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Welcome to the Institute of Physics in Scotland news pages. In this section you will find the latest news from both the Institute itself and also from the national and international physics community.

 

Scottish industry

Scottish physics Highers on the increase

Success for the health of physics in Scotland today, Tuesday, 5 August, as the Scottish Qualifications Authority issues results for national courses in 2008. After a period of steady decline since the beginning of the century, there has been a 2.1 per cent increase in the number of Scottish students taking physics Highers this year

 
 
 
Physics in the Field at Inverness Highland Games
Physics Buskers return to Inverness Highland Games

Visitors to the Inverness Highland Games were ready for Tossing the Caber, Scots Hammer and athletics but were they prepared for Alka Seltzer rockets and balloon kebabs?

 
IOP NEWS
Knowledge transfer exhibition to show Scotland is leading the charge

A knowledge transfer exhibition and conference in Glasgow will show how world-class physics research becomes part of our everyday lives.

 
 
Physics and the Scottish Economy
Physics is making big bucks in the Scottish economy

A report, Physics and the Scottish Economy, released by the Institute of Physics in Scotland, shows that more than £8 billion of Scottish economic output is contingent upon physics.

 
Physics buskers challenge festival-goers’ perceptions of physics
Physics buskers bring tour to Newcastle Mela

The Institute of Physics is sending out a crack team of physics buskers to the Newcastle Mela this bank holiday to challenge festival-goers’ perceptions of physics.

 
 
Physics A level results – finally on the increase
Physics A level results – finally on the increase and with good future prospects

After more than 20 years of steady decline in examination entrances for A level physics, numbers are now on the increase.

 
Echo the alien trying out the Go-Karts at Butlins
Redcoats and Aliens: Adventures in Physics at Butlins

The Institute of Physics has teamed up with Butlins, the famous family holiday company, to create a unique physics-based adventure for kids.

 
 
Physics Buskers in action
Physics buskers bring tour to the Green Man music festival

The Institute of Physics is sending a crack team of physics buskers to the Green Man electro-folk music festival this summer to challenge festival-goers’ perceptions of physics.

 
IOP NEWS
Knowledge transfer exhibition to show Scotland is leading the charge

A knowledge transfer exhibition and conference in Glasgow will show how world-class physics research becomes part of our everyday lives.

 
 
Phil Willis, MP
Remembering the accomplishments of Lord Kelvin

Physicists, MPs and dignitaries attended a commemorative event on Wednesday, November 21, at the House of Commons to remember the late, great Lord Kelvin.

 
 
 

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