NUIG achieves practitioner award for gender equality
Galway Bay fm newsroom - NUI Galway is the first University in Ireland to be officially recognised for equal opportunities in science.
The School of Physics has been made a practitioner under the Institute of Physics Juno Project.This aims to address the under-representation of women in university physics.While women make up 20% of physics undergraduates across Ireland and the UK, this number drops to 7% at the level of University professor.