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For Teachers and Schools

The School strives to improve relations between itself and schools by offering talks on recent interesting scientific research on Physics and Astronomy and on more familiar material of general interest.

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6th Form Conferences

The Annual 6th Form Conference in the School of Physics and Astronomy will next be held in September 2012.

Dr Mark Lewney and his guitar

Christmas Lecture

Every year a Christmas Lecture is organised for GCSE students. The 2009 lecture was Rock in 11 Dimensions: Where physics and guitars collide by Institute of Physics Schools Lecturer, Dr Mark Lewney.

The solar system

Free School Talks

Looking for a special event for your science class or astronomy club? Want to get your group fired up about physics...? ...Or hear about cutting edge research from those working in the field? We offer a range of free physics and astronomy presentations to school groups within an hour's drive-time of Cardiff.

A gravitational lense system,

Useful Links

We have selected some web pages which could be of interest to teachers for enrichment material or for teaching purposes and of value to A level and undergraduate students.

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Award-winning science communicators, Science Made Simple, are based at Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy. They offer science shows and training courses across the UK and beyond...

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