What are the career opportunities for women in academia? Dr Jane Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Charles Sturt University, will be presenting a free public lecture titled Whither Women in Academe - Care-Givers, Care-Free or Care-Less?

Dr Wilkinson has held visiting positions at the University of Gothenburg and the University of Tromso. Her research focuses on feminist practice and scholarship in educational leadership and issues of diversity within school and academic leadership.

Dr Wilkinson is currently one of four Chief Investigators of an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant (2010-2012) examining the interconnection between educational leadership, professional development and the impact on classroom practices and students' academic and social practices. She is co-author (with Tanya Fitzgerald) of Travelling towards a Mirage? Gender, Leadership, and Higher Education (2010), which examines equity and equality practices and policies in Australian and New Zealand universities and the impact these have had on the participation of women as leaders and managers in higher education.

This is a FREE public lecture.

WHEN: 5-7pm Tuesday, 8 October 2013

WHERE: Lecture Theatre O_LT1
               University of Newcastle
               Central Coast Campus (See campus map for directions) 

For more information please email lyn.hunter@newcastle.edu.au