ASE 2026 Annual Conference

Left Luggage and Coats

First Aid, staffed by St John's Ambulance volunteers

Visit the Exhibition! Open from 08:00 to 17:30

“Are you a real scientist?” Catalyst; everyday chemistry and inspiring new generations

BERG: Environmental education and the language arts

Bridging practical skills gaps

ECTs' polymorphous identities: visualising a way to plan career support

EON-XR: Enhancing science education and ITaP through immersive learning

International Keynote: The OECD Teaching Compass: Navigating curriculum change and teacher agency in a complex world

International science teacher recruitment and retention

Making the grade: Demystifying high demand science questions

Quiet space / prayer room

The significance of trainee teachers learning through pupils

Weather and climate: Where science and geography coincide

Working with AI to support future-proofing eco-centric pedagogies

BERG: Wearable tech in primary schools: Introducing the EI Air-Guitar with GenAI

Beyond the frame: Applying cognitive science principles for progress

CLEAPSS: What's new and old

Evolution across primary science (with ladybirds!)

Experienced and contented physics teachers - how?

Keynote for Teacher Developers: The Curriculum Review

LEGO® Education Science: Transforming science learning through collaboration and creativity

Making careers central: Hitting Gatsby through science

Scientific inquiry in secondary science: an international collaboration

Scientific literacy and oracy in primary school education - a review from The Royal Society

Top tips for primary inclusion

BERG: Beginning learning about the biological world

CANCELLED The new Dutch science curriculum: connecting the dots

CLEAPSS hands-on workshop drop-in

CLEAPSS: Adaptive teaching and practical work

Curating curriculum - enhancing learner engagement and impact

Curriculum making for climate change education - CANCELLED

Free research grade biotechnology kit for students use

Frontier Science: It’s in the noise: Beats, Boltzmann, and Brownian motion

Intellectual preparation: A model for rapid departmental improvement

SAPS: Biology practicals that work drop-in session

Sustainable stories and solutions for our planet

Teaching microscopy using plants; build confidence, prepare slides, measure and calibrate

Understanding educational outcomes in maths (and science?): a longitudinal, multi-scaled, systems approach

BERG: Solutions-based approaches to teaching primary/secondary plant science

CLEAPSS Hands-on Workshop drop-in

Clever questions to improve scientific understanding with equations/graphs

Empowering girls’ futures: How research and innovation is changing STEM

Honorary and Professional Members lunch (invitation only)

How the concept of Epistemic Inquiry can help plan a science curriculum

Primary networking lunch (catered)

Reflections on the 2025 summer exam series for OCR sciences

Supporting neurodivergent science teachers: Inclusion, identity, and practical strategies

The road to reform: Where could the CAR take us?

The take up of AI in education in the last year in a global setting

Career-related learning in primary science: broadening horizons

Creating and developing your education setting’s climate action plan

Enhancing the primary science and STEAM curriculum through the use of ICT

Helping students to make their thinking visible in primary science

How to set up pupils for success as they enter secondary science

International delegates networking lunchtime opportunity

Teacher Developers' delegates networking lunchtime opportunity

Teacher recruitment and retention - international case studies

Amplifying voices of international PGCEs trainees and ECTs

BERG: Why are they not thinking? Encouraging deeper thought in biology

Bringing CASE in from the cold: How is it going?

Developing microscale practicals for use in the chemistry classroom

Presidential Address: New Year Resolutions? Current and future challenges for science participation

Science: Inclusive strategies to support learners with SEND

STEM careers: raise aspirations, and make them real and relevant to science

The burette is the least important part of a titration

Time to be curious - creativity and wonder in primary science enquiry

What should leaders prioritise to improve primary science in their schools?

Chair Chat

Physics and tea with the IOP

BERG: Research evidence review: rethinking how we teach photosynthesis

CANCELLED Opening Doors to STEM: Evidence-Based Strategies to Engage Girls

Chemistry doesn't just happen in test tubes

Connect genetics to real-world dairy to find the Ca$H Cow!

