The CV / Resume of Dr Jane Chapman

DR. JANE CHAPMAN - C.V.  

Reader, Lincoln University, Faculty of Media & Humanities, Lincoln University, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS

e-mail: jachapman@lincoln.ac.uk ;website:  www.janechapman.co.uk


1) Posts held

 

2007- present: Reader, Lincoln School of Journalism

2005-2007: PL, Lincoln School of Journalism

1999-2005: SL, London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London

1998: Visiting Lecturer, London College of Communication

1997-1998: Somerset County Council, Dept. of Adult Education

1995-7: freelance reporter, BBC Radio 4 ('You & Yours') & Radio 5 Live ('Sportshop')

1992: Chief Executive, Eurostep - Pan European educational satellite channel with offices in Holland, Brussels, London and Rome: annual budget 3.5million pounds, 30 permanent staff. Funded by the European Space Agency

1991-3: University of London, Birkbeck College: summer schools and own courses on writing documentary; documentary project development and budgeting                         

1990: City University School of Journalism- own one day course writing for documentary           

1984-1995: Chapman Clarke Films, MD & producer (own company)

1980-82: staff researcher, Southern TV (ITV) - current affairs, local programmes, plus ITV's longest running network children's series 'How' and 'The Peasants' Revolt, 1381', a history drama documentary

Freelance employment:

1998: reporter on BBC Radio 5 Live 'Sportshop'           

1997: reporter on BBC Radio 4 Live 'You and Yours'           

1996: assistant producer /director BBC West TV           

1985 - 86: sub-editor HTV West News              

1985 - 87: researcher HTV West            -

1983 - 84: on-screen reporter TV-am           

1982 - 83: senior journalist, Granada Reports

1982: assistant producer, BBC Current Affairs - Newsweek and Panorama           

 

2) Qualifications

 

-BA (Hons) 2.1 University College, University of London - History (medieval & modern), 1971

-Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE in Teaching of History), University of Cambridge, Department of Education, Wolfson College, 1972

-PhD London School of Economics - Depts. of International & Economic History- 20th century French History: industrial relations of textile industry in the Nord, supervisors Profs James Joll & Dudley Baines. SSRC funded quota award, Dept. of Economic History, viva'ed by Theodore Zeldin & Douglas Johnson

-European Post-Graduate Certificate in Audiovisual Production, EEC Media Programme (EAVE), 1990

-'Firm Start' Diploma in Business Management, University of Bristol, 1991

-European Post-Graduate Certificate in Multimedia for Independent Television Producers, EEC Media Programme            (EAVE), 1994

 

3) Recent Publications

 

a- Books

 

2009: Issues in Contemporary Documentary (Cambridge, Polity Press), single author.

2008: Broadcast Journalism: a Critical Introduction, ed. Chapman & Kinsey   (London, Routledge)

2007: Documentary in Practice (Cambridge, Polity Press 2007), single author

2005: Comparative Media History: 1789 to the present (Cambridge, Polity Press), single author

1990: Women Working it Out (2nd Ed, COIC- Careers & Occupational Information Centre, Sheffield, HMSO), Single author

1988: Women Working it Out (First ed. COIC, Sheffield, HMSO), single author

 

b- Chapters in books

 

2008: Communication Ethics Now, ed. Keeble, Richard, Single authored chapter 'Republican Citizenship & the French Revolutionary Press ', (Troubadour)

2007: The Journalistic Imagination: Literary Journalism: from Daniel Defoe to Angela Carter, ed. Keeble & Walker (London, Routledge) edited collection with single authored chapter: 'The personal is the political: George Sand's contribution to popular journalism'

 

c- Articles

 

2009: Introduction to 'Counter Currents in Journalism History' as guest editor of special edition of International Journal of Communication, vol. 1, Jan-June (Bahri Publications, New Delhi)

2007:'George Sand -Thwarted Newspaper Publisher or Pioneer Literary Journalist?'  Modern & Contemporary France, Vol. 15, No.4, November, pp. 479 - 495, single author

