| Recent activities of the Network |
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The first meeting of the new Women’s Media Studies Network co-ordinating committee was held in April in the erudite surroundings of the British Museum. The committee was pleased to secure another year’s support funding from their parent body MeCCSA, and agreed to meet the Executive Committee’s request that the Network attempt to secure some self-funding to help with costs. Consequently, it was agreed that the Network would make a small charge for future seminar events. One of the key aims of the Network is to provide a space through email contact and events for female academics to communicate their research and academic skills to their colleagues. Therefore, the committee was united in stressing that it wanted its events to be accessible to a range of women including postgraduates and those on part-time contracts and therefore fees would be kept to a reasonable charge. Network members are being rather modest in sending their profiles to Karen Ross, Coventry University who has provided a template for women to give their web biographies. In June Karen made the template available again to members of our mailing list and it is hoped that women will find time over the summer to fill in their details. The profiles could become a valuable resource for those looking for part time colleagues, external examiners or for research links and so on. |