Fellowship and Intern schemes

The Institute is active in providing work experience in a policy setting to physics students of all levels.

IOP/POST Fellowship
The Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) have established a scheme to enable a physics postgraduate student to be seconded to POST on a three-month placement to write a POSTnote, a four-page briefing paper on a physics-related topic.

The 2012 IOP/POST Fellowship is now open for applications, please read the guidance (PDF, 78 KB) and submit the following to sophie.robinson@iop.org.

• A completed application form (Word, 43 KB), which has been approved by the Head of Department or principal supervisor;
• A concise cover letter outlining reasons for wishing to work for POST; and
• A two-page briefing on an appropriate physics topic for a POSTnote.

Closing date: 24 February 2012
Interviews are likely to be held in the week commencing 5 March 2012.

Previous Fellows included:

• 2009 Fellow - Alexander Guite, Imperial College London
  Technology for the Olympics (PDF, 173 KB) (December 2009)
• 2008 Fellow - Susan Kirk, University of Cambridge
  Marine Renewables (PDF, 138 KB) (January 2009)
• 2007 Fellow - Mary Matthews, Imperial College London
  Radio Spectrum Management (PDF, 186 KB) (July 2007)
• 2006 Fellow - Sam Dolan, University of Cambridge
  Electricity in the UK (PDF, 148 KB) (February 2007)
• 2005 Fellow - Lucy Heady, University of Cambridge
  UK Civil Space Activities (PDF, 149 KB) (March 2006)
• 2004 Fellow - Angharad Thomas, University of Oxford
  Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) (PDF, 127 KB) (July 2004)

Policy Intern Scheme
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has established a scheme to enable physics undergraduate students, or those that have recently graduated, to work at the IOP for a period of two to three months, usually over the summer, in order to gain invaluable experience of working in a policy environment.

Opportunities for the summer of 2012 will be advertised next spring.

• 2011 Science Policy Intern - Joanna Carthy, University of Nottingham
• 2011 Business & Innovation Policy Intern - Hazel Garvie-Cook, Durham University
• 2011 Diversity Policy Intern - Beth Rice, University of East Anglia
• 2011 Education Policy Intern - Dominik Golinski, University of Nottingham
• 2010 Science Policy Intern - Emma Woodfield, Durham University