2007: 'Arundhati Roy and the Narmada Dams controversy: development journalism and the 'new international public sphere', International Journal of Communication (IJC), vol.17 (2) June-Dec., New Delhi, India,  single author

2007: 'India's Narmada Dams Controversy: Interdisciplinary Examples of Global Media Advocacy ' Journal of International Communication (JIC), vol.13 (1), April/May, pp.71-90 ( Sage Publications, c/o Macquarie University, Australia), single author

2006: 'Reflections on 15 years of Activist Media and India's Narmada Dams Controversy' International Journal of Communication - (IJC) New Delhi, India),16 (2) Sept- Dec.,single author
2006 : 'George Sand : journaliste litteraire ', www.republique-des- lettres.fr  s
ingle author

2006 : 'La citoyenneté républicaine, l'éthique et  la presse sous la Révolution

française 1789-92', www.republique-des- lettres.fr  single author

2005:  'Republican Citizenship & the French Revolutionary Press 1789-92: an exploration of pre- Modernity journalism ethics' Ethical Space (2005, vol.2, Feb., Leicester) single author

 

d- Published papers

 

2004: 'The Place of Critical Self-Reflection: An Inquiry into Student Responses to the Theoretical and Practical Components of the Journalism Curriculum at Undergraduate and Masters Level', in CLTD (Centre for Learning & Teaching of Design) Enhancing the Curricula (CLTD, Barcelona and London) '  ISBN 0-9541439-3-0. Single author

2004: 'The legacy of the French Revolution and its contribution to popular journalism, democracy and citizenship' in The Narrative of Modernity:; co-existence and difference  (Proceedings  of the 9th Conference of ISSEI - International Society for the Study of European Ideas , University of Navarre, Pamplona) ISSN n/k but available. Single author

2004:'The International Origins of the Press Conference '(Association of Journalism Educators (AJE) , http://www.ajeuk.org/conf2k4.html. Single author

2003: Association of Journalism Educators (AJE), 'Newspaper History -Integrating Theory and Practice, 'The Guardian Project'. http://www.ajeuk.org/conf2k.html . Single author

 

4) Grants           

 

2009 - 2011 ESRC: WOMEN, PRESS and PROTEST in BRITISH and FRENCH INDIA 1928-1948 - FEC c. £71,000, PI

2007-2009 British Academy small research grant project funding as principal investigator for 'Feminising Influences on Mass Circulation: a comparative study of Le Petit Journal & The Daily Mail - £6855, PI                                                                                                           

2006/7 British Academy funding for conference attendance in USA - c. £1100

- in Preparation

2009: British Academy Small Research Project bid, 'Comics & Post-Holocaust Trauma in France' c. £ 8000, PI

2009-10: ESRC collaborative bid, 'Pioneers, Print Culture & Social Survival' PI, with Macquarie University, Centre for Media History,  University College Dublin, Centre for Media History, c. £250,000

2009: AHRC networking scheme (c.£45,000), PI, with Swansea University, Sussex (TBC) and other international  stakeholders , ' Comics & 20th Century Crises' , to be followed by a collaborative bid for c. £200,000, PI.

 

5) RAE 2001 & RAE 2008

 

2001: Part of London College of Communication's (University of the Arts, London) 5 rated classification for practice based research (UoA 64 Art & Design panel). All 4 outputs made under the auspices of own production company, Chapman Clarke Films, with Dr. Jane Chapman as main creative producer.

 

 2008: Part of Lincoln University's UoA 66 submission, with 15 % at 4* and 55 % at 3*, and 100 % 3* esteem indicators. I was recruited for my 'return-ables' in 2005, and the sub-panel report noted, 'that staff recruited during the census period have added to esteem through the pursuit of international research excellence.' Significantly, the sub panel report also listed 'historical' (my own specialism) first amongst the list of content areas submitted, and noted that there was work of 'international excellence across all these areas'. 

