ASE Membership
What Is the Association for Science Education (ASE)?
ASE is a UK-based community of science educators—including teachers, trainees, technicians, consultants, and academics—dedicated to promoting excellence in science education.
What support could I expect from ASE membership?
Member benefits include free and discounted specialised science education CPD, best practice guidance and resources, science education news, book discounts and more. Members also receive complimentary access to one of our flagship journals—Primary Science or School Science Review—as part of their subscription. Even better, membership fees have remained at their great-value rate this year.
How does ASE support science teachers, technicians and teacher developers in their careers?
ASE empowers educators through expert-led CPD, national and regional networks, best practice guidance, resources and advocacy. By working together, we enhance teaching outcomes and elevate the voice of science education professionals.
Join ASE today
Individual membership
- Teachers/Consultants: £45
- Technicians: £25
- Choice of Journals (Primary Science or SSR)
- Free in person and online networking opportunities including Teach Meets and Techmeets, book clubs and discussion groups
- Exclusive access to hundreds of classroom resources, best practice guidance and CPD
- Discounts on conferences and events including Annual Conference, Technicians Conference and Teacher Developer Conference
- Discounts on Millgate Books
- Support with Professional Registration and chartered status,
- Regular updates and bespoke CPD news.
- Free public liability insurance – limitations apply
Student Membership
- Suitable for those in the first years of teacher training - across all UK teacher training pathways
- First two years of membership FREE
- 50% discount on ASE Membership for the third year of membership: £22.50
- Choice of Journals (Primary Science or SSR)
- Free in person and online networking opportunities including Teach Meets and Techmeets, book clubs and discussion groups
- Exclusive access to hundreds of classroom resources, best practice guidance and CPD
- Discounts on conferences and events including Annual Conference,
- Discounts on Millgate Books
- Regular updates and bespoke CPD news.
School/Institutional Membership
- Access to high quality professional development for your whole staff team
- Exclusive access to practical guidance and classroom resources
- Print copies of ASE Journals for shared use across the school
- Group discounts for Multi Academy Trusts, Federations and Partnerships
- Support for MATs to:
- Develop bespoke training aligned with school priorities
- Opportunity to host networking events, offering peer support and mentoring to staff team
- Preferential rate on group bookings for training and conference
- Consultancy options to develop bespoke support for your school, partnership or Trust.
Corporate and charity membership rates also available. Click for more details
Membership Benefits
Join the community
From presenting at an event or annual conference to writing for our online journals or joining one of our regional or national committees, there are plenty of opportunities for members to network and gain valuable skills through supporting ASE activity.
CPD and networking events
Access to free or discounted (up to 50%) professional learning and networking events, including the ASE’s flagship annual conference, free regional/online TeachMeets (where you can network with other professionals, hear updates and share best practice) and a wide range of regional and topic based webinars.
Advocacy: get your views heard
As a membership organisation, one of our key roles is to advocate with policy makers and implementors on behalf of our members, providing a critical conduit through which science educators can represent their views. Our responses are always guided by a principle of collectivity - with membership views being canvassed both generally, and through the specific member-led commitees that represent the relevant interested parties.
Free access to resources and guidance
Access hundreds of resources via our member resource hub, curated by primary, secondary, post-16 and technician with useful links for teacher developers and ECTs too. From established best practice guidance documents to video resources, activities and award-winning topic based tools like our ‘Mary Anning – a fossil hunter’s story’.
Professional recognition
The Association for Science Education, as a licensed body of the Science Council, is empowered under the terms of its Royal Charter to administer Professional Registration awards for RSci, RSciTech and CSciTeach. Members can apply through the ASE to achieve the awards.
News and updates
Regular email updates on CPD opportunities, science education news and articles tailored to your interests and region.
Public liability insurance
Free Public Liability insurance to cover you whilst delivering teaching to teachers, technicians and those training to be teachers and technicians and where you are not covered by your institution’s liability insurance.
Discounts on publications from Millgate Bookshop
Millgate is an independent publishing company with a long history of working with ASE and publishing ASE book titles. If you are an ASE member you can take advantage of a membership discount (of up to 50%) on both Millgate and ASE publications. Discover best sellers like ‘Science Concept Cartoons’ and ‘It’s not fair – or is it?’ to brand new titles.
Flagship annual conference
Our annual conference, to which members have discounted entry, is the largest conference for science education in the UK. Each year we run hundreds of workshops and talks across three days, with dedicated streams supporting trainees and early career, primary, secondary and technicians.
ASE Journals
Written by and for the members, ASE journals aim to provide information, share ideas and good practice, and encourage you to reflect on your role as the trainers for tomorrow's scientists, teachers, technicians and researchers - in other words, your students. Your membership includes either Primary Science or SSR. You can opt to pay for an additional journal if you wish. Our main journals are as follows, though we additionally have the open access Journal of Emergent Science and archive access to Education in Science and our International Journal, which are no longer publishing but still a rich resource of articles and ideas.
Primary Science (PS)
A themed journal for all those involved in primary science education for children aged 3-12. Free if you choose as your member benefit journal, or £24.99 p/a if you buy as extra.
School Science Review (SSR)
A themed journal that is split into two parts: SSR in Practice, a magazine-style, professionally reviewed journal focusing on science education in the classroom; and SSR in Depth, the ASE’s academically peer-reviewed journal for 11-19 science education. Free if you choose as your member benefit journal, or £24.99 p/a if you buy as extra.
Science Teacher Education (STE)
For all concerned with the pre-service education, induction and professional development of science teachers, including guidance for trainees in the classroom, our STE Online Hub. Priced at £24.99 p/a