The Vicphysics Teachers’ Network, an AIP affiliate, offers a Girls in Physics Breakfasts program across Victoria each year.

The breakfasts program is for students in Years 10 to 12. They share a table with two to three women who either have a career in physics or engineering, or who are at university studying in either of these areas. 

Over breakfast, the students ask the women questions about what they do, how did they find their job, what is studying at university like, etc.  This is followed by a speaker who talks about her research and her career. 

After a Q&A, there are a few careers-based activities which are of value to students and guests alike to finish the event.

The breakfasts run from 7:30am until 10:00am.  The breakfasts are free to guests.

The breakfasts program started in 2016.  Already this year, there have been two Breakfasts, one in central Melbourne and one in Mildura.

The remaining breakfasts for 2023 are listed below.

Invitation:

Vicphysics is always seeking more women to attend a breakfast.  The more women who attend, the more school bookings we can take.  If you would like to come to one of the breakfasts below, please register at: https://www.vicphysics.org/events/girls/breakfast/  

21 July, Monash University

Speaker: Dr Karen Livesey, AIP Women in Physics Lecturer for 2023.  

Topic: Nanomagnets: New materials to address biomedical and technological problems.

2 August, Geelong

Speaker: A/Prof Elizabeth Hinde, Melbourne University.

Topic: Glow in the dark – Using fluorescence to observe DNA in a living cell.

11 August, Wodonga

Speaker: Emma Dyce, Medical radiation physicist,

Topic: Treating skin cancer with radiotherapy

16 August, Traralgon

Speaker: Prof Rachel Webster, Melbourne University.

Topic: Geothermal: vast energy reserves beneath our feet

25th August, Ballarat

Speaker: Dr Taissa Danilovich, Monash University.

Topic: Molecules in space. 

1 September, Bendigo 

Speaker: Dr Amanda Karakas, Monash University.

Topic: Stars as chemical element factories.

“I was talking to a guest at my table and her career sounded amazing, that I realised that in 8 years that could me; I got so excited.’ – Student attending a breakfast.

Join us for the Physics Nobel Prize Lecture 2022 - All welcome!

Entanglement: Laying the foundation for quantum technology

NOVEMBER 24TH 6:30 PM

HERCUS THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

A/Prof Katarina Miljkovic will be the guest speaker at the Girls in Physics Breakfast on 28th July. It will be held at the William Angliss Institute, 555 La Trobe St Melbourne.

Students in Years 10 - 12 will share a table with women with a career in physics or engineering, or studying these subjects at university. Women are invited to register here: Girls in Physics Breakfasts: An Invitation (vicphysics.org)

More details are on the website or this flyer: Melbourne Invite GIPB 22.pdf

Public Lecture: Impacts! Rocks from space colliding with planets
Presented by Associate Professor Katarina Miljkovic

6.30 PM Wednesday 27 July

Storey Hall, RMIT Building 16, Level 5, Room 001

336 - 348 Swanston Street, Melbourne

For registration and further information see attached flyer:
WIP_Public_Lecture_Vic_flyer.pdf

We are happy to announce our "Physics in Action" video competition. Physical phenomena occur in the world around us every day, whether in a lab, a classroom, or out in nature. This competition invites individuals and groups to create and submit a short video that showcases this physics in action.

Please see the flyer below for more details on how to enter, how a winner is selected, and the prizes available. Feel free to pass this flyer along to anybody you think would be interested.