 

 

6) Forthcoming Publications

 

a- Books

 

 2010: (April): Signposts to the Past: Understanding Journalism & Society (Blackwell-Wiley, USA), co-author Nick Nuttall, Lincoln University

2010: (Dec.): Key Readings in Journalism , co-author Elliot King (Routledge, USA)

2012: Gender, Citizenship, and the Media: Historical & Trans-national Perspectives (Palgrave-Macmillan, Basingstoke), co-author Kate Lacey, Sussex University

 

b- Articles/Journals

 

2009: American Journalism, co-author Elliot King 'Essential Readings in Journalism: The Top 12 Choices'

2010 (Aug.): 'Assessing the female influence in Europe's first mass circulation daily newspaper.' Modern & Contemporary France (Taylor & Francis), single author

2010: 'De-bunking feminisation claims and Northcliffe propaganda- Le Petit Journal and The Daily Mail, 19th century popular press and women'. Media History (Sage), single author

 

7) Unpublished Papers

 

2009: 'De-bunking feminisation claims and Northcliffe propaganda- Le Petit Journal and The Daily Mail, 19th century popular press and women'.

 2009:  'Disruptive Representations? Women in the Pioneer Mass Circulation Press', paper to American Journalism Historians Ass. jointly with Ass. of Educators of Journalism & Mass Communication (US) (AJHA/AEJMC) in New York, single author

2008: 'The rise and fall of George Sand's newspaper writing aimed at uniting capital and countryside during 1848' Modern Language Association (MLA) annual convention , San Francisco, single author

2008: 'Interpreting the evidence for a 'feminising' influence in early mass circulation newspapers - threat to or enhancement of democracy?', paper to Women in France (WIF) International Annual Conference, Leeds University, single author

2008:' Integrating theory and practice in post graduate documentary studies', Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Annual Convention, Las Vegas, single author

2008: 'Interpreting the evidence for a 'feminising' influence on early mass circulation- threat to or enhancement of democracy?' paper to American Journalism Historians Ass. jointly with Ass. of Educators of Journalism & Mass Communication (US) (AJHA/AEJMC) in New York, single author

2007: 'The theme of uniting Paris and the provinces in George Sand's journalism 1841-49': presented to annual conference ASCMF Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary France, Reading University, 'Mapping France' international conference, single author

2007: 'George Sand as literary journalist and newspaper publisher, 1840-1849',  AJHA / AEJMC (American Journalism Historians Association, Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication) March meeting in New York, paper presentation funded by British Academy, single author

2006: ASMCF (Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary France- Northern Media Research Group) in Newcastle, November. Paper: 'George Sand and the ethics of the French Provincial Press', single author           

2006: AEJMC (Association of Educators in Journalism & Mass Communication) Annual convention in San Francisco in August, invited (funded by organisers) panellist on history of journalists and jail- paper:  'Arundhati Roy, Jail and Censorship', single author

2006: AJHA/AEJMC (American Journalism Historians Association, with AEJMC History division) in New York, March: paper 'The American Muckraker, the prize winning Novelist ,  the penniless Documentarist and  the  censored Filmmaker : elements of activist journalism, old and new. ', single author

2004: 'The Personal is the Political: George Sand & the Struggle for a Provincial Press in France', University of Lincoln, CORAL COM annual conference (Association of Local Archivists), single author

 

8) Published Book Reviews

 

2009 (April): Journalism Studies: review of Life on Air by David Hendy (OUP,2007)

2008 (April): Journal of International Communication (Australia) -review of  Broadcasting & Convergence: New Articulations of the Public Service Remit  by Gregory Ferrell Lowe & Taisto Hujanen (eds.) (Nordicom, Goteborg, Sweden, 2003)

2008 (Feb): H-Net- Jhistory (USA):  'The Ephemeral Sketch' - review of  Sketches of the Nineteenth Century: European Journalism and Its Physiologies, 1830-50, by Martina Lauster (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)

