate more use of AI into their practice.

Please click on http://bit.ly/ase25ai for a link to the resources for the session and see below for a recording of the session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4d0uFfRX68?

Speakers

Miles Berry

Professor of Computing Education, Roehampton University

Professor of Computing EducationSchool of EducationChair, NCCE academic boardUniversity of Roehampton | London | SW15 5PJ

AI and the science teacher Miles Berry pdf

Saturday January 11, 2025 14:15 - 15:05 GMT
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Theme Using AI to deliver the science curriculum
Key Stage / Audience Type 7 to 11, 11-14, 14-16, ECTs, Post-16, Trainees

15:30 GMT

Using Videos to Enhance Science Education

Saturday January 11, 2025 15:30 - 16:20 GMT

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Chemistry Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff FREng FRS will talk about his experience of using YouTube videos to bring chemistry to a wider audience and to inspire a new generation of chemists. Physics teacher Simon Poliakoff (Sir Martyn’s son) will then share a variety of practical strategies to effectively use videos to support science teaching in schools and colleges including using videos to reduce cognitive load.

Please click this link to find the slides from the presentation:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1onQ0bvntTRfbyiG0KXbn3OvwkUMYH0iGQN7xMaBHlXo/edit

Speakers

Sir Martyn Poliakoff CBE FREng FRS

Professor, University of Nottingham

Sir Martyn is the face of the YouTube channel Periodic Videos www.youtube.com/@periodicvideos founded in 2008 with 718 videos, more than 286 million views and over 2000 watch years since 2012. He is a Research Professor of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. He has taught Chemistry... Read More →

Simon Poliakoff

Physics teacher and Lead Practitioner Teaching and Learning, The Priory School Hitchin

I have worked as a physics and science teacher for 20 years in a variety of settings from Ethiopia to Hitchin. During my career I have been involved in a wide range of programmes to support non-specialists teaching physics as well as delivering whole school CPD aimed at improving... Read More →

Saturday January 11, 2025 15:30 - 16:20 GMT
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Theme Curriculum and New Teaching Approaches
Key Stage / Audience Type ECTs, Global, Industry, Teacher Developers, 7 to 11, 11-14, 14-16, Post-16