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SUMMARY:Exploring female arts students’ transitions from studying to wor
 king in the arts and how students can help eradicate abuse in the arts - J
 ennifer Tuckett and Titilola Dawudu\, University Women in the Arts
DTSTART:20190313T163000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:University Women in the Arts is an award winning mentoring pro
 gramme which aims to improve the transition for women from studying the ar
 ts to working in the arts. The scheme has been highlighted by The Guardian
  newspaper as leading the way in the UK and has presented its research in 
 the House of Commons amongst other places. \n\nPlease join us to listen to
  Director *Jennifer Tuckett*\, currently researching how to improve the tr
 ansition for women from studying the arts to working in the arts in the fa
 culty\, and co-editor of University Women in the Arts’ latest project Ti
 tilola Dawudu in conversation about (1) how to improve the transition for 
 female arts students from studying to working in the arts when research sh
 ows over 60% of arts students are female but only around 30% of profession
 al playwrights\, directors and artists are female (Prospect\, 2018\; Fawce
 tt Society\, 2018) and (2) how to help equip students to deal with\, tackl
 e\, and help eradicate abuse in the arts as the next generation going into
  the arts\, which is University Women in the Arts’ current year long pro
 ject\, inspired by Me Too\, Time's Up and current discussions on abuse in 
 the arts industry. \n\n*Titilola Dawudu* will also talk about her career a
 nd groundbreaking book “Hear Me Now”\, a book of audition monologues w
 ritten by BAME writers for BAME actors\, which was the bestselling book pu
 blished by Oberon Books\, one of the UK’s leading performing arts publis
 hers\, in 2018\, and her work as Learning and Participation Manager at the
  Ovalhouse Theatre\, for which she recently won Mentor of the Year at the 
 Women of the Future Awards\, nominated by University Women in the Arts.  \
 n\nThe event will end with an optional writing workshop to allow attendees
  to contribute to University Women in the Arts' forthcoming book on how to
  equip students to deal with\, tackle and help eradicate abuse in the arts
 .
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road
 \, room GS1
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