Our Staff
Head Office Staff
Hannah Russell - Chief Executive
Suzanne Dickinson - Office Manager
Suzanne assists the Chief Executive, deals with the HR requirements and manages the office including all office provision, building services and the governance of all committees and specialist Groups. She is also the Registers administrator (CSciTeach, RSci and RSciTech).
Angela Buckland - Conferences & Events Manager
Angela manages the larger ASE conferences as well as the Annual Conference, and has over 12 years experience of managing science CPD events. She works closely with the committees to promote ASE events and supports a variety of projects.
Katherine Robertson - Events and Business Support Officer
Katherine coordinates ASE's conference exhibitions and offers general admin support for ASE events
Marianne Cutler - Director, Curriculum Innovation
Marianne has overall responsibility for curriculum support, publications and projects. She works closely with ASE committees and manages professional development projects.
Karen Shoebottom - Projects Manager
Karen supports the overall development and implementation of projects with Marianne Cutler. She also administers the Library Journal Subscriptions on behalf of Membership.
Rebecca Dixon-Watmough - Business Liaison Manager
Rebecca has overall responsibility for advertising in the ASE journals, Annual Conference handbook and other promotional media. She works closely with various committees in producing and promoting teaching and learning material.
Karen Dyer - Head of Booksales
Karen has many years experience working in the publishing industry and manages ASE's bookshop as well as the ASE Book of the Year Award.
Jane Hanrott - Journals Co-ordinator
Jane co-ordinates the publication of all the ASE journals: Primary Science, School Science Review, Education in Science (Executive Editor), Journal of Emergent Science, ASE International, and Science Teacher Education (Executive Editor). She works closely with the Editors and Editorial Boards on the production of journals.
Deepa Davies - Head of Finance
Deepa has more than 10 years’ experience of working in the financial sector. She is responsible for all the necessary financial procedures to ensure income and expenditure are properly recorded on a day-to-day basis.
Alistair Strayton - Head of Communications, Marketing and Member Engagement
Ali has responsibility for leading on all internal and external communications, marketing and member engagement activities
Laura Townsend - Membership Lead
Laura is responsible for dealing with membership enquiries, maintaining the database, subscription payments and various website editing.
Our Field Officer Network
Frances Evans CSciTeach - Field Officer, London & Southern Regions and Network Co-ordinator
Frances taught in schools and FE before taking on various senior roles. She left full time teaching in 2010 after 33 years and became an ASE Field Officer in 2011. Frances helps enhance teaching and learning in science through supporting teachers and technicians through ASE activities . In her role as Field Officer, she helps inspiring practioners share their expertise more widely.
Cerian Angharad CSciTeach - Field Officer Cymru/Wales
Cerian has been a science teacher since 1993 and a Field Officer since 2004. She coordinates a range of events for science teachers in Wales including TeachMeets, workshops supporting PGCE students and teacher conferences - providing high quality opportunities across Wales to enthuse and encourage interests in science.
Rob Butler CSciTeach - Field Officer, North and East Midlands
Rob taught secondary science for over twenty years in both mainstream and special education settings. Rob has also previously supported schools across the region as part of the local authority and continues to do this with partners of the ASE. Rob is a long serving member of the ASE and is passionate about all students receiving quality science education, and educators receiving recognition for this through the ASE/Science Council.
Dr Gaynor Sharp CSciTeach - Field Officer, West Midlands
Gaynor gets involved with members through TeachMeets, teacher newsletters and running CPD events using the resources from the RAEng. Gaynor collaborates with the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers and give grants to schools on their behalf.
Patrick Dower CSciTeach - Field Officer, North of England
Patrick aims to build on the great dedication and fantastic work across the region; in the conurbations and across our many rural areas, providing opportunities for every member to feel involved.
Michelle Ryan - Field Officer, Northern Ireland
Michelle is involved in the regional STEM agenda and ensure members' views are represented. She works with teachers, technicians and educational organisations to strengthen STEM within her region. Her key objectives are to continue to campaign for primary science and provide a programme of high quality regional CPD events.
Tess Watson – Field Officer, Scotland
Tess has 18 years of experience working in Scottish Education and in addition to her role as Field Officer for Scotland, is a Science Teacher and Freelance Educationalist.
Steve Savill - Field Officer, South West of England
Over 4 years as Team Leader Monitor OCR Practical Endorsement, previous Head of Sixth Form and a Biology Teacher.