2008 (Jan.) Ethical Space:  'The Challenge to Journalism of the Many Headed Hydra'-review of Journalism, Science and Society: Science Communication between News and Public Relations, eds. Martin W.Bauer and Massimiano Bucchi (Routledge 2007)

 

9) Other Print Publications - booklets, pamphlets and popular articles

 

1998:'Oral Cancer' article -Health and Fitness magazine

1991: The Manufactured Landscape - history booklet to accompany TV series, publisher HTV for ITV           

1990: The Women Manager, booklet to go with video, publisher The Open College                        

1990: The European Audio-visual Landscape- survey for Media '92 ( EU),  EAVE  publisher              

1989: TVEI, Students and Higher Education Dept.of Employment-booklet to accompany video  1988 : Women - The Way Ahead , booklet The Open College            

1988: Set to Work, publisher COIC (HMSO), booklet with video            

1986: New Way of Living, HTV for ITV publisher Manpower Services Commission

 

 

10) Honours, Awards and Visiting Fellowships

 

2008-2011: Visiting Fellow Wolfson College & Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge

2009-2011: Visiting Fellow, Centre for the History of the Media, University College Dublin

2010: invitation to apply for partially funded Visiting Fellowship, Trinity College, Dublin, Centre for South Asian Studies

2009: guest speaker, Centre for the History of the Media Distinguished Public Lecture 2009, School of History, University College, Dublin

2006: Comparative Media History: 1789 to the present (Cambridge, Polity Press, 2005) nominee for Best Book of the Year, AEJMC (American Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication, journalism history division).

2005: research and publications on French revolutionary press recognised by the Académie Française in correspondence from the then President, former Prime Minister Pierre Messmer.

2003/4, Visiting Scholar, North Carolina State University Faculty of Continuing Education

1989: finalist award, International Film & Television Festival of New York 'It's Your Choice' careers film.

 

11) Readers Reports & Peer Reviewer Reports

 

2009 (Sept.): Literary Journalism Studies: reader for article submission on narrative techniques in on line journalism

2009 (May): Journalism Studies: reader for article submission on comparative interview techniques for UK and Swedish TV and radio

2009 (March/April): Media History: reader for article submission on history of European regional TV

2008 (Feb & April): Journal of Global Mass Communication: reader for article submission on 18th century communication systems in Paris and Philadelphia.

2008 (Jan.) AJHA-AEJMC (Ass. for US journalism historians) - reviewer of abstracts for papers to be presented at March annual conference in New York

2008: Reader for on line journalism textbook, Routledge.

2003: Reader for journalism ethics textbook, Routledge.

 

12)  International External Consultancies

 

2009: BEA (Broadcast Educational Association), USA: judge for student documentary awards, documentary division

2007 to present: member editorial board of Indian scholarly journal International Journal of Communication

2007 to present: AJE Association of Journalism Educators, Lincoln University representative

2008: i/c of establishing exchange link (staff and student, plus student study trips) between SUNY Fredonia, USA and Lincoln University

2007: co-organiser with Prof. Maire Cross (President ASCMF) of symposium on representation of women in French media, held in Newcastle.

2006: EU funded (Bologna Agreement) /BBC World Service - professional development for lecturers from Uni. of Kiev, Ukraine -how to develop and design a media history curriculum.

2006: Channel 4 - expert historical adviser for documentary on early life of Queen Mother and the role of media in Abdication Crisis

2005: EU funded (Bologna Agreement) /BBC World Service - professional development for lecturers from Uni. of Sophia, Bulgaria's oldest Journalism School. Curriculum design and teaching of media and journalism history

2004: BBC World Service - expert talk on international history of press conferences, 'Postmark' Africa radio series             

1995: EU (Media Programme EAVE) expert adviser for European practitioners on multi media independent production, Gotland, Sweden

 

13) External Examining, External validations, Accreditations and QAA functions

 

2009: PhD external Viva examiner, Cardiff University Dept. of Journalism

2009: PhD external Viva examiner, University of Glamorgan, Communication, Cultural & Media Studies

