Tag: conference
PER Across the Pond: Reflections from the McMaster PER Symposium
McMaster University in Canada hosted its first Physics Education Research and Practice Symposium, featuring a keynote from Nobel Laureate Prof. Carl Wieman, other amazing talks by Canadian physics education researchers, and an amazing discussion panel on The Future of Physics with two Nobel Laureates, the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, and a…
PER at the SUPA Annual Gathering
Victoria M. Arbour, University of Glasgow The 2026 SUPA Annual Gathering featured a dedicated PER theme session, bringing together researchers from across Scotland to share work on feedback literacy, AI tutoring, student reasoning, and more. On May 20, 2026, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) held its Annual Gathering at the University of the West…
ViCEPHEC2026 – Registration and Abstract Submission Now Open
Dear ViCEPHEC Community, We are pleased to announce that ViCEPHEC2026 is now open for registration and abstract submissions. This year’s conference will take place on 27–28 August 2026 at the University of Nottingham. ViCEPHEC is the UK’s leading annual meeting for educators in chemistry and physics. It provides a friendly, engaging environment to share best…
STEM Education Innovation by the Lake 2025
The STEM Education Innovation by the Lake Workshop 2025 at the University of Cumbria, Ambleside, 9th-14th August, will bring together teachers, academics and education researchers from all STEM subjects to explore how people learn, and guide participants to design evidence-based teaching and learning strategies as well as methods to measure effectiveness of…
Launching “A Vision for Physics Higher Education Research”
We invite the Physics Education Research (PER) community to join us for the launch of the report into the status and opportunities within our field, entitled “A Vision for Physics Higher Education Research in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland” by Nic Labrosse, Alison Voice, and Helen Heath. The meeting…
GIREP-EPEC 2025 conference (30/6 – 4/7)
The GIREP-EPEC 2025 conference will be held 30 June – 4 July 2025 in Leiden, The Netherlands. It is organized by the International Research Group on Physics Teaching – GIREP (Groupe International de Recherche sur l’Enseignement de la Physique), the European Physical Society, the Leiden Institute of Physics, and the Leiden University Graduate School of…
IOP HEG Event Proposals
The Institute of Physics Higher Education Group Committee would like to invite the wider membership to submit meeting proposals to be funded by the group in 2025. If you would like to organise a meeting, please complete this MS form by Friday 13 December 2024. Only rough details are required at this time, and…
Call to bid to host ViCEPHEC in 2026
The Variety in Chemistry Education / Physics Higher Education Conference is the annual national conference that brings together educators in chemistry and physics to discuss and share developments, ideas, and good practice in learning and teaching at tertiary level. Bids to host ViCEPHEC26 are now open. Guidance documents with info on preparing bids for…
