{"id":22,"date":"2016-06-26T08:33:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T07:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrsphysics.co.uk\/blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2025-11-28T06:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:07:53","slug":"the-people-behind-scottish-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/26\/the-people-behind-scottish-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"The People behind Scottish Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22\" class=\"elementor elementor-22\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ee8bd45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ee8bd45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d2a82b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d2a82b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8899\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/teacher-clip-art-1200x1322-1-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/teacher-clip-art-1200x1322-1-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/teacher-clip-art-1200x1322-1-930x1024.jpg 930w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/teacher-clip-art-1200x1322-1-768x846.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/teacher-clip-art-1200x1322-1-600x661.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/teacher-clip-art-1200x1322-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8900\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IoP-Coordinators-768x510-1-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IoP-Coordinators-768x510-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IoP-Coordinators-768x510-1-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IoP-Coordinators-768x510-1.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>I don&#8217;t mind pinching things when they&#8217;re great and this has been adapted from a post on SSERC&#8217;s facebook page. The physics education community in Scotland owes a great deal to these people &#8211; the IoP Scotland network coordinators and education manager. Left to right: Tom Balanowski, Gordon Doig (Education Manager), Nick Forwood, Drew Burrett, Ronna Montgomery (Leader of the Pack), Brian Redman (&#8220;Mr Sputnik&#8221;) and Stuart Farmer. Scottish physics teacher cannot overstate how much they have contributed to Physics education in Scotland.<\/p><p>Teachers should also thank the Magic Pixies aka Nick Hood for hosting Physics resources during these times of huge upheaval and change in the Scottish Education System. Without this facility I think many Physics teacher would have &#8220;gone under&#8221;, which is somewhere near where the Pixie was last seen!<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13528689_1063562690370355_1969385301118054060_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"13528689_1063562690370355_1969385301118054060_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Lastly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sserc.org.uk\/\">SSERC<\/a> is &#8220;on the edge, but in the middle&#8221; of Science Education in Scotland. They keep Physics teachers up to date, trained and inspired. Firstly it was Jim Jamieson and then Gregor Steele with a whole host of other support staff (e.g Ian, Graham, Gerry, Catherine etc.).<\/p><p>Just know that you&#8217;re appreciated!<\/p><p><em><strong>My thanks to you all.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1515b0c027eaeaaa7232dae92981146?s=80\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrsphysics.co.uk\/bge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Signature-300x54.png\" alt=\"Signature\" width=\"127\" height=\"23\" \/><\/p><hr style=\"line-height: 1.75;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t mind pinching things when they&#8217;re great and this has been adapted from a post on SSERC&#8217;s facebook page. 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