2009: external consultant, validation of BAs in English & Theatre Studies and English & Journalism, University of Central Lancashire

2009 to present: external examiner, BA in Journalism, University of Chester

2008 to present: external examiner for 5 masters courses in Journalism, Nottingham Trent University

2006 to present: external examiner, BA in Journalism and Languages (French) , Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)

2002: external advisor for new validation of BA (Hons) directing (practice and performance based ), Central St. Martin's, the Drama Centre, University of the Arts, London

 

14) Academic Training & PhD/MA supervisions

 

2008: Training on raising research funding, John Wakeford, Great Missenden

2008: Training on research team leadership, Leadership Foundation for HE

2008: Training as external examiner for PhDs, (John Wakeford, Great Missenden)

2005 to present:  Lincoln University, director of studies for 4 PhD students (in fields of French & British history of political cartoons, literary journalism and 1920s Swedish social history, community radio and UK newspaper history.) One PhD submission is due Jan.2010; first supervisor for c. 25 MA dissertations.

2002-5: University of the Arts, London, 2 PhD supervisions (gender and documentary; television history), c.50 MA dissertation supervisions (15-20,000 words each)

1999-2000: Training as Supervisor of Research Students, London Institute, John Wakeford, for University of the Arts, London

 

15) Internal Management Roles

 

a- Course Design & Validation experience

 

2009: board member for BA (Hons) English subject review, Lincoln University

2009: validation of MA in Community Radio, Lincoln University

2008: I/C of accreditation of 3 masters courses in LSJ, Lincoln

2008: i/c QAA preparation, Lincoln Uni. for all masters courses, LSJ, Lincoln

2007-8: design & in charge of validation of MA in Sports Journalism and of MA in Science & Environmental Journalism, Lincoln University, also i/c of re-validation of MA Journalism

2006: design and validation of new MA in Public Relations, Lincoln, jointly with Business School.

2001-5: sole college representative from LCC on University of the Arts, London Research Ethics Committee

2002-3: Original design and validation of contextual studies 3 year module for BA Journalism and Journalism foundation degree (2 year course), LCC.

2000-1: Original author and validation of dissertations, research methods, and broadcast modules for new MA Journalism, LCC, responsible for course design for half of degree.

2000: originator of student radio programme at LCC, 'Back Hill Radio' as HND course module

1999: original design and validation of introduction to broadcast module for MA, BA and HND journalism

1987: original design, writing and publication of 30 hour distance learning course for Open College, aimed at women returning to work. This course became the OC's best seller

 

b- Course Leadership 

 

2005-present: Lincoln University, in charge of post graduate admissions, Lincoln School of Journalism; module leader MA & BA elective 'Comparative Media History'.

2005-7: Lincoln University, Course Leader, MA in Journalism

2004: Course Director new F.d. A Journalism two year foundation degree, Jan. intake

2003- 5: Course Director MA Journalism, LCC

2001-3: Module Leader MA Journalism for dissertations and ethics modules ,  LCC.

2000-2002:  Course Director MA in Documentary Research , LCC Dept. of Film and TV,   also delivering on this 2 year p.t. course modules on : project development, identification of markets and marketing of ideas, documentary writing, research methods, broadcast ethics and supervision/assessment of 9 month long student 'self initiated' projects.

1999-2005: i/c journalism theory, BA Journalism LCC - half of the course, entitled ' History, Politics and Ideas'(HPI) .

1999-2005: i/c broadcast modules for BA, MA and HND Journalism, LCC

 

16) Professional Memberships

 

The Society for the Study of French History (SSFH); Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary France (ASMCF); French Media Research Group of ASCMF(FMRG); Broadcast Educational Association, USA  (BEA); Modern Languages Association, USA (MLA; Institute of Learning and Teaching (ILT); Association for the Study of George Sand, USA (GSA)

 

17) Practice Based Publications and Media Industry Management

 

a- RAE 2001 submissions

 

1995: Maths Everywhere, Channel 4 International, educational public broadcasting: raised budget of £365,000 for 10 part series of innovative video with animation and graphics and books - sold worldwide to 15 countries. Reviewed by Times Higher Educational Supplement

1995: Raised £96,000 from Harper Collins for experimental CD-Rom and workbooks for same project.

