Tag: PhD research
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…
“Where Do I Appear in the Statistics?” Physics Education Through an Intersectional Lens
As a PER community, we must look beyond broad categories and ask whose experiences our datasets erase. If our analyses overlook those at the intersections of identity, we risk reinforcing the very inequities we aim to challenge.
Glasgow APE seminar – Tolúwalàse Akanbi-Akinlolu – 19th February
Tolúwalàse Akanbi-Akinlolu, from King’s College London gave a seminar on Thursday 19th February at 12pm. Title: Belonging and Physics Identity among Physics and Mathematics Undergraduates: An Intersectional Mixed-Methods Study A recording of the webinar is available at this link. Abstract: This study examines how undergraduate physics and mathematics students at a UK research-intensive…
Survey Invitation: What does it mean to be a physicist?
As part of my PhD project in Astronomy and Physics Education, I am exploring this question, specifically how perceptions of physicists’ influence students’ connection to physics as a subject, as well as their identity as a physics person. By understanding the practices we associate with becoming a physicist, we can support our students to…
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…
Final year physics UG students needed for study into becoming a physics teacher
I am a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and am conducting a study relating to undergraduate physics students who may be choosing a career as a secondary school physics teacher in England. There is a historic and ongoing shortage of secondary physics teachers in England negatively affecting the opportunity to study physics…
My Experience at the ESERA Summer School as a Physics Education PhD Student
This nugget details what a week entails as a student attending the ESERA summer school, this year held at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
