Women in Physics Lunches

Lunches were held to celebrate women in Physics

To celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8^th) the Imperial College Women in Physics (WiP) Cohort held a lunch to recognise quite how lucky we are to work with such exciting female academics, support staff, technicians and researchers. A lunch was also held for Undergraduate Women in Physics.

There are very few women working in STEM subjects (5.3 % of women-in-work, vs. 31.3 % of men) and even fewer in leadership roles. Only 11.6 % of the highest paid academic roles and 10.7 % of board directorships are held by women.¹ Women make up 22 % of the undergraduate and 15 % of the postgraduate physics community.

The lunches represented the launch of the WiP cohort. The cohort will organise a range of events to ensure women are inspired to choose physics as an undergraduate degree, explore as a postgraduate and carry this enthusiasm into the academic world.

Full report of the Women in Physics lunch

Full report on the Undergraduate Women in Physics lunch