Physics Education & Scholarship
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About Us
We are a research and scholarship group within the Department of Physics comprised of staff members on the Education track. Formed in October 2021, we are the sixth research section within the department. Members comprise of permanent academic staff, fixed term teaching fellows and PDRAs on split contracts who are also part teaching fellows who have varied interests in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Physics education research (PER).
The thing we all have in common is our passion for physics teaching and learning, and we play an active role in both delivering teaching and supporting teaching excellence in others within the department.
We have a regular Seminar Series on teaching and learning related topics and a monthly Journal Club to explore new developments in the field of Physics Educational Research (PER).
Meet the group
Formed in October 2021, we are a research and scholarship group within the Department of Physics comprised of educational staff. Members comprise of permanent academic staff, fixed term teaching fellows and PDRAs on split contracts who are also part teaching fellows.
Seminar Series
During term time, we hold a twice-monthly seminar series organised by Dr Oto-obong Inyang. Explore our recent seminar speakers and topics.
Latest news
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Professor Pippa Petts awarded prestigious teaching fellowship
Professor Pippa Petts, from our Department of Physics, has been awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contribution to teaching and learning.Durham news/filters:quality(70)/prod01/prodbucket01/media/durham-university/central-news-and-events-images/Pippa-Petts----Web-.png)
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The Death of the Short-Form Physics Essay in the Coming AI Revolution
How smart are the latest AI chatbots? In late 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT to the world. This freely available AI-powered chatbot could generate detailed answers on more or less any subject within seconds. It didn’t take long for people to notice its potential use as an essay-writing tool. However, how good really is this text generation technology? Could it pass say, a university level module?Research news/filters:quality(70)/prod01/prodbucket01/media/durham-university/departments-/physics/phes/robot-at-keyboard.png)
Professor Pippa Petts awarded prestigious teaching fellowship
Professor Pippa Petts, from our Department of Physics, has been awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contribution to teaching and learning.
The Death of the Short-Form Physics Essay in the Coming AI Revolution
