Everyday science Blog High rolling on high-Tc: dispatches from Las Vegas Pradeep Niroula reports from the 2023 APS March Meeting Read article: High rolling on high-Tc: dispatches from Las Vegas
Education and outreach Podcasts From war-torn Damascus to success as an aviation engineer and pilot, a refugee’s journey Maya Ghazal talks about her successes in aeronautics despite facing prejudice in secondary education Read article: From war-torn Damascus to success as an aviation engineer and pilot, a refugee’s journey
Education and outreach Podcasts Revamping undergraduate physics degrees with a focus on translational skills This podcast explores how graduates and employers would benefit from changing how physics is taught Read article: Revamping undergraduate physics degrees with a focus on translational skills
Education and outreach Feature Levelling up: from student to mentor to trainee physics teacher Ellie Whitehall describes her move from student to teacher in physics, reflecting on her experiences of education Read article: Levelling up: from student to mentor to trainee physics teacher
Education and outreach Blog Why today’s PhD students are feeling the blues Matin Durrani says that today’s PhD students face unprecedented challenges but lack enough support Read article: Why today’s PhD students are feeling the blues
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Why it’s time to rethink how PhDs are examined Pruthvi Mehta calls for PhD oral examinations to be standardized to make sure students are fairly assessed Read article: Why it’s time to rethink how PhDs are examined
Education and outreach Blog Join Physics World’s team of student science communicators Physics World is looking for PhD students to join its student contributor networks in quantum science and technology, medical physics and bioengineering, and materials and nanoscience Read article: Join Physics World’s team of student science communicators
Artificial intelligence Podcasts The chatbot revolution: how physicists are using large language models in academia This podcast features physicist and chatbot enthusiast Matt Hodgson Read article: The chatbot revolution: how physicists are using large language models in academia
Education and outreach Feature Stress, overwork and no support: what happens when your PhD funding runs out Karel Green highlights the struggles PhD students face if their degrees don’t go to plan Read article: Stress, overwork and no support: what happens when your PhD funding runs out
Education and outreach Feature Building a physics degree for the future: five key questions we need to answer Veronica Benson, Andrew Mizumori Hirst and William Wakeham explain why physics degrees need to be revamped to better prepare graduates for the future Read article: Building a physics degree for the future: five key questions we need to answer