Donations
I find discussion about money rather distasteful and I apologise. I don't want to be thought of as a money-grubber (which is why I would not last two minutes in The City).
As you may know, I have made the decision to leave teaching. Some colleagues will know the reasons for this, but I do not consider it to be professional for me to go into it here. Since I am no longer earning a teacher's salary, I have considered ways of financing the site, which I have supported out of my salary up to now. I considered a subscription site with passwords, but I felt strongly that this would negate the free access that benefited so many students and colleges. I got nowhere with advertising or sponsored links; besides pop-ups are decidedly annoying to me, and I would not wish to inflict on anyone something that I cannot stand myself.
I remain committed to the site being freely available so that students can access it at any time both in and out of college. I will continue to maintain the site as long as it's relevant and useful.
Therefore I am going to suggest a voluntary donation system. I would ask colleges and schools who use the site regularly to make an annual donation. I know that this will impact on budgets that are tight as they are, but in effect it is the cost of two physics textbooks.
I have also felt it to be necessary to increase the price of my resources from £3 to £5. Even so I hope you would agree that it still represents very good value for money.
I have not set up a payment facility because of the problems over security.
To donate:
Please e-mail me at
I will give you my address.
Please make cheques payable to James Irvine.
Please do NOT send cash for obvious reasons.
Please do NOT e-mail me your credit card number for security reasons. Besides, I would not know what to do with it.