Events

Free and funded events for technicians and teachers of physics in the UK and Ireland, run by the Institute of Physics and partners.

If you have a free event for teachers or technicians you'd like us to add, please complete this form.

You may also be interested in the events and programmes offered by other organisations:

• The Ogden Trust
• Physics Partners
• The Association for Science Education 
• STEM Learning

Page last updated 14 January 2025.

January 

• IOP Teaching Physics (16-19): Maths Basics

  28 January, 5.30pm-6.30pm

• IOP Wales: Physics Teachers Forum

  30 January, 7pm-8pm, online

February

• IOP Teaching Physics (16-19): Current Electricity and Circuits 

  11 February, 5.30pm-6.30pm

• IOP Awards: Advice for nominations

  The IOP Teacher of Physics and School and College Technician Awards are open for nominations until 16 March 2025. Join us for one of these sessions summarising the process and providing advice on writing a strong nomination.

  13 February, 4pm-4.30pm and repeated 4.30pm-5pm

• IOP Wales: Physics Teachers Forum

  13 February, 7pm-8pm, online

• IOP Wales: Maths for GCSE Physics

  17 February, 7pm-8pm, online

March

• IOP Scotland CLPL: Next steps for your career

  5 March, 7.30pm-8.30pm

• IOP Teaching Physics (16-19): Electromagnetism

  11 March, 5.30pm-6.30pm

• IOP Wales: Maths for GCSE Physics

  17 March, 7pm-8pm, online

• IOP Scotland CLPL: Op-amps for Engineering Science and Practical Electronics

  18 March, 7.30pm-8.30pm

• IOP Scotland CLPL: Physics TeachMeet

  19 March, 7.30pm-8.30pm

• IOP Teaching Physics (16-19): Kinetic Theory and Matter

  25 March, 5.30pm-6.30pm

• IOP Wales: Maths for GCSE Physics

  31 March, 7pm-8pm, online

April 

• IOP Teaching Physics (16-19): Waves

  8 April, 5.30pm-6.30pm 

May

• IOP Teaching Physics (16-19): Logs and Exponentials

  6 May, 5.30pm-6.30pm

• IOP Teaching Physics (16-19): Radioactivity

  20 May, 5.30pm-6.30pm

• 50th Stirling Physics Meeting

  21 May, Stirling

June

• IOP Teaching Physics (16-19): Nuclear Physics

  3 June, 5.30pm-6.30pm

• IOP Teaching Physics (16-19): Astrophysics

  10 June, 5.30pm-6.30pm

• Birmingham Physics Community Day Conference

  Please save the date for this day, which will be bigger and better than last year. Details to follow but expect coach-led workshops, physics and education key notes and lots of opportunities to discuss teaching physics with colleagues.

  25 June, all day, University of Birmingham