Frontiers of Physics 2014

Mary Mullaghy January 4, 2015

The Frontiers of Physics Annual Conference for Teachers of Physics, including Junior Science Teachers will take place on Saturday 27th September in the School Of Physical Sciences, DCU.

It will be a day of lectures, demonstrations, and workshops, resources and networking for all teachers of physics.

Damien English – Minister of State at the Departments of Education and Skills and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with Special Responsibility for Skills and Prof. Brian MacCraith, President DCU, have agreed to give opening presentations.

The keynote presentation will be delivered by the eminent physicist Prof. Frank Close OBE, FinstP, Exeter College, University of Oxford.

There will be other guest presenters from UK, Canada and Ireland. A discussion will take place on the 2014 Physics papers and marking schemes, which will form the basis of the Institute of Physics report to the SEC.

See www.iopireland.org for more details

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