West Midlands Branch
The West Midlands Branch is one of 11 regional branches in England, and part of a wider network of IOP activity across our Nations including Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
We cover the areas of Birmingham, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire with evening talks based in Birmingham, Hereford and Worcester, Keele, Telford, Warwick and Wolverhampton.
Our activities
Physics talks
2022-23
- Birmingham Physics Centre lecture programme 2022-23 (PDF, 204KB)
- Hereford and Worcester Physics Centre lecture programme 2022-23 (PDF, 240KB)
- Keele Physics Centre lecture programme 2022-23 (PDF, 218KB)
- Wolverhampton Physics Centre lecture programme 2022-23 (PDF, 177KB)
2021-22
The physics talk programme from September 2021-May 2022 was delivered primarily online and more than 24 lectures were presented with 1,000-plus people attending virtually. The talks covered fascinating topics such as dark matter, the James Webb telescope, reaching net zero, hydrogen in the UK gas grid and much more.
Details of these talks along with recordings (where available) can be found on the West Midlands events page. We also have our IOP Regions and Nations YouTube playlist.
You can view all future West Midlands Branch events.
Outreach events
We organise or support STEM events in the region, such as the University of Wolverhampton’s SciFest and Science in the Park in Malvern.
We work with schools by giving talks and demonstrations on a variety of subjects and run after-school clubs in some areas.
Branch committee (from 1 October 2022)
Chair | Mr Scott Walker, MInstP |
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Secretary | Mr Michael Boden, CPhys MInstP |
Treasurer | Mr John Beale, MInstP |
Ordinary Member | Mr David Bowdley, CPhys FInstP |
Ordinary Member | Mr Daniel Cottle, CPhys FInstP |
Ordinary Member | Mrs Margaret Cross, MInstP |
Ordinary Member | Mr David Harris, MInstP |
Ordinary Member | Mr Ian Kemp, MInstP |
Ordinary Member | Professor Fabrice Laussy, MInstP |
Ordinary Member | Dr Alan Smith, CSci CPhys FInstP |
Branch events
View upcoming West Midlands Branch events.
News and monthly newsletters
- Wolverhampton Möbius Strips and Music and Noise talks (PDF, 194KB)
- Wolverhampton Making Light to Compute quantum talk (PDF, 124KB)
- West Midlands Newsletter November 2022
- West Midlands Newsletter October 2022
- West Midlands Newsletter September 2022
- IOP West Midlands at Unity Girlguide Camp (PDF, 358KB)
- West Midlands Newsletter July 2022
- West Midlands Newsletter June 2022
- SciFest success July 2022 (PDF, 325KB)
- West Midlands Newsletter May 2022
- West Midlands Newsletter April 2022
- West Midlands Newsletter March 2022
- West Midlands Newsletter February 2022
- West Midlands Newsletter January 2022
- West Midlands Newsletter November/December 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter October 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter September 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter August 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter June 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter May 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter April 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter March 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter February 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter January 2021
- West Midlands Newsletter December 2020
Branch support officer
Sharon Connor: [email protected]
Contact details
Email: [email protected].
Keep up to date with our branch news, events and activities via our Twitter page, @IOPMidlands.