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Earlier this academic year Dr Leah Morabito, Millard and Lee Alexander Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Galaxy Evolution, came up with the idea of a new initiative for women in the SCR, allowing them to meet each other at events like lunches and dinners, to share knowledge and experience and, in the future,...

February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We have a huge number of inspirational women among both our staff and students, including many working in science who achieve some incredible things. To celebrate their achievements, here’s a summary of news featuring our women in science from the past year – from...

February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, declared by the UN with the aim of promoting full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. To mark the day, we’re taking the opportunity to celebrate...

February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, declared by the UN with the aim of promoting full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. To mark the day, we’re taking the opportunity to celebrate...

Alongside the stories of individual women who've been doing great things both at Christ Church and further afield, there have also been a few events from the past year about women in relation to wider college and university life. Click on the links to read the full stories: --- On 6th February Christ Church joined with other colleges and...

We have some really brilliant women among our academic staff, and they're often in the news as a result of their achievements, whether that's winning prizes, having papers published, or being involved in major events. See below for a quick summary of their amazing achievements from the past year, and click on the links in each paragraph to read the...

International Women's Day falls on 8th March every year. It's a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and the day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equality. This year, we thought we'd take a look back over the Christ Church news stories from the past year that have focussed...

Dr Kerri Donaldson Hanna joined Christ Church in 2017, and she is also a UK Space Agency Aurora Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of planetary crusts of airless bodies like the Moon, Mercury and asteroids. You can find out more about her on her personal website and her...

Dr Leah Morabito joined Christ Church as the Millard and Lee Alexander Postdoctoral Research Fellow and a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Galaxy Evolution in 2017. She was Co-President and Co-Founder of the Society for Women in Physics at the University of Michigan, and is currently Outreach Officer at the Oxford Society of Women in Physics. You...