A group of scientists at Imperial College collaborated with The Blackett Lab Family, a collective of UK-based Black physicists, to host the UK’s first research school for Black physicists and engineers. Here they reflect on what they learnt and why we should all join in the mission to end inequality in academia.
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Athena Swan: http://advance-he.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan-charter
Black in Chem: https://blackinchem.org/
Black in Physics: https://www.blackinphysics.org/
Black STEM teachers for UK schools: https://www.mission44.org/mission-44-announce-partnership-with-teach-first
JUNO award: https://www.iop.org/about/IOP-diversity-inclusion/project-juno
National Society of Black Physicists: https://nsbp.org/
Representation of Black engineers: https://www.hamiltoncommission.org/
Rising Stars programmes: https://risingstars21-eecs.mit.edu/
The Blackett Lab Family: https://theblackettlabfamily.com/
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Wade, J., Rabey, I.M., Smith, A. et al. Lessons from a UK research school for Black physicists and engineers. Nat Rev Mater 7, 927–928 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-022-00500-6
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