Women physicists at Imperial College now have a new community, from undergraduate to Professor-level, where they can support and encourage other females to remain in physics.
Courtesy of Jess Wade, a PhD student currently in her final year at Imperial College, two Women in Physics events were held this week at Imperial College in celebration of International Women's Day: a postgraduate and undergraduate lunch.
We had a great turnout and I even got a chance to speak to the postgraduates and undergraduates at the lunches explaining how WiP (Women in Physics) could help undergraduates like myself. It was great to see so many female physicists at Imperial - something that I don't see in lectures, labs or tutorials.
There are so many schemes out there for secondary students to take Physics but once at university I felt there was no encouragement or inspiration for females to remain in Physics and there was no connection between the years. But now with WiP we hope the future will be bright and more females shall have a longer Physics path!
Here are a few pictures from the postgraduate and undergraduate lunch:
Postgraduate Lunch
We had a great turnout and I even got a chance to speak to the postgraduates and undergraduates at the lunches explaining how WiP (Women in Physics) could help undergraduates like myself. It was great to see so many female physicists at Imperial - something that I don't see in lectures, labs or tutorials.
There are so many schemes out there for secondary students to take Physics but once at university I felt there was no encouragement or inspiration for females to remain in Physics and there was no connection between the years. But now with WiP we hope the future will be bright and more females shall have a longer Physics path!
Here are a few pictures from the postgraduate and undergraduate lunch:
Postgraduate Lunch
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| Spreading my thoughts about how postgraduates can help undergraduates along their Physics path by acting as female role models |
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| Professor Michelle Dougherty, Principle Investigator of Cassini-Huygens Mission |
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| Jess Wade, the magic behind WiP! |
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| Professor Lesley Cohen (Solid State) and Professor Fay Dowker (Theoretical Physics) |
Undergraduate lunch
All in all, it was a brilliant launch for WiP and we received great feedback with many wanting more WiP events!
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| Jess spreading the love for WiP! |
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| Great turnout! |
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| Spreading the word about how WiP can help undergraduates. |
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| Lovely WiP cupcakes by Jess! |
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| Getting ideas for the future of WiP |
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| More idea collecting |
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| Lovely to see group chats |
All in all, it was a brilliant launch for WiP and we received great feedback with many wanting more WiP events!
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