Richard Brock

@associationscied.bsky.social

STEM Education Teacher Scholarship 2026-27 King's College London is pleased to offer the STEM Education Teacher Scholarship worth up to 70% of 13 students' tuition fees.

For more information on the programme and scholarships see:
www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

We will hold two online open evenings for more information about the scholarships and programme on the 15th of April (4:30pm) and 19th of May (4:30pm). Get in touch for a link to the events.

STEM Education Teacher Scholarship 2026-27 King's College London is pleased to offer the STEM Education Teacher Scholarship worth up to 70% of 13 students' tuition fees.

We currently have scholarships available for our MA in STEM education, funded by our partners Wipro.

The scholarships cover 70% of fees and applications for the scholarships close in June.

Do you work as a secondary/FE science teacher in the UK?
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If you can spare the time, please fill in this short survey 👇
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And congratulations again on your graduation Niki 🎓!

If anyone wants any information on the scholarship or the MA STEM Education, feel free to give me a shout. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and was so pleased to graduate two weeks ago.

A final call for applications for our KCL Optics Ambassadors Scheme which closes on Monday - details for students to apply are below:

With Wonyong Park and the ASE, we are running a survey on science teachers' use of research to inform teaching.

If you are a science teacher, please consider taking 10-15 minutes to complete the survey. Participants may opt into a prize draw.

southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This sounds amazing!

Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions

Fascinating example of data that we didn't know we had - organ tuning notes show climate changes www.theguardian.com/environment/... cc @rbrockphysics.bsky.social @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social

Japan’s cherry trees have been blossoming earlier due to warmer spring temperatures The peak flowering of cherry trees in Kyoto, Japan, has been recorded since the ninth century. Yasuyuki Aono and colleagues from the Osaka Prefecture University collated this data from historical diar...

It makes me think of the troubling graph of peak cherry blossom time in Japan: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

What an interesting (and sad in respect of the impacts of climate change change) story @teachingofsci.bsky.social. I hadn't heard of organ tuning books - what a great historical record. The data in Bingley, Knight and Xing's paper is striking: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Whilst he was in the camp, he wanted to continue his research, and the only source he could access was ... radioactive toothpaste! www.ww1.manchester.ac.uk/sir-james-ch...

As stories tend to do, there is a nice link here - at the outbreak of the First World War, James Chadwick was working in Berlin and was placed in an internment camp.

Interesting Joe - I hadn't come across the Radio-Active Solar Pad - cool story! Thank you.

Optics Ambassador Scheme 2026 | King's College London Girls interested in physics can upskill in optics and learn how to share what they've learned with younger pupils

If you know any physics teachers or female Y12 students, please pass on this link to advertise the KCL Optics Ambassadors Scheme - an outreach programme to support girls' interest in optics and studying physics at university - applications are now open: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/optic...

STEM Education Teacher Scholarship 2026-27 King's College London is pleased to offer the STEM Education Teacher Scholarship worth up to 70% of 13 students' tuition fees.

The Wipro MA STEM Education scholarships are now open for students starting the programme in September 2026.

STEM teachers working in state schools are eligible for the scholarships which cover 70% of fees.

For more information see: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

Blind Scientists from Past to Present: snapshots of their lives and impact | King's College London Dr Michele Mele explores the stories of remarkable scientists with low or no sight throughout history.

The next CRESTEM seminar takes place on the 12th November 2025 14:30 to 15:30 in G/8 of the Waterloo Bridge Wing.

Michele Mele will explore the stories of some remarkable scientists with low or no sight throughout history. For more information and to register see:

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/blind...

Children’s Perception of the World of Technology: Through the Lens of Heidegger - Philosophy & Technology Analysis of student engagement with technology has mainly focused on physical and mental health, predominantly overlooking deeper philosophical issues. Through the analysis of four focus groups (child...

New article: Children’s Perception of the World of Technology: Through the Lens of Heidegger

Children found technology distracted them from connecting with nature, relating to others and themselves

@drjessicahamer.bsky.social
supported by @nuffieldfoundation.org
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Lecturer in Chemistry Education | King's College London

My academic group at KCL, the Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (CRESTEM), is recruiting a 0.4 lecturer in chemistry education. The role starts in January so has a relatively short application period: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/124385-...

Congratulations on your submission- a huge achievement! Very well done Nikki!

Great - thank you - the direct link works - many excellent teaching ideas in the presentations - thank you for your work collating the ideas

Thank you Simon - your resources are fantastic - I like the presentations you have produced with the Ogden Trust - they are a wonderful resource (I have looked over the presentations before, but this morning, the link for the waves presentation fails to open for me).

The 1st of these online workshops for ⭐SCIENCE / MATHS TEACHERS ⭐ is THIS THURS! Prof Jeanne Wilson is fab & has a knack for explaining neutrinos while nailing tricky questions!
Pls share 👇🏻
@crestem.bsky.social @chatphysics.bsky.social #iteachphysics #sciteachuk #physicsed @hookean.bsky.social

Coming tomorrow... Revising Physics with Key Stage 3 (ages 10-14) Thomas, Robin, and Rosie have managed to gather together as a trio to share their ideas. #iteachphysics

Please feel free to share and repost

An MA student I supervise, Ben Ettridge, is doing an interesting dissertation on stakeholders' views on the mathematical knowledge and skills that are of value in the curriculum. If you are interested, please complete this short survey: lnkd.in/db4tBERi

Are you a mathematics teacher in the UK?
Or do you work in a job that requires the regular use of mathematics?