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 single 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 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
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Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Labour Party
1979, Dover & Deal (marginal)
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Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Labour Party
1974, Dorking-youngest ever female candidate
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Chairman of the Housing Committee, Haringey Borough
Council 1978
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Member of
Haringey Borough Council 1974-82
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Governor Middlesex Poly. 1976-80
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Chairman of Governors, Creighton Comprehensive
School, Haringey, 1976-82