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SEPnet/ WRIPA Joint workshop

SEPnet Master — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 08:01:00 +0000

Creating an inclusive physics curriculum – Thursday 6 July 2023 University of Nottingham SEPnet and WRIPA hosted a successful meeting to explore how university physics departments can embed EDI across the curriculum and departmental culture to support an inclusive student learning experience and equitable graduate outcomes. Prof Helen Gleeson OBE, opened the workshop outlining personal professional initiatives and the IOP’s projects. Professor Philip Moriarty closed the workshop with a dynamic thought proving update on the benefits and challenges of ChatGPT. The event was attended by over 55 representatives from over 30 UK institutions. For more information about the talks follow this link. Recordings to the talks can be foundRead More...

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SEPnet Diversity Workshop – Embedding diversity into the curriculum

SEPnet Master — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:30:00 +0000

Academics, EDI champions and PGRs gathered at SEPnet’s recent annual diversity workshop hosted by Royal Holloway University of London, to share experiences and discuss challenges in embedding diversity into the curriculum. Tinashe Verhaeghe, Equality Charter at Advance HE, explained the five race equality principles that underpin the charter. Researcher Annie Lennox shared results of their study on diversity within Space Science naming conventions maintained by the IAU. Olivia Keenan and Perl John described what is meant by decolonising the curriculum and how we are approaching decolonising across SEPnet. Helen Gleeson OBE, Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Leeds, Institute of Physics advisor to Council for Inclusion and Diversity, provided aRead More...

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Neurodiversity Training Workshop

SEPnet Master — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:13:00 +0000

December 6th University of Surrey. Employability Advisors and academics from across the SEPnet consortium meet to discuss and identify barriers and enablers in accessing the SEPnet summer placement scheme for all students, irrespective of background and neurological personalities. This training was facilitated by AbiltyNet and will provide the basis for further employer, student and advisor training.

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Interact Engagement Symposium 2022

Olivia Keenan — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 09:25:51 +0000

The biennial Interact conference took place in City Hall, Cardiff on 14th September. Interact is an engagement conference for the physical sciences co-organised by SEPnet, the STFC, the IOP, the RAS and the Ogden Trust. The symposium had five core themes: Evaluation and impact Reaching audiences underrepresented in the physical sciences Engagement mediums Funding routes for engagement Sharing good practice Almost 200 people attended on the day from a vast range of universities, charities, industry partners, outreach organisations and learned societies. The day was jam packed with over 20 talks and workshops happening across four parallel sessions and two plenaries. There was also a marketplace area with stands from professionalRead More...

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Enfield Council International Women’s Day Conference

Olivia Keenan — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:20:19 +0000

Friday 8th March was International Women’s Day, a day where we celebrate the achievements of women and highlight the barriers which still exist to achieving gender equality. Our Director of Outreach and Public Engagement, Dr Olivia Keenan, was invited to speak at the International Women’s Day Conference organised by Enfield council on the subject of Women in Physics. Olivia used the opportunity to highlight the problems we have in physics around gender equality and to highlight some programmes and schemes working to counter this. Only around 20% of A-level physics students are currently female, in spite of the fact that all genders perform equally well at GCSE level (IOP ‘WhyRead More...

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SEPnet celebrates #LGBTSTEMDay

Olivia Keenan — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:06:36 +0000

SEPnet is proud to celebrate #LGBTSTEMDay as it continues to showcase and celebrate diversity in physics. Together with LGBT STEM SEPnet is launching a set of Case Studies showcasing researchers, professional services staff, students past and present from across the SEPnet partners. These profiles show the range of experiences for LGBT+ folk in physics. Have an explore and see if your experiences are similar to theirs. You can download them all as a pdf files here. SEPnet will continue to support their LGBT+ researchers as part of their new embedded approach to diversity across all the SEPnet programmes. The Outreach & Public Engagement team, together with the University of Sussex, willRead More...

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SEPnet looking for Case Studies for LGBTSTEM Day

Olivia Keenan — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:05:56 +0000

Here at SEPnet we continue to celebrate and embrace diversity across physics. We also want to continue to support initiatives the aim to raise awareness, such as the upcoming LGBTSTEM Day on Thursday 5 July. This day will help raise awareness of LGBT+ people in STEM subjects. SEPnet has partnered with LGBTSTEM to showcase LGBT+ people working across all our physics departments through a series of case studies that will be featured on both the SEPnet and LGBTSTEM website. We are looking for LGBT+ people who want to share their stories through a very short questionnaire. If you are interested in adding your story, please complete the questionnaire and return to d.galliano@qmul.ac.uk,Read More...

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SEPnet celebrates Women’s International Day!

Veronica Benson — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 11:41:01 +0000

SEPnet continues to celebrate the achievements of female physicists and encourage young women to pursue careers with physics through its outreach and employability programmes. While only 20% of physics students are female, 30% of students attending SEPnet and GRADnet events are female and 40% of summer placements are secured by female physics students. Role models and case studies are important sources of inspiration and you can read about some of our successful alumni and placement students on our website. All SEPnet partners are signed up to Project Juno and Athena SWAN to support gender equality and women’s career progression with 3 partners achieving Champion status to date. SEPnet partners shareRead More...

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SEPnet launches Shattering Stereotypes Evaluation Report

Olivia Keenan — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:25:25 +0000

During the 2016/17 academic year, SEPnet Outreach & Public Engagement has been piloting a project determining the best role Physics Outreach Officers can play in tackling and improving the gender stereotyping problem in schools. This was the first SEPnet-wide project which involved building a direct partnership with a set of schools to deliver a programme of activity over an academic year. The pilot was a first step, so the priority for the evaluation was on logistics over impact of the project, though both were considered. The evaluation was carried out by Elizabeth Jeavans and Sarah Jenkins. The full report can be found here. Overall the project delivered a programme whichRead More...

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SEPnet Outreach highlights the importance of Shattering Stereotypes on International Women’s Day.

Olivia Keenan — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:03:32 +0000

This International Women’s Day, SEPnet Outreach is launching their Shattering Stereotypes Careers Evenings and Physics Graduate Case Studies resources. Across our Shattering Stereotypes Schools we will be holding networking sessions between Year 8 students, their parents and a variety of physics graduates of all genders who have gone to have amazing careers in business, industry and other sectors showing the breadth of opportunities available to them. Students will be encouraged to look beyond gender and pick graduates they would like to network with based on their and the graduates Type of Scientist (previously developed for SEPnet / WISE’s People Like Me resource). The evenings will also have a short talkRead More...

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