Education and outreach Blog Why axing practicals from science exams is a bad idea Reforms to A-level physics prompt concern Read article: Why axing practicals from science exams is a bad idea
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Web life: electrolights A blog about the physics of everyday (and not-so-everyday) things Read article: Web life: electrolights
Policy and funding Feature The power of silence Felicity Mellor explains why today's physicists need time and space to think Read article: The power of silence
Education and outreach Feature Habits of mind: how thinking like a scientist can improve teaching physics Eugenia Etkina and Gorazd Planinšič describe how research into how people learn is reshaping the way they teach physics Read article: Habits of mind: how thinking like a scientist can improve teaching physics
Education and outreach Blog Student behaviour in the MOOCosphere New study investigates how students are engaging with massive open online courses Read article: Student behaviour in the MOOCosphere
Education and outreach Blog Fran Scott’s four golden rules for getting kids hooked on science BBC science presenter distils her experience into four key bits of advice Read article: Fran Scott’s four golden rules for getting kids hooked on science
Education and outreach Blog Making brain-busting ideas easier to grasp A great science-themed doodle that made us smile Read article: Making brain-busting ideas easier to grasp
Personalities Video The electronics wonderkid from Ulan Bator Video interview with Battushig Myanganbayar who achieved a perfect score in an online MIT course, aged just 15 Read article: The electronics wonderkid from Ulan Bator
Policy and funding News Cambridge physicists divided over Hawking chair High salary and limited term concern some academics Read article: Cambridge physicists divided over Hawking chair
Education and outreach Blog New ways to teach and learn physics Download your free PDF of the March 2014 special issue of Physics World on physics education