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challenges + changes in physics jess wade, @jesswade imperial college london from ! october 26 she/her thank you japanese wisteria chinese wisteria spintronics encrypted communications high performance displays quantum optics medical imaging magnetic field sensing positionality statement. 10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956 https://lukeholman.github.io/genderGap/ life sciences physics 16 years 258 years challenges access to and participation in physics research is not fair. beyond GCSE (age 15/16) physics 20 % 15 % 0.5 % women from a Black Caribbean disadvantaged descent background 10 % a-level computer science students .iop.org/about/strategy/limit-less iop.org/what-were-doing-address-gender-imbalance-physics royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/computing-in-schools/ outperform boys in men scoring @ or computing, below 1st advanced maths percentile in and physics PECS ≈ women in 80th percentile 10.1126/science.aba7377 “As the country confronts systemic racism and other forms of Carl Wieman discrimination, those of us in physics departments need to reflect on how we may be inadvertently propping up these barriers.” “When departments attribute differences in student Physics departments are unknowingly driving performance to differences in many students from under-represented talent, rather than differences in groups out of physics and other STEM fields educational privilege, they are by having introductory courses in which less sustaining and enhancing these prepared students are likely to do badly. systemic inequities.” These students' only “mistake” is to come from school districts with less money and worse physics teaching. aps.org/publications/apsnews/202010/backpage.cfm 35 % 2.5 x computer science + more likely to physics teachers study physics at favoured private have a relevant an all-girls school schools degree royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/computing-education/ iop.org/about/publications/opening-doors 19,868 UKRI PhD studentships 30 went to Black Caribbean students https://leadingroutes.org/mdocs-posts/the-broken-pipeline-barriers-to-black-students-accessing-research-council- funding academic culture 75 % < 10% 1/3rd women physics report to UK universities students had institution have no policy on experienced staff-student unwanted sexual relationships harassment 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.010121 university research time peer review scientific funding support less likely to be more likely to take on more likely to suffer less likely to apply for supported for service roles and from bias in peer large grants, less likely promotion teaching review, less likely to to be successful if a self-cite person of colour 10.1038/nature.2017.21839 epsrc.ukri.org/files/aboutus/epsrcunderstandingourportfolio-agenderperspectivereport/ 10.1177/2378023117738903, 10.1038/d41586-018-06678-6 £4.3m £0 3/6 @AddyAdelaine to Black PIs to a member of the panel ladders4action.org/our_team/addy/ youtu.be/VyC3Qr_5CUY + Dr Lia Li, Hope Bretscher and Dr Erinma Ochu 19,285 professors 17,850 identified as white 35 1 Black woman professor of physics Black woman professor of computer science identified as Black 1 women advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/equality-higher-education-statistical-report-2019 blackfemaleprofessorsforum.org/ https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2020/06/19/lgbtqia-in-the-field/ 40% LGBT scientists aren’t out at work 11th November, Dr Clara Barker changes “recognize that student success [in physics] has little to do with talent and a great deal to do with educational privilege.” bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53158292 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.0877 Wikipedia is the world’s most frequently visited website on march 29, 2020, Wikipedia got views. million what’s on Wikipedia matters. ….is what matters is on Wikipedia? https://www.denelezh.org/ https://www.shutdownstem.com/resources £ 0 meaningful work with school students, teachers + parents think about who we celebrate and amplify Dr Kathryn Boast @Kathryn_EB meaningful work with school students, teachers + parents think about who we celebrate and amplify listen, read and reflect Prof Chanda Prescod-Weinstein @IBJIYONGI shutdownstem.com/resources youtu.be/X3bhLLXqlo4 synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/bio-equalityanddiversity/2019/03/30/lecture-on-neurodiversity-prof-sara-rankin/ meaningful work with school students, teachers + parents think about who we celebrate and amplify listen, read and reflect review policies + procedures UG admissions PhD recruitment seminar speakers interviews letters of recommendation prize/ grant allocation hubble telescope success rate 8.024 %% evaluate judge 8.713 % % scientist science 10.1038/d41586-019-02064-y 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32611-4 meaningful work with school students, teachers + parents think about who we celebrate and amplify listen, read and reflect review policies + procedures be an ally, advocate or mentor meaningful work with school students, teachers + parents think about who we celebrate and amplify listen, read and reflect review policies + procedures be an ally, advocate or mentor call for change meaningful work with school students, teachers + parents think about who we celebrate and amplify listen, read and reflect review policies + procedures be an ally, advocate or mentor call for change be prepared to give up your space meaningful work with school students, teachers + parents think about who we celebrate and amplify listen, read and reflect review policies + procedures be an ally, advocate or mentor call for change be prepared to give up your space remember why this work is important more fair legal decisions 10.1037/0022-3514.90.4.597 innovation 10.1111/ecge.12016 higher profit margins mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion more accurately priced stocks 10.1073/pnas.1407301111 10.1038/s41467-018-07634-8 10.1038/497557a higher citation metrics youtu.be/VyC3Qr_5CUY Prof Ijeoma Uchegbu Dr Emma Chapman @DrEOChapman October 25 – 31 #BlackInPhysics thank you @jesswade [email protected].

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