Dear Michele

Please could you post this on the admin-eo network?

Many thanks.

Felicity


4th European Conference on Gender in HE Education

Following successful conferences in Helsinki, Zurich and Genoa,
the
European Conference on Gender in HE is coming to Oxford in
2005. This
is an informal, early announcement to give advance notice of the
dates
and encourage you to start thinking about the themes. Please note
that
the website and formal call for papers will be published around
March
2004. Please pass this announcement on to other networks.

      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, 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 around March 2004. We will contact
you
again when this is ready.

This announcement is written on behalf of the conference planning
group. 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: [log in to unmask]

Judith Finch, Oxford University: [log in to unmask]

Irene Hill, Oxford Brookes University: [log in to unmask]

Joyce Hill, Equality Challenge Unit: [log in to unmask]

Felicity Hunt, Cambridge University: [log in to unmask]

Simonetta Manfredi, Oxford Brookes University:
[log in to unmask]

Rebecca Nestor, Oxford University:
[log in to unmask]

Lucia Nixon, Oxford University: [log in to unmask]

Bob Price, Oxford Brookes University: [log in to unmask]

Judith Secker, Oxford University: [log in to unmask]

October 2003








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