1995: Forever England, Carlton TV: raised £40,000 from Carlton for international co-production project. One hour doc. feature - nominated for Anglo-Japanese Film Festival in Tokyo, screened at EU Donastia (San Sebastian) Annual Documentary Festival 1996 with EU funding

1996: Chaucer: Life and Times CD-ROM, International Thomson Corporation :raised £65,000 funding from subsidiary Primary Source Media, published worldwide for university market, mainly in the US.. Innovative use of historical sources such as visual archive from Bodleian Library, Oxford, with original sound recording and design of customised multi-media search engine.                                                                                      

1992 - 6: Europe By Design,  BBC1 - raised £385,000 for educational public broadcasting with experimental use of 16mm film and original research in 7 different European countries.  Five half hour documentary features with series consultant Rod Hackney, former architectural advisor to Prince Charles and ex president of International RIBA. Rated no. 4 for factual programmes in Britain, ahead of Horizon, Equinox& Panorama - screened in 16 countries on 42 different channels incl. Granada/Sky and Discovery Europe.

 

b- Other Practice Based Outputs, with fundraising attached to each project

 

1995: CD-ROM Guide to the UK Television &Film Industry, Kay's Publishing: raised  £35,000 of private sponsorship. Designed new search engine for international industry information.

1993: Cider People, HTV (ITV) : raised £22,000 for 30 minute documentary- top rated of the season's in HTV's 'Midweek' series

1991-93: The Manufactured Landscape, C4: researched and produced 6 half hour documentaries on the history of Britain's Industrial Revolution, also transmitted on ITV network -freelance for HTV, presented by Neil Cossons of English Heritage

1988-90: Women: The Way Ahead, C4, raised £285.000 from Open College government funding for 6 half hours documentary feature - the first ever C4 commission via the Open College- worldwide sales and their highest rated series.

1988-90: Women:  The Way Ahead, Open College, raised c. £40,000 for videos, audio cassettes and Open Learning Pack -worldwide sales

1989: Feeling for France, LWT (ITV), 2 one-hour documentaries - screened in 35 countries worldwide incl. 4 channels in US, raised c. £100,000 in sales income

1989: It's Your Choice, DES/COIC (HMSO), raised £26,000 in government funding  for 20 minute documentary - winner of Finalist's Award at the New York International Film Festival - Best Careers category

1989: The Woman Manager, Open College, raised c. £60,000 in government funding, published as part of distance learning pack with titles 'Women into Management' and 'Being Interviewed'

1988: Showreel 88, BBC2, raised c. £225,000 in educational public broadcasting funding for 5 forty-minute programme series and administer an amateur filmmaking competition -presented by Tony Robinson. First ever commission by competitive tender from BBC Continuing Education Dept.

 

18) Other outside interests

 

-        Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Labour Party 1979, Dover & Deal (marginal)

-        Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Labour Party 1974, Dorking-youngest ever female candidate

-        Chairman of the Housing Committee, Haringey Borough Council 1978

-        Member of  Haringey Borough Council 1974-82

-        Governor Middlesex Poly. 1976-80

-        Chairman of Governors, Creighton Comprehensive School, Haringey, 1976-82

2007: co-organiser with Prof. Maire Cross (President ASCMF) of symposium on representation of women in French media, held in Newcastle.

2006: EU funded (Bologna Agreement) /BBC World Service - professional development for lecturers from Uni. of Kiev, Ukraine -how to develop and design a media history curriculum.

