Posts Tagged ‘IOP’
A day in the life of a sound engineer: IOP Wales launches new activity for schools
This week all secondary schools in Wales will receive the Ashfield Music Festival resource pack, which gives students the chance to find out more about the practical applications of physics, by trying out life as a sound or lighting engineer at a music festival. Developed by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Career Development [...]
IOP members raise over £15,000 for African schools in first month of campaigning
IOP for Africa, IOP’s first ever fundraising campaign, which aims to generate funds for projects in sub-Saharan countries training physics teachers and providing vital equipment to schools (as part of IOP’s Physics for Development programme), has raised an impressive £15,000 in its first month. The campaign was launched in early December last year with a [...]
The Institute of Physics in 2010 – some highlights
Some highlights of the Institute’s work in 2010: – 2010 saw the launch of the IOP Business Forum, which aims to involve physics-based businesses in public policy activities – A New Journal of Physics paper on Roberto Carlos’ 1997 free kick becomes one of the most popular media story of the year, viewed by 70 million people worldwide – [...]
IOP entrepreneurship workshop in Argentina
Around 60 people took part in a workshop on Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Managers of Technology Transfer that was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September. The five-day workshop was organised by Argentina’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, which funded the event, and the IOP, which was invited by the ministry to devise [...]
US Secretary of Energy made IOP honorary fellow
This week US Secretary of Energy Dr Steven Chu was awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics (IOP) at a Glasgow ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of laser technology in Scotland. After receiving his fellowship, Chu – who jointly won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1997 – gave some insight into sustainable energy [...]
