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Cutting edge physics-based businesses recognised at Institute of Physics Business Awards 2020
9 July 2020
The winning companies at this year’s Institute of Physics Business Awards have applied and employed physics and physicists to make world-leading technological achievements.
Diversity and inclusion: a collective enterprise
3 July 2020
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REF 2021: Call for nominations for sub-panel members and impact assessors
The four UK funding bodies are inviting nominations for further members and assessors for the REF 2021 sub-panels.
Lefebvre prize
Lefebvre Prize for best PhD thesis in Combustion - now open for nominations
Help shape the future of STEM education
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is inviting IOP members to help shape the future of STEM education.
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PLANCKS competition 8-10 May 2020
PLANCKS is an annual international student-run physics competition hosted at a different university each year. Forty teams of bachelors & masters students of all abilities will arrive from all over the world to solve ten written physics problems and enjoy a weekend symposium of physics trips, talks, excursions, socials and careers activities. It takes place 8-10 May 2020, IOP London. Please register to organise a preliminary in your country.
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£28K physics teacher training scholarships.
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School Grants
Apply for a School Grants of up to £600 for projects, events and activities that promote a greater interest in physics and engineering in young people.
Anthony Waterhouse Fellowship
Next application deadline: Monday 13 April 2020
IOP Teacher Training Scholarships
Are you ready to embark on a career in teaching physics? The IOP is awarding £28,000 Scholarships to 150 talented individuals starting teacher training in England in September 2020. IOP scholarships are awarded to the very best individuals who impress us with their academic record, physics subject knowledge and commitment to teaching.
Physics following a ‘no deal’ Brexit
Will a ‘no deal’ Brexit affect the UK physics community and what steps are being taken by the UK Government and the EU to mitigate negative consequences?
15 July
- 1918 Birth of Bertram Brockhouse, who shared the 1994 Nobel Prize with Clifford Shull for work on using neutron scattering to investigate condensed matter
- 1922 Birth of Leon M Lederman, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize jointly with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger for their work on neutrinos, including their discovery of the muon
Physics in Perspective
Watch talks from well-renowned physicists at our lecture series; you may even learn a thing or twoSchools lecture series
The schools lectures feature topics from the Olympics to rock music. Plenty of physics to learn too!
Advanced Digital Imaging Laboratory Using MATLAB®
Listen to the IOP ebooksTM webinar with Professor Leonid Yaroslavsky.Six months in, and 80% of UK library services sign up to Access to Research
10 million academic articles, including content from IOP Publishing, now included in the initiative.