2006: Channel 4 - expert historical adviser for documentary on early life of Queen Mother and the role of media in Abdication Crisis

2005: EU funded (Bologna Agreement) /BBC World Service - professional development for lecturers from Uni. of Sophia, Bulgaria's oldest Journalism School. Curriculum design and teaching of media and journalism history

2004: BBC World Service - expert talk on international history of press conferences, 'Postmark' Africa radio series             

1995: EU (Media Programme EAVE) expert adviser for European practitioners on multi media independent production, Gotland, Sweden

 

13) External Examining, External validations, Accreditations and QAA functions

 

2009: PhD external Viva examiner, Cardiff University Dept. of Journalism

2009: PhD external Viva examiner, University of Glamorgan, Communication, Cultural & Media Studies

2009: external consultant, validation of BAs in English & Theatre Studies and English & Journalism, University of Central Lancashire

2009 to present: external examiner, BA in Journalism, University of Chester

2008 to present: external examiner for 5 masters courses in Journalism, Nottingham Trent University

2006 to present: external examiner, BA in Journalism and Languages (French) , Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)

2002: external advisor for new validation of BA (Hons) directing (practice and performance based ), Central St. Martin's, the Drama Centre, University of the Arts, London

 

14) Academic Training & PhD/MA supervisions

 

2008: Training on raising research funding, John Wakeford, Great Missenden

2008: Training on research team leadership, Leadership Foundation for HE

2008: Training as external examiner for PhDs, (John Wakeford, Great Missenden)

2005 to present:  Lincoln University, director of studies for 4 PhD students (in fields of French & British history of political cartoons, literary journalism and 1920s Swedish social history, community radio and UK newspaper history.) One PhD submission is due Jan.2010; first supervisor for c. 25 MA dissertations.

2002-5: University of the Arts, London, 2 PhD supervisions (gender and documentary; television history), c.50 MA dissertation supervisions (15-20,000 words each)

1999-2000: Training as Supervisor of Research Students, London Institute, John Wakeford, for University of the Arts, London

 

15) Internal Management Roles

 

a- Course Design & Validation experience

 

2009: board member for BA (Hons) English subject review, Lincoln University

2009: validation of MA in Community Radio, Lincoln University

2008: I/C of accreditation of 3 masters courses in LSJ, Lincoln

2008: i/c QAA preparation, Lincoln Uni. for all masters courses, LSJ, Lincoln

2007-8: design & in charge of validation of MA in Sports Journalism and of MA in Science & Environmental Journalism, Lincoln University, also i/c of re-validation of MA Journalism

2006: design and validation of new MA in Public Relations, Lincoln, jointly with Business School.

2001-5: sole college representative from LCC on University of the Arts, London Research Ethics Committee

2002-3: Original design and validation of contextual studies 3 year module for BA Journalism and Journalism foundation degree (2 year course), LCC.

2000-1: Original author and validation of dissertations, research methods, and broadcast modules for new MA Journalism, LCC, responsible for course design for half of degree.

2000: originator of student radio programme at LCC, 'Back Hill Radio' as HND course module

1999: original design and validation of introduction to broadcast module for MA, BA and HND journalism

1987: original design, writing and publication of 30 hour distance learning course for Open College, aimed at women returning to work. This course became the OC's best seller

 

b- Course Leadership 

 

2005-present: Lincoln University, in charge of post graduate admissions, Lincoln School of Journalism; module leader MA & BA elective 'Comparative Media History'.

2005-7: Lincoln University, Course Leader, MA in Journalism

2004: Course Director new F.d. A Journalism two year foundation degree, Jan. intake

2003- 5: Course Director MA Journalism, LCC

2001-3: Module Leader MA Journalism for dissertations and ethics modules ,  LCC.

2000-2002:  Course Director MA in Documentary Research , LCC Dept. of Film and TV,   also delivering on this 2 year p.t. course modules on : project development, identification of markets and marketing of ideas, documentary writing, research methods, broadcast ethics and supervision/assessment of 9 month long student 'self initiated' projects.

1999-2005: i/c journalism theory, BA Journalism LCC - half of the course, entitled ' History, Politics and Ideas'(HPI) .

