Tag: PER
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…
Research project into the role and professional development of physics HE technicians
We would like to invite all physics technicians working in UK Higher Education to complete our anonymous survey and help our research project.
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…
Undergraduate physics research meeting
On the 12th of June we (SUPER) have organised a meeting to move forward with a grant proposal. The meeting will have a soft start at 11.30 for a prompt noon beginning and we expect to be finished well before 5pm. For those travelling far (or who just want to use it), we will have…
Invitation to participate in a study on uncertainty in physics
Dear colleagues, I am a PhD researcher in Physics Education Research and I am inviting physics academics to take part in a research study exploring how uncertainty is understood and approached in physics. The study involves a one-to-one interview (approximately 60 minutes) in which participants will be asked to discuss their thoughts on…
From Cautious Ambition to Coordinated Action: Reflections on the “Decolonising the Physics Curriculum” workshop
The physics community wants to change its curriculum. What it needs now is confidence, capacity, and shared resources.
PhD Scholarship in Physics at the University of Edinburgh aimed at students with black or mixed-race black heritage
I wanted to inform you about a new PhD scholarship program that my University (the University of Edinburgh) is offering. Here are the details: The Career Development Scholarship targets under-represented groups in Physics, and in the first year we are piloting this for applicants with black or mixed-race black heritage. This follows the recent…
Call for collaborators: two survey based studies
Dear PER colleagues The PER team at the University of Sheffield are seeking collaborators on two survey-based studies this academic year, specifically: FCI and Education Level (Nov 2025) Barriers to Coding (Sept / Oct 2025) Specific details of the projects and collaboration requirements can be found in this Expression of Interest form. The baseline…
A Vision for Physics Higher Education Research in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
This page provides a link to the final version of the report entitled “A Vision for Physics Higher Education Research in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland”. This report presents an analysis of the Physics Education Research (PER) landscape in higher education in the UK and Ireland, highlighting the importance of this…
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…
