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Lessons from a UK research school for Black physicists and engineers

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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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Fig. 1: Pictures from the research school.

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  1. Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Jessica Wade & Matthew Okenyi

  2. Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Isabel M. Rabey, Amy Smith & Mark D. Richards

  3. Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK

    Sophie A. Martin

  4. Division of Neuroscience & Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Yolanda Ohene

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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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