Specialized A redesigned A-level maths could focus on the needs of physics and non-physics students. (Courtesy: iStock/SolStock) Early in my teaching career, I had a rather uncomfortable exchange with ...

Some of the brightest girls doing AS-level physics drop the subject without taking the full A-level, say teachers. A teacher-run study is canvassing this year's students' attitudes to the subject and ...

THE first edition of Prof. Richtmyer's book has been appreciated by so many physicists that the appearance of a second edition is bound to be warmly welcomed, and it is only necessary here to note the ...

A research project into why girls drop physics after GCSE has been announced by the Institute of Physics (IOP). Specialists will work in 20 schools in England to establish how best to encourage more ...