Findel-CASTME Awards for 2025 to be announced at ASE conference in Nottingham in January 2o26

United Kingdom's prestigious Association of Science Education's (ASE) Annual Conference 2026 is going to be held from 08 January 2026 to 10 January 2026. The conference being held in partnership with AQA at the University of Nottingham. The Educake Ltd has sponsored the 11-19 programme and to Philip Harris (part of the Findel Group) the Technicians day on Friday 9th January, 2026. An AI overview informs that at the ASE annual conference the Findel-CASTME Awards are announced. These awards,are run by the Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME), to recognize innovative STEM education projects across the Commonwealth and are presented each year at the conference. The winners are announced and celebrated during the ASE annual conference each year. The award scheme organizers state that the Findel-CASTME Awards aim to recognize and promote innovative STEM education projects from Commonwealth countries that benefit local communities and schools. There are different categories, such as the Findel CASTME Education Award, the Findel CASTME Protect Our Planet Award, and the Findel CASTME Community Award. For the year 2025, two more awards have added. In all five awards will be announced at the conference. For 2025 Awards, the closing date for the three Findel CASTME Awards and the two CASTME Awards is 31st October 2025. The draft proposal for the 2025 Awardees will be send to the organization's trustees by the end of November. and evaluated in December for the awardees names to announced in January 2026 at the ASE Conference at University of Nottingham in the UK. "Awardees will be announced in January 2026 at the Association for Science Education Annual Conference at the University of Nottingham. The Awards announcement will be at the Members’ Reception. CASTME Chair will attend," informed a meeting agenda of the CASTME trustees held on October 29, 2025. The ASE annual conference is a large gathering for science educators in the UK and is a major event for promoting science teaching and learning. The conference often includes keynote speakers, workshops, and sessions on various aspects of science education, it is added.