Physics Education & Scholarship

Seminar Series

During term time we hold a twice monthly seminar series organised by Dr Oto-obong Inyang (o.o.a.inyang@durham.ac.uk). Below is a list of recent seminar speakers and topics.

Michaelmas term 2022

Date	Speaker	Institution	Title
23/11/22	Dr Michael Fox	Imperial College, London	Preparing for the quantum revolution - what is the role of higher education?
2/11/22	Dr Matt Mears	University of Sheffield	A portfolio-based approach to assessing physics programmes
12/10/22	Ross Parker	DCAD, Durham	Working with DCAD's Digital Learning Team

Epiphany/Easter terms 2021/22

Date	Speaker	Institution	Title
15/06/22	Prof Jacquie Robson	Dept of Chemistry, Durham	Embedding discipline-based education research into the Chemistry undergraduate degree programme: lessons learnt
01/04/22	Dr Zoë Ayres	EDI speaker	The academic mental health landscape: from PhD to Professor
16/03/22	Dr Helen Cramman	School of Education, Durham	Challenges and successes in the evaluation of STEM education programmes
23/02/22	Dr Ross Galloway	University of Edinbrugh	Assisting students to generate their own high quality contributions to PeerWise
02/02/22	Dr Nick Chancellor	Department of Physics, Durham	Quantum Odyssey: teaching quantum computing with video games