The Physics Benevolent Fund supports IOP and IPEM members facing financial hardship
The Fund offers help to members of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and their dependants following changes in circumstances. …
Reforming teacher training: IOP Head of Education, Charles Tracy, shares expertise with Gatsby Education
IOP’s Head of Education Charles Tracy has shared his thoughts on developing subject knowledge for teaching during initial teacher training. …
The Big Bounce 2021
IOP Scotland's free festival of physics, The Big Bounce, is back in-person at The Barrowland Ballroom on Wednesday 13 October. …
Investment in R&D crucial if physics to play part in re-energising economy – CBI Economics
Research forms part of a wider IOP programme investigating the contribution of physics to the UK and Irish economies. …
Innovation survey: case studies
In-depth conversations with physics-based businesses we invited to contribute, these case studies were commissioned from CBI Economics. …
Innovation survey: the findings
To find out more about companies that use physics innovation in their work, the IOP commissioned CBI Economics to undertake a survey of physics-based businesses. Here we outline the key findings and y…
Case study: AAC Clyde Space
The firm’s Pamela Anderson discusses why innovation and collaboration are essential in the space sector. …
Case study: Aerogen
The complex process involved in developing treatments for newborn babies. …
Limit Less: Teaching without limits
At the Institute of Physics we believe every student should be offered the same opportunities and we want every school to have a whole-school equity plan that creates an inclusive learning environment…
Schools supporting the manifesto for change
A list of the schools in the UK and Ireland who have signed up to the manifesto which aims to encourage and support young people to change the world and fulfill their potential by doing physics. …
Climate change pioneers recognised as Nobel Prize winners announced
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 has been awarded ‘for ground-breaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems’. …
IOP Superconductivity Group Thesis Prize
This prize is awarded to the author of the PhD thesis making the strongest contribution, in the opinion of the prize committee, to the understanding and development of superconductivity, across the en…