Ogden Trust Schools Physicist of the Year Award 2018

Posted on 26 April 2018 by Brychan Govier

Do you have a Year 7 and/or 10 student you feel deserves to have their efforts and achievements in physics recognised? They don’t need to be your highest achieving student academically as this award is for enthusiastic students who may have faced difficulties throughout the year but has continued to show progression in physics. They
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Cardiff Physics AS Level Summer Programme 2018

Posted on 17 April 2018 by Brychan Govier

This event has closed. Information about the 2019 event will be provided in due course. To receive information about these opportunities, please join our mailing list. With the success of last years A/S Level summer workshops we are once again hosting a 3 day non-residential workshop for AS level students interested in continuing on to
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Gravitational Waves: Nature’s Biggest Explosions

Posted on 5 September 2017 by Brychan Govier

On 6 September Professor Patrick Sutton from the School of Physics and Astronomy delivers the first in the PSE College Lecture Series. Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of spacetime — were one of the first major predictions of Einstein’s theory of gravity, and are the last to be directly measured. These waves are
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Cardiff Physics AS Level Summer Programme 2017

Posted on 12 May 2017 by Brychan Govier

Please note that this page refers to the 2017 Summer School. Please come back later for information on the 2018 Summer School We will host a 3 day non-residential workshop for AS level students interested in continuing on to Physics degrees. Taking place in Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy the workshops will run 26-28
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Ogden Trust School Physicist of the Year Award

Posted on 24 March 2017 by Brychan Govier

Is one of your students the future face of Physics? The Ogden Trust’s School Physicist of the Year Award is open for nominations. If you teach A-level physics at a school or college in Wales, you can nominate your most promising year 12 physics student. Entries are limited to one year 12 student per school, and
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ISE 2016 Observing Challenge

Posted on 17 May 2016 by Brychan Govier

Take part in the ISE 2016 Observing Challenge and receive a personalised astronomical poster for your class! The Universe is a big place. More than big — it includes everything that exists! Help your students understand the magnitude of the cosmos by using your class time to explore some of the objects in the vast
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