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Interested in becoming a GEA Executive Member?

The Gender and Education Association are looking for new executive members as several current members have completed their term of service.

Being an executive member involves attending 2-3 face to face meetings each year (usually in London) and 2-3 telephone meetings each year. You are also expected to take responsibility for one area of the association’s work (for example: newsletter editor, treasurer, membership) and to take a role in writing content for the website – producing about six posts a year.

We welcome nominations from anywhere in the world and, budget permitting, will make available some funding for non-UK executive members to attend face to face meetings.

If you would be interested in joining the executive please send your name and email address together with a short paragraph of no more than 300 words describing why you would like to be a member of the executive and what you feel you would bring to the role. You can also include the URL of a webpage so that people can find out more about you.

To talk informally about this or to submit your application, please email Gaby Weiner (gaby.weiner@btinternet.com).

Elections will take place via email during April

FINAL DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 31 March 2012.

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Modern Girlhoods: Growing up in the 21st Century

Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
Wednesday 8th February 2012
10.30-5pm

The Gender & Education Association with the Centre of Youth Work Studies and the Educational Department at Brunel University, and the British Sociological Association’s Youth Study Group are holding a 1 day seminar on Modern Girlhoods on 8th February 2012.

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the social and cultural lives of girls within scholarly and policy literature. The theme of the day: Modern Girlhood in the 21st century, aims to be broad enough to focus on the range of public, policy and scholarly debates that focus on the lives of young women. Keynote speakers for the day include Prof. Valerie Hey (University of Sussex) and Dr Farzana Shain (Keele University). Continue reading “Modern Girlhoods: Growing up in the 21st Century” →

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Professor Becky Francis – Gender and Social Justice in Education: Current Issues and Future Agendas

Thursday 27th October 2011

Lancaster University

4.30-6pm followed by a drinks reception

Sponsored by GEA and the Centre for Social Justice and Wellbeing, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University Continue reading “Professor Becky Francis – Gender and Social Justice in Education: Current Issues and Future Agendas” →

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Get Involved in GEA: Call for New Regional Representatives

Traditionally the role of a GEA representative has been to promote the Gender and Education Association in their organisation and country. From 2011 onwards we would like to extend this role in order to ensure that our regional representatives are active in the life of the organisation and that we are connecting with every country and region fully. Continue reading “Get Involved in GEA: Call for New Regional Representatives” →

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GEA Lifetime Achievement Award for Professor Tuula Gordon

At the 8th International Gender and Education Association Conference in Exeter this year GEA was delighted to present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Tuula Gordon. Although Tuula was unable to be at the conference to receive the award in person, her friend and colleague Professor Elina Lahelma collected it on Tuula’s behalf.  Below, Elina maps out some of Tuula’s many contributions to the field of gender and education. Continue reading “GEA Lifetime Achievement Award for Professor Tuula Gordon” →