[Equal] 4. Europ. Conf. on Gender Equality in Higher Education

[Katharina von Salis]

liebe equals,
unten die Koordinaten/Infos betreffend die naechste Europ. Konf. on 
GE in HE in Oxford - in genau einem Jahr.  Die entsprechende Website 
sollte in diesem Monat aufgeschaltet werden, die Daten kann man aber 
ruhig schon jetzt in die Agenda eintragen...:-)
Have a nice fall
kvs
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equal at lists.inf.ethz.ch
Fourth European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education
Oxford Brookes University, 31st August - 3rd September, 2005

Initial Announcement

Dear Colleague

We are delighted to confirm that the Fourth European Conference on 
Gender Equality in Higher Education will take place in 2005 in the 
United Kingdom at Oxford Brookes University. The conference is being 
organised by a partnership involving Oxford Brookes University, the 
Equality Challenge Unit, the European Network of Gender Equality in 
Higher Education, Oxford University and Cambridge University. It will 
open on the afternoon of Wednesday 31 August and close at lunch- time 
on Saturday 3 September. We plan to organise a walking tour of 
historic Oxford on the Saturday afternoon. 

There are three main themes running through the conference. These are:

1. Understanding gender and 'performance'.

  We are interested in work that explores ways in which men and women 
behave or perform differently (or similarly ) and the ways in which 
women are judged differently (generally more critically) than men. 
This could include any aspect of the student experience (for example 
access, learning and teaching, curriculum development, the PhD 
process) or any aspect of employment (for example recruitment and 
promotion, different academic tasks and the way they are valued, 
leadership, peer review).

2. Achieving gender equality in higher education: evaluating methods.

  We are interested in hearing about any methods that have been tried 
to give greater value to women's work (or draw attention to the 
advantages that men enjoy) and to achieve gender equality in terms of 
academic and employment outcomes. We would also like to see an 
evaluation of the success (or not) of these methods.

3. Academics and practitioners working together.

  We would like to make a particular effort to bring together the work 
of academics and practitioners. This could be achieved through the 
submission of evidence-based practitioner work, or academic papers 
that reflect on the practical implications of their findings. We 
especially encourage papers written jointly by academics and 
practitioners.

If you think you will be interested in submitting some of your work 
to the conference, this can take three different forms:

Full Paper: This will involve a presentation of about 20 minutes 
followed by discussion. You will be asked to submit a 300 word 
abstract for this.

Demonstration/workshop: This should be participative. You will be 
asked to submit a 300 word synopsis of your aims/objectives, content, 
material and approach.

Poster: There will be dedicated time within the conference to look at 
posters. You will be asked to submit a 200 word summary of the main 
content you plan to display in your poster.

This conference is aimed at academics, practitioners and research 
students. We are particularly interested in encouraging researchers 
who are just starting out in their research careers to participate in 
the conference. We want to create a supportive environment where 
everyone learns from each other.

We will be putting out a formal call for papers backed up with a 
dedicated conference website in the summer of 2004. We will contact 
you again when this is ready.

This announcement is written on behalf of the Conference Coordinating 
Committee. If you would like any further information about the 
conference, or you would like to put any ideas to us, please contact 
any of us directly. We are:

Liz Doherty, Oxford Brookes University: ejdoherty at brookes.ac.uk
Judith Finch, Oxford University: judith.finch at admin.ox.ac.uk
Irene Hill, Oxford Brookes University: ihill at brookes.ac.uk
Joyce Hill, Equality Challenge Unit: joyce.hill at ECU.ac.uk
Felicity Hunt, Cambridge University: mfh3 at admin.cam.ac.uk
Liisa Husu: liisa.husu at helsinki.fi
Simonetta Manfredi, Oxford Brookes University: smanfredi at brookes.ac.uk
Rebecca Nestor, Oxford University: Rebecca.nestor at learning.ox.ac.uk
Lucia Nixon, Oxford University: lucia.nixon at magd.ox.ac.uk
Bob Price, Oxford Brookes University: bprice at brookes.ac.uk
Judith Secker, Oxford University: Judith.secker at admin.ox.ac.uk

February 2004

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Dr. Katharina von Salis
Via Maistra 31
Pf 130
CH-7513 Silvaplana

Tel. 0041 81 828 82 55
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