Five core considerations when teaching physics

Panel session on international sustainability and climate change

Panel: Secondary leadership (and aspiring leaders) - leading through challenge and change

Primary panel session: leading science - navigating the challenges. Curriculum review - what next?

Teaching in ways that help children to learn in primary science

Three crucial changes Physics Partners we made to improve our physics CPD

Meet the ASE Teacher Developers' committee

Exhibition prize draw in Pope A15 (registration)

ASE Reception

A digital toolkit for early career science teachers

Assessing practicals for student progress and lower teacher work load

Enhancing skills using DNA barcoding for invertebrate inquiry

Physics things you do not find in books

Space for inspiration in the secondary science curriculum

Sparking Science: Raising the profile of primary science in a busy school

Supporting purposeful practical work in primary science

Teaching science through oracy and drama

Technicians: Welcome and Tech Meet

Use of AI in curriculum implementation

Using hinge questions to improve the effectiveness of practical science

You are what you eat! Taking macromolecules to micro!

CANCELLED Harnessing GenAI for the next generation of primary/secondary science teachers

Changing our practice to include all our pupils

Concept development and avoiding misconceptions, in post 16 physics

Frontier Science: Multi-representational learning: Beyond dual coding

Net zero needs you! Help us find the future generation of earth scientists?

Panel: Early career teachers - thriving and surviving your first few years of teaching

Responsible use of AI in science education: A framework for impactful but responsible application of AI in your school

Strengthening professional growth through learning communities

Technicians: Advanced microscale chemistry - remote presentation

Technicians: Make and take hands-on workshop

Technicians: Radioactivity

Technicians: Sensational Seaweed

Technicians: You are never a “lone” - teamworking and teambuilding for all technicians

The Challenge Continuum: Adaptive science pedagogies to support and challenge all learners

Winds of change: Exploring renewable energy

A checklist for teachers to support ‘greening the curriculum’

Hands-on, industry-ready: Biotech for post-16 learners

Keynote for Early Career Teachers: Great minds on science education

Planning for progression in practical skills

Primary Keynote: Reflections on the 2025 State of Primary Science in the UK report

Quantum physics in the classroom

Science Week on a shoestring: Engaging science for all

Secondary science assessment: Moving beyond data generation to impactful action

Technicians: Atomic and nuclear physics

Technicians: Chromatography - How to get more than a smear on the paper

Technicians: Microscale biology - tiny science, big impact!

Technicians: Working with glass

11-19 networking lunch (catered)

Connect, collaborate, create: Education and the British Science Association

ECTs networking lunch area

From science classroom to care: The healthcare aspirations of young people

Primary swap shop pops up

Technicians: Networking Lunch with Technician of the Year Awards

11-19 Keynote: Inclusive science in practice: Strategies, stories and the changing curriculum

Body Lab: Citizenship, science and culture wars

ECTs, techs and teachers working together

Frontier Science: What makes a spider fly and does it matter? These and other stories from the Open Air Laboratories project

How to improve assessment of learning during science discussions

Moss Safari: A gateway into microscopy

Post-16 biology & chemistry learning resources using research databases

Teaching climate through OCEAN with David Attenborough

Technicians: Leadership - inspiring, managing, and making an Impact

Technicians: practical work with plants for new technicians - get the pondweed bubbling!

Technicians: Prepping for practical A level physics in a mobile device environment

Technicians: Support for new technicians

Why should we bother with science?

Bringing back concept mapping to develop vocabulary and meaning in science

CANCELLED T Level science: Your role in creating a skilled technical workforce for the future

CLEAPSS: Supporting teachers to use formative assessment probes

Early Career Teachers - A 2 year programme of support for secondary science

Fostering an inclusive and diverse classroom environment

Mind the GAP: Ensuring practical activities best support learning

Risk Assessments; 'why' and 'how'.

Space for inspiration in the primary curriculum

STEM success with Isaac Physics, STEM SMART & the British Physics Olympiad

Talking Science: Tackling the stubborn challenges of the disadvantage gap

Technicians: Health & Safety for science technicians

Technicians: Open evenings and how to wow prospective students and parents whilst keeping it safe!

