Staff
4 March 2021
Meet...Sian Tedaldi
Name: Sian Tedaldi
Job title: Outreach Programmes Manager
What are you currently working on?
March is a busy time for planning events and next week we have Physics: lab to life. We are also starting a new project with the IOP called Levelling Up which aims to help prepare under-represented sixth-form students for studying physics at university.
Challenges & Changes ED&I Panel Discussion
The Challenges & Changes team are hosting a a departmental panel discussion on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Event registration via Eventbrite with password. More details below.
3 February 2021
Meet...Belinda Nicholson
Name: Belinda Nicholson
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Challenges & Changes in Physics: Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Prof. Bell Burnell discusses her research and the challenges that physics & physicists face, and shares some of her work to push for change.
Challenges & Changes in Physics: Dr Clara Barker
Dr Clara Barker discusses her research and the challenges that physics and physicists face, and shares some of her work to push for change.
Challenges & Changes in Physics: Dr Jess Wade
Dr Jess Wade discusses her research and the challenges that physics and physicists face, and shares some of her work to push for change.
In the first lecture of this new series from the Department of Physics, we will hear from Dr Jess Wade [she/her], a research fellow at Imperial College, London where she works on chiral organic light emitting diodes. She is an advocate for minority voices in science and has created hundreds of Wikipedia pages to amplify the achievements of women and people of colour in science.
Perspectives on high-energy-density science and inertial confinement fusion
SPECIAL LECTURE
Marking 80 years of the Frisch-Peierls Memorandum
Guest lunch with Dr Sam Henry
Come and join the Women in Physics society for lunch with special guest Dr Sam Henry. Want to know more about the recent UCU strike action or interested in addressing the gender pay gap? Bring along your questions for Sam. We'll also be hearing all about Sam's outreach and public engagement activities. Lunch is provided - sign up at the OxWiP website: https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/oxwip .
Enterprising Women POSTPONED
POSTPONED
Hear from two enterprising and successful women, who have helped form spin-out companies from Oxford Physics research, sharing their personal journeys into entrepreneurship and advice for students and researchers.
Ilana Wisby (CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC)) gained a PhD in quantum physics, after which she entered the world of start-ups and is now leading an Oxford University spin-out company, creating the core of the quantum revolution.