AI and Learning A level Physics
Dr Alison Camacho Published on: 10/01/2026
Before using AI for A-level Physics revision, here’s what it does well — and what it still gets wrong.
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Dr Alison Camacho
UK Physics in Crisis
Dr Alison Camacho Published on: 11/10/2025
In 2025, UK physics education reached record student numbers — but beneath the surface lies a perfect storm. Exam board failures, a national shortage of specialist teachers, and threatened university departments now endanger the entire physics and engineering pipeline. This evidenced report explains what went wrong — and what must happen next.
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Most Tutors Don’t Mark - And if they're not marking, they're guessing
Dr Alison Camacho Published on: 26/07/2025
Here’s something that surprises a lot of people: Most tutors don’t actually mark their students’ work. Not because they don’t care. And not because they don’t want to help. But because marking properly takes time — and most tutoring setups just don’t include it, often because they charge by the hour
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You Understand the Physics — So Why Are You Still Getting Cs?
Dr Alison Camacho Published on: 16/07/2025
Many bright students struggle with A-level Physics exam questions — not because they don’t understand the content, but because no one ever taught them exam technique. Here’s what that really means, and how to fix it.
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Carbon is a Girl's Best Friend
Dr Alison Camacho Published on: 12/01/2025
Possibly the best ever cover version of "Diamonds are a Girl's best Friend" There is so much physics in this!
EngineeringPhysics TopicsPhysics
A level Science Results Analysis 2024 and Girls versus Boys
Dr Alison Camacho Published on: 20/08/2024
An analysis of the 2024 post-16 Science results based on FFT data, an Association of Science Education report and an Institute of Physics article. Thoughts on how to get more girls doing physics can be found at the end.
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