Skip to content

News and opinion
Number-crunching
IOP life
About us

Skip to content

News and opinion
Number-crunching
IOP life
About us

Ian Bearden

Ian is associate professor of experimental particle physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen

Education is an experiment too

6 February 20174 February 2017 by Ian Bearden

Physics education research is about finding out how to make us all better at explaining the joy and wonder of physics to others

Categories News and opinionTags Education, Higher education, higher-education research seriesLeave a comment

Subscribe on YouTube

1/114

Next»

Show more videos»

Follow @physicsnews

Institute of Physics Retweeted · Rajesh Verma Rv @rajeshvermatwit

23 May 2017 11.31am
RT @rajeshvermatwit: Today is the 109th Birthday of John Bardeen, the only person awarded the #NobelPrize in Physics twice – transistor (19…

View on Twitter

PhysicsNews photo

Follow @PhysicsNews

Like us on Facebook

Institute of Physics

Institute of Physics23 May 2017 12.48pm

On our blog: Facing a grilling from experts and from children, each audience presents unique challenges

Institute of Physics

Talking solar disinfection from Helskini to Highbury – The Institute of Physics blog

In recent months, courtesy of the IOP, I have had an opportunity to talk about my research on solar technologies for disinfection of drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa to two significantly different audiences.

iopblog.org

2 View on Facebook

Institute of Physics

Institute of Physics19 May 2017 1.19pm

On our blog: Attending an international conference through an IOP grant made my work seem more concrete

Institute of Physics

Conference attendance renews motivation to do research – The Institute of Physics blog

Thousands of experts and students turn up every year for the annual conference of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). This year’s event, held last month in Hawaii, was the biggest ever, with 6,780 abstracts submitted – and I was among them.

iopblog.org

3 View on Facebook

Follow us

Themes

Community
Discovery
Economy
Education
Society

Recent posts

Talking solar disinfection from Helskini to Highbury
Conference attendance renews motivation to do research
Volunteering through the IOP helped me reconnect with physics
Taking the fear out of physics through the SPN summer schools
PISA data reveals students’ leanings
Plasma Physics Conference explores synergies
REFlections on research excellence
How might Brexit affect large facilities?
Awards nominations break records
Contemplating the role of physics in the Welsh economy

Most popular posts

Conference attendance renews motivation to do research
Volunteering through the IOP helped me reconnect with physics
Taking the fear out of physics through the SPN summer schools
PISA data reveals students’ leanings
Plasma Physics Conference explores synergies

Physicists we’re reading

Athene Donald’s Blog
Cocktail Party Physics
Common Sense Quantum
Disturbing the Universe
Dr Maggie Lieu
Dr Melanie Windridge
Dr Suzie Sheehy
Emanuel Derman
GW Optics
Headmaster’s Blog
In the Dark
letstalkaboutscience
Lewis Dartnell
Liv Boeree
Making Physics Fun
Marcelo Gleiser
Mike Brown’s Planets
Mr Reid
Of Particular Significance
Sam Illingworth
STEMinist
Teaching Science

Photos on Flickr

$IOP\'s New HQ Caledonian Road April 2017037$
$IOP\'s New HQ Caledonian Road April 2017034$
$IOP\'s New HQ Caledonian Road April 2017104$
$IOP\'s New HQ Caledonian Road April 2017065$
$IOP\'s New HQ Caledonian Road April 2017115$
$IOP\'s New HQ Caledonian Road April 2017041$
$IOP\'s New HQ Caledonian Road April 2017066$
$IOP\'s New HQ Caledonian Road April 2017106$
$IOP\'s New HQ Caledonian Road April 2017091$

About us

The Institute of Physics is a leading scientific membership society working to advance physics for the benefit of all.

Read our privacy and cookies policy.

Get in touch via blog@iop.org.

Related websites

brightrecruits
IOP Publishing
IOPscience
Physics World
talkphysics
The Institute of Physics

Copyright © 2017 · GeneratePress

This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to our use of cookies. Privacy and Cookies policy