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Newsletter
The new WIPG Winter 2009 newsletter, number 13 (PDF, 496 KB), is now available.. Read about the third annual IOP WIPG Very Early Career Award (sponsored by Shell), the WIPG Advisory Panel, plus some of the careers events that members have been involved in over the last few months.
Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Women in Physics Group will be held at 3.30pm on 11th November in the Eddington Room at the Institute of Physics in London. Please also join us beforehand, at 2pm for talks from two of this year’s IOP prize winners: Prof Gillian Gehring (IOP Mott medal and prize 2009) and Prof Jenny Nelson (IOP Joule medal and prize 2009). See our Group Calendar for further information and details of available positions on the committee.
Honorary Fellowship
The WIPG would like to congratulate committee member Gillian Gehring, who has also been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the IOP.
WIPG Committee Awards
'Congratulations to several members of the WIPG committee who have recently received awards: Helen Gleeson was awarded an OBE for her services to science in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Gillian Gehring has been awarded the IOP's Mott medal and prize 2009 for her seminal contributions to magnetism. And Ann Marks has been elected on to the Board of Administration of the European Platform for Women in Science. We are delighted that their hard work and commitment is being recognised.'
The 2009 Shell and IOP Women In Physics Group Very Early Career Award
The 2009 Shell and IOP Women In Physics Group Very Early Career Award was awarded at a special outreach event on the 27 May 2009, at the Institute of Physics, London. See the Early Career Award page for further details and to find out who the winner was...
International Conference of Physics Students
Last year, committee member Rachel Ashley attended the International Conference of Physics Students in Krakow, Poland. Here she talks about her experiences and encourages you to consider attending this year's event:
'Last summer I travelled to Krakow, Poland, with a fellow physics student to represent The University of Liverpool at the 23rd annual International Conference of Physics Students (ICPS). ICPS is run by the International Association of Physics Students(IAPS) and is attended by 300-400 students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) from over 30 different countries; a perfect networking opportunity! It is held in a different country every year, usually for a week in mid-August and is organised entirely by the host university’s physics students.
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During the week we enjoyed lectures from our fellow students and guest speakers, a poster session, workshops, an excursion to the incredible Wieliczka Salt Mine, a guided tour of the beautiful city of Krakow and a party or two! It was a fantastic way to get a feel for international scientific conferences, to inspire the continuation of our studies and to get a taste of different physics concepts that we had not previously experienced. As well as a few cultural experiences at the national party – who knew the Finnish would bring their own sauna?
I’d like to thank the University of Liverpool Physics Department for sponsoring me.
This summer’s conference is in Split, Croatia. For more information or if you're interested in going along go to the ICPS2009 webpage
Newsletter
The new WIPG newsletter is now available to view and download. Read about the Very Early Career Award - winners from the last two years plus this year's planned event, the Physics in Primary Schools project, new committee members, plus an update on the European Platform for women in Science.
AGM 2008
The 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Women in Physics Group was held at the Institute of Physics on the 3 December. The meeting was a great success, starting with two very interesting talks from Dr Sally Day (UCL) and Professor Yvonne Elsworth (University of Birmingham).
The talks were followed by the Chair's report detailing all the activities that have taken place this year and the financial report. Thanks were given to several outgoing committee members for all their contributions over the last three years: Andrea Fesmer, Averil Macdonald, Gillian Gehring, Jo Baker, Philippa Browning and Rose Lerner.
It was announced that Gillian Gehring and Phillipa Browning have been co-opted back onto the committee together with five new committee members: Amy Preece, Dawn Leslie, Frances Downey, Helen Gleeson and Sarah Callaghan.
The Shell and Institute of Physics Award for the Very Early Career Woman Physicist of the Year
The Women in Physics Group are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the the 3rd annual very early-career award, which comes with a prize of £1000. Click here for further details and the application form.
The Women In Physics Group has selected the delegation to attend the 3rd IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics, in Seoul, South Korea, October 2008. Click here for more details.
Libby Heaney from the University of Leeds has been awarded the HSBC/Institute of Physics Very Early Career Award.
The 2008 Very Early Career Award £1000 prize was presented to Libby Heaney at a special student event on the afternoon of Wednesday 20 February. Libby is rewarded for both her academic work and the efforts she has made to inspire others into physics. The runner-up, Joanna Lee of the National Physical Laboratories, also received a prize.
See IOP News for more information and the press release.
The HSBC/Institute of Physics Very Early Career Award is made annually to a woman who is within three years of completing her undergraduate degree in physics and who is either working as a physicist or is engaged in postgraduate study. The award is judged by the IOP’s Women in Physics Group in recognition of the winner’s contribution to physics and the activities they have undertaken to inspire others to take an interest in physics.
Do you have an interest in science outreach? See here for details of how to apply for the 2009 award
The Women in Physics Group are delighted to congratulate Jocelyn Bell Burnell on becoming a Dame, and Ann Marks (previous Chair of the Women in Physics Group) on her MBE.
Young female physicist, Liz Ainsbury, receives prize for leukaemia
Young physicist Liz Ainsbury has been rewarded by HSBC and Institute of Physics for her research in magnetic field physics. She has studied whether there is a link between extremely low frequency magnetic fields and health effects such as childhood leukaemia.
Physicists and Primary Schools Website
A website providing materials to help physicists with outreach activities in primary schools.
Launched on 4 April 2006 at the Institute of Physics.
Women in University Physics Departments: Institute of Physics Site Visits Report (Feb 2006)
An Institute Report on the University Site Visits Scheme - a series of panel visits to university physics departments offering feedback and advice to departments on gender friendliness.
Newsletters
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No 9 May 2004
No 8 March 2003
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