Diversity Strategy
SEPnet is committed to broadening the horizons of physics and physicists and an important part of this is increasing the diversity in physics. This enhances the research and teaching environment for all and ensures that physics draws from the full range of talent, including underrepresented groups. We host an annual diversity workshop open to the wider higher education sector and work closely with the White Rose Industrial Physics Academy (WRIPA) to run an annual meeting that often focuses on inclusivity. These events attract representatives from higher education and industry from all over the country. We monitor diversity data in our activities and take action to enhance inclusivity. One example is the added support we offer neurodiverse students with summer placements.
SEPnet is committed to broadening the horizons of physics and physicists and an important part of this is increasing the diversity in physics. This enhances the research and teaching environment for all and ensures that physics draws from the full range of talent, including underrepresented groups. We host an annual diversity workshop open to the wider higher education sector and work closely with the White Rose Industrial Physics Academy (WRIPA) to run an annual meeting that often focuses on inclusivity. These events attract representatives from higher education and industry from all over the country. We monitor diversity data in our activities and take action to enhance inclusivity. One example is the added support we offer neurodiverse students with summer placements.
Gender
Gender
We address the under-representation of women in physics by helping member universities achieve higher recognition in the Athena SWAN award as well as in the Institute of Physics’s new inclusion model. SEPnet universities also support their female and non-binary students in participating in the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics UK, and hosted the event in 2021.
We address the under-representation of women in physics by helping member universities achieve higher recognition in the Athena SWAN award as well as in the Institute of Physics’s new inclusion model. SEPnet universities also support their female and non-binary students in participating in the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics UK, and hosted the event in 2021.
Ethnicity
We help increase the ethnic diversity of physics departments by providing professional networking opportunities for students and staff from under-represented ethnic groups to build a critical mass of like-minded physicists. We achieve this using both internal SEPnet networks and external UK networks such as Minorities in STEM, which is aimed at those from all minority backgrounds, and The Blackett Lab Family and Black British Professionals in STEM (BBSTEM), which are specially targeted at people who identify as black.
We help increase the ethnic diversity of physics departments by providing professional networking opportunities for students and staff from under-represented ethnic groups to build a critical mass of like-minded physicists. We achieve this using both internal SEPnet networks and external UK networks such as Minorities in STEM, which is aimed at those from all minority backgrounds, and The Blackett Lab Family and Black British Professionals in STEM (BBSTEM), which are specially targeted at people who identify as black.
