Women in Media News Archive
Women Gear up for Gaming Invasion
Women are about to invade the male dominated gaming world, a games conference in Scotland is to be told.
She's Gotta Have It
Forget the idea that technology is the preserve of pale men in darkened rooms. Now big business, from top fashion houses to hi-tech manufacturers, is scrambling to get a piece of the new woman consumer.
New Awards to Applaud Women in Technology
Deadline for nominations 31August. Top women in the field of technology are to be recognised in the first Blackberry Women and Technology awards.
Women in Games 2005 - Conference Student Forum
Women in Games 2005 is pleased to announce the conference student forum which is relevant to all games players and students seeking a career in the games industry. The student forum will be held in the newly built student centre at the University of Abertay, Dundee on Wednesday 10th August.
Volunteer wanted - Brighton Festival Fringe 2006
The ever-growing Brighton Festival Fringe exists to encourage the development and promotion of arts and entertainment activity in Brighton and Hove and the surrounding area during May each year.
Jobs For The Girls
The games industry must recognise that it takes two to tango. More women in the field can only be good for the bottom line.
Community Filmmaking Forum
This event is aimed at filmmakers, youth workers, museum curators, administrators, organisations and institutions and anyone else with an interest in community filmmaking.
Here Comes The Future - And Brighton Is In The Lead Group
DMA, an exhibition of pioneering work by post-graduate diploma students of digital media arts, opens at The University of Brighton at Grand Parade on Saturday, June 25.
Britain In Top 10 For Closing Gender Gap
The UK ranks eighth in a global league table of countries measured according to the gender gap between women and men, according to a pioneering study published yesterday.
Women Wanted As Games Programmers
A UK university is trying to get women to apply for a computer games programming degree. The University of Derby is launching a programming course and has had 106 applicants - all men.
Want A Career In The Media Industry?
Thursday 26 May is National Skills Day for the audio visual industries, organised by Skillset, the Sector Skills Council, Broadcast and a range of industry companies and organisations.
Game Girl
Sussex multimedia students battled it out last week in the final heat of a computer game design competition, which is designed to encourage more young women into the industry.
Dance Screen 2005
10th International Competitive Festival for Dance Films and Videos 16–19 June, 2005, Brighton.
Brighton Photographer Wins Stills Photographer Of The Year 2004
New Photographer, Denise Hammond of YouNique Photos, has won the 2004 Stills Photographer of the Year for her work with USA based company, 360 Media.
British Women Close Business Gap
Record numbers of British women are setting up their own businesses, according to a new report.
Birds Eye View - The First Major UK Women's Film Festival
Film is the most powerful medium in the world, but only 7% of directors are women. Birds Eye view brings you the new generation of talent from across the globe with a groundbreaking week of fantastic films by women filmmakers.
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