Technicians: Primary outreach

Inclusive teaching in science - the what, the why and the how!

Lateral Flow: A universal tool to teach immunoassay

Port Vale FC: Where is it? What do they do? And why are they here today?

Practical Early Years ideas

Practical power: Understanding and assessing CPAC in A level science

Teaching approaches to overcome thresholds in A level organic chemistry

Technicians: A level biology practicals - remote presentation

Technicians: Making space for everyone - science for SEND students

Technicians: Power up your oscilloscope skills

Technicians: Working with glass (2)

Turbocharge your science explanations

Meet & Greet the ASE 11 to 19 Committee

Meet & Greet the ASE Primary Committee

Meet & Greet the ASE Technicians Committee

Relax, unwind and immerse yourself in three stunning nature short films

Friday's Social: Curry and Quiz night with PAYG Bar!

Visit the Exhibition! Open from 08:00 to 14:30

Developing and delivering a bespoke Natural History course

Finding the silver bullet - why girls choose A level physics (Selected by ASE Research Committee)

Has the reformed GCSE curriculum improved the effectiveness of practicals?

Let's PLAN to moderate disciplinary knowledge

Little stars, big curiosity! Unboxing accessible CREST science for EYFS/KS1

Using the UN sustainability goals to enhance science teaching

What is real research? The secret sauce of science

Asking questions about primary science and TIMSS

Bringing careers to life: Embedding 6 Gatsby benchmarks into every science lesson

CANCELLED: Why did they leave? Exploring the reasons physics teachers left teaching (selected by ASE Research Committee)

Cracking the code: Mastering maths skills in GCSE science assessments

Frontier Science: What are executive functions and how do they help children learn maths and science?

How can science education research inform (and be informed by) policy?

Is your science club climate conscious?

Making and taking decisions in practical science

PRESENTER HAS NOT ARRIVED: Inclusive science: Integrating LGBT+ perspectives in primary education

Yes you can!

CANCELLED Inclusion in primary science

Community connections for culturally responsive learning

Identifying the starting point for a new topic in KS2 Science

Meet RSC Educational Techniques Group and try some new activities

Panel: Working together to improve science education

Perceptions of mixed-ability teaching: Social justice in science education (selected by ASE Research Committee)

Photon bricks - LEGO and lasers

Policy session on teachers' educational use of research

Teaching primary science outdoors

Unseen, unsaid, unchallenged: Gender bias in generative AI science outputs

A voice for the unheard - empowering young minds through research

High-quality fieldwork: shared lessons for science and geography

Meet the RSC Secondary & Further Education Group

Research Meet (organised by ASE Research Committee)

The BEST approach to Oak Science

The magic of storytelling in the diverse physics curriculum

Boost working scientifically and practical work with Oak

CANCELLED Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Science Education

Enhancing primary science with the BBC micro:bit

Keynote: British Sign Language (BSL) STEM glossary - a tool for introducing concepts in science

Using STEM storytimes to support family engagement in early years

Addressing the confidence gap to support girls in STEM

CANCELLED Transforming science learning: Evidence-based impact of spaced learning

Climate education in an age of social media trends and consumer culture

Empowering dyslexics in science: inclusive curriculum strategies that work

How do you know what your KS3 students are really thinking?

Outcomes of dialogic teaching for GCSE chemistry (Selected by ASE Research Committee)

Practical applications of AI to improve teaching and reduce workload

Primary Teach Meet

Building relational understanding in science by using Modified Frayer Model

CANCELLED How to count Your carbon and explore your footprint with pupils

CANCELLED: PlayTag: Accelerating primary curriculum science, epistemic insight and in-person sociability with Edutech

CLEAPSS: Adaptive teaching techniques that support children to answer questions and write conclusions’.

Dialogue and oracy in practicals- can talk improve practical science? (Selected by ASE Research Committee)

Engaging science researchers in the primary classroom

Research-informed teaching of climate change and sustainability education

Tackling mathematical misconceptions in science