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Education is an experiment too
Physics education research is about finding out how to make us all better at explaining the joy and wonder of physics to others …
HERB rides again
We’re working to ensure that physicists’ voices are heard in consultations on the most significant changes to higher education and research in more than two decades …
Buy gravitational-wave art and support entrepreneurship in the developing world
30% of profits from gravitational waves poster will go towards the IOP’s capacity-building work …
Is it really too much to ask for a collaborative research and evidence-informed physics teaching community?
The MSc in science education can help to ensure that developments in teaching are informed by research and evidence …
Food for thought and nourishment in Beijing
The IOP and Royal Society of Chemisty took over coordination of monthly public lectures, which have proven highly successful …
I chose teaching as I missed the deep questions of physics
The IOP Teacher Training Scholarship has provided enormously helpful support …
Select Committee report on recruitment and retention of teachers is welcome – but must be acted on
Many teachers leave because they feel undervalued as professionals. Their status should reflect their commitment to laying the foundations of our collective future …
Careers from Physics: The distiller
Keeping my options open with a physics A-level allowed me to return to science and pursue a dream career as a distiller …