Girls who take AS-level physics often get better grades than boys but too many decide to drop the subject after a year, say teachers Some of the brightest girls doing AS-level physics drop the subject ...

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 ...

UPSC Physics Optional Syllabus: Physics is one of the popular optional subjects in the UPSC CSE Mains exam. The topics prescribed in the UPSC Physics optional syllabus in the mains exam are graduate ...

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 ...

Worrying trend: a survey by the Ogden Trust has found that of those that didn’t take physics post-16, almost half said they did not enjoy the subject (courtesy ...

Female physicists question ‘terrifying’ claims made by government commissioner Katharine Birbalsingh to MPs Girls do not choose physics A-level because they dislike “hard maths”, the government’s ...

Every exam season, students face the same struggle: long hours, sleepless nights, and piles of notes that seem never-ending.

The UK Institute of Physics has turned to young social-media stars to get more schoolchildren excited about the subject. The Institute of Physics (IOP) wants to inspire young people who’ve never ...

An A-level physics paper, which has prompted a flurry of complaints on social media, had a mistake in a question, admits the AQA exam board. Four schools have already been in touch with the exam board ...

More than 700,000 GCSE physics students could be without a specialist teacher, a report has warned. The Institute of Physics (IOP) has called for urgent action to tackle the shortage in physics ...