1999-2005: i/c broadcast modules for BA, MA and HND Journalism, LCC

 

16) Professional Memberships

 

The Society for the Study of French History (SSFH); Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary France (ASMCF); French Media Research Group of ASCMF(FMRG); Broadcast Educational Association, USA  (BEA); Modern Languages Association, USA (MLA; Institute of Learning and Teaching (ILT); Association for the Study of George Sand, USA (GSA)

 

17) Practice Based Publications and Media Industry Management

 

a- RAE 2001 submissions

 

1995: Maths Everywhere, Channel 4 International, educational public broadcasting: raised budget of £365,000 for 10 part series of innovative video with animation and graphics and books - sold worldwide to 15 countries. Reviewed by Times Higher Educational Supplement

1995: Raised £96,000 from Harper Collins for experimental CD-Rom and workbooks for same project.

1995: Forever England, Carlton TV: raised £40,000 from Carlton for international co-production project. One hour doc. feature - nominated for Anglo-Japanese Film Festival in Tokyo, screened at EU Donastia (San Sebastian) Annual Documentary Festival 1996 with EU funding

1996: Chaucer: Life and Times CD-ROM, International Thomson Corporation :raised £65,000 funding from subsidiary Primary Source Media, published worldwide for university market, mainly in the US.. Innovative use of historical sources such as visual archive from Bodleian Library, Oxford, with original sound recording and design of customised multi-media search engine.                                                                                      

1992 - 6: Europe By Design,  BBC1 - raised £385,000 for educational public broadcasting with experimental use of 16mm film and original research in 7 different European countries.  Five half hour documentary features with series consultant Rod Hackney, former architectural advisor to Prince Charles and ex president of International RIBA. Rated no. 4 for factual programmes in Britain, ahead of Horizon, Equinox& Panorama - screened in 16 countries on 42 different channels incl. Granada/Sky and Discovery Europe.

 

b- Other Practice Based Outputs, with fundraising attached to each project

 

1995: CD-ROM Guide to the UK Television &Film Industry, Kay's Publishing: raised  £35,000 of private sponsorship. Designed new search engine for international industry information.

1993: Cider People, HTV (ITV) : raised £22,000 for 30 minute documentary- top rated of the season's in HTV's 'Midweek' series

1991-93: The Manufactured Landscape, C4: researched and produced 6 half hour documentaries on the history of Britain's Industrial Revolution, also transmitted on ITV network -freelance for HTV, presented by Neil Cossons of English Heritage

1988-90: Women: The Way Ahead, C4, raised £285.000 from Open College government funding for 6 half hours documentary feature - the first ever C4 commission via the Open College- worldwide sales and their highest rated series.

1988-90: Women:  The Way Ahead, Open College, raised c. £40,000 for videos, audio cassettes and Open Learning Pack -worldwide sales

1989: Feeling for France, LWT (ITV), 2 one-hour documentaries - screened in 35 countries worldwide incl. 4 channels in US, raised c. £100,000 in sales income

1989: It's Your Choice, DES/COIC (HMSO), raised £26,000 in government funding  for 20 minute documentary - winner of Finalist's Award at the New York International Film Festival - Best Careers category

1989: The Woman Manager, Open College, raised c. £60,000 in government funding, published as part of distance learning pack with titles 'Women into Management' and 'Being Interviewed'

1988: Showreel 88, BBC2, raised c. £225,000 in educational public broadcasting funding for 5 forty-minute programme series and administer an amateur filmmaking competition -presented by Tony Robinson. First ever commission by competitive tender from BBC Continuing Education Dept.

 

18) Other outside interests

 

-        Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Labour Party 1979, Dover & Deal (marginal)

-        Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Labour Party 1974, Dorking-youngest ever female candidate

-        Chairman of the Housing Committee, Haringey Borough Council 1978

-        Member of  Haringey Borough Council 1974-82

-        Governor Middlesex Poly. 1976-80

-        Chairman of Governors, Creighton Comprehensive School, Haringey, 1976-82