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Thu 9 Aug |
CQU |
Celebratory lunch with speaker Prof Sonj Hall (CQU Director of Health Collaborative Research Network), VC to also attend. |
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Mon 13 Aug |
QUT |
National launch – Jeannie Rea to attend . Bluestocking week morning tea |
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UQ |
Bluestocking week events 12.30pm - 2pm with Open forum and lunch (Luna Junction) |
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Tue 14 Aug |
Griffith |
Bluestocking Week breakfast (details tbc) |
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USQ |
seminar/workshop (details tbc) |
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Thu 16 Aug |
QUT |
BBQ (tbc) |
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CDU |
Morning tea – guest speaker Professor Sharon Bell, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Charles Darwin University and Carolin Yvette staff member and Indigenous mother of two, who received her under-graduate degree at the University’s recent graduation ceremony. The event will be organised with the Student Association and CDU’s student Talloires group. The Lord Mayor of Darwin is also hosting an event – details to be finalised. |
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Thu 16 Aug |
Adelaide |
Forum (Safe Spaces) at 6pm, speakers Dale Bagshaw, Sandra Dunn, Maria Hagias. |
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Tue 14 Aug |
ACT Division |
Free Film Night: “Made in Dagenham” –8pm at Coombs Lecture Theatre, ANU |
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Thu 16 Aug |
ANU |
Bluestocking Breakfast at Fellows Bar, ANU. Free for women members, 7.45am. |
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Tue 14 Aug |
SCU (Lismore) |
Debate and lunch “Its immodest for Women to Show their Education” – 12pm. |
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Wed 15 Aug |
Newcastle |
Free film screening (in conjunction with NUSA) “Killing Us Softly 4” , with finger food and drinks. Time and venue tbc |
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UNE |
Lunchtime debate between women students and staff, details tbc |
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Mon 6 Aug |
La Trobe |
NUS launch of Bluestocking Week (organised by NUS and LTSU) at La Trobe University, Eagle Bar 6pm. Speakers are Jane Garrett (MP), Jeannie Rea and Clare Keyes Liley. |
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Fri 10 Aug |
National office |
NTEU Media Launch/ Bluestocking Week Women Photo Op at Victorian State Library, cnr Swanston and Latrobe Sts, City, 10.30am for 11.00am launch. All women university staff, students and Bluestocking Week advocates are invited to don their Bluestockings and take part in the mass relaunch of Bluestocking Week. |
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Tue 14 Aug |
RMIT |
Bluestocking Week info table featuring Bluestocking Week inspired music. |
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Wed 15 Aug |
Deakin |
Light lunch and presentation “Deakin Women as Supervisors and PhD Students: Equity, Diversity, Difference and Respect in our relationships with each other and with our research participants” – 12.00pm – 2.00pm Burwood campus. |
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Fri 17 Aug |
Melbourne |
Lunchtime seminar “Women in Higher Education” from 1 - 2pm at Graduate House (220 Leicester St, Carlton). All students and staff welcome to attend. Three speakers will discuss women’s issues in Higher Education, speakers are Jeannie Rea, (NTEUPresident), Dr. Maree Pardy, (School of Social and Political, University of Melbourne) and Prof. Francis Separovic,(HoS School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne). |
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Monash |
Various events at Peninsula, Parkville, Gippsland and Berwick, with the screening of Utopia Girls” a documentary about how Australian women won the vote at each campus (details tbc). Clayton campus – to host Bluestocking Week speaker Assoc Professor Jennifer Strauss, poet, academic and pioneer in feminist literary criticism in Australia. |
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Curtin |
Women in education art display. Students of Curtin University are invited to participate in the display in the Curtin Guild foyer which will showcase a variety of art reflecting what it’s like to be a woman in higher education. Art will include paintings, short written pieces and photos. Badge sales throughout the whole week wi All proceeds going to charity. Photo gallery - Staff and Students of the University to take part in a photo collage wi A small blurb on who inspires them within the High Ed sector. Photos to be collated wi A small blurb and uploaded to our website. |
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ECU |
Edith Cowan display in Joondalup campus building 32 |
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Murdoch |
Bluestockings in the Library – displays at all campus libraries |
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Tue 14 Aug |
Murdoch |
Blue Morning Tea, 10.30am at Rockingham Library |
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ECU |
Talk by Felicity Farrelly (President of Graduate Women WA) in Joondalup campus Library room 31.113 from 10am to 1pm |
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UWA |
Panel Discussion: Bluestockings in the Cultural Precinct, 1pm, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. The Berndt Museum is presenting a panel discussion on the important role of women within the UWA Cultural Precinct. The panel will consist of Emeritus Professor Margaret Seares AO, Professor Sandy Toussaint and Curator Lee Kinsella. |
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Wed 15 Aug |
Murdoch (Rockingham) |
Screening of “Utopia Girls” (12.30pm – 1.30pm), a documentary about how Australian women won the vote, Rockingham Lecture Theatre 4. |
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Murdoch (Peel) |
Bluestocking morning tea at 11-11.30am; Screening of Arrietty for students, staff and their families, from 6:30pm til 9pm in Peel101/1.004 |
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Thu 16 Aug |
Murdoch |
Market Daze (South Street campus) with Bluestocking Stall featuring Bluestocking Week bookmarks, badges, balloons and blue fairy floss; Dancing the Revolution: 12:30-1: 30 in Bush Court – an hour of sounds presented by bluestockinged djs from RTRFM’s program Drastic on Plastic: Women in Music; Screening of “Utopia Girls” (12.30pm – 1.30pm) a documentary about how Australian women won the vote, screening at 12:30-1:30 in ECL1 |
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Notre Dame |
A boutique Blue Brunch 11am-1pm at Fairweathers Bar in the Fremantle Hotel, High Street. |
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Curtin |
Women in Education Bake sale. Staff and Students at the University can purchase bake goods for a small cost wi All proceeds going to charity. |
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UWA |
Hypothetical - Bluestockings above the 26th Parallel –Bluestocking in a new university, a study of achievement relative to opportunity. Presented by Equity and Diversity, Human Resources and the UWA Business School Panel Professor Len Collard, Winthrop Professor Izan Izan, Holly Ransom, Kate Lamont, Julian Donaldson at University Club Auditorium, 4.30pm. |
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Fri 17 Aug |
UWA |
Panel Discussion “Feminism ain’t what it used to be...” with Prof Philippa Maddern, Assoc Prof Chantal Bourgoult Du Coudray, Zoe Bush (Feminist Action Network), facilitated Laura Davis (comedian). 12.15pm UWA Woonough LT. |
Bluestocking Week
NUS says “Our blue stockings are on the line”
Our blue stockings are on the line is the theme of the National Union of Students’ Bluestocking Week 2013 celebrated this week 29 April – 3 May.
Events are organised across some campuses, but organisation of BSW has been hampered as NUS has mobilised their limited resources to campaign against the latest $2.3 billion higher education funding cuts announced by the federal government on 13 April. NTEU members are urged to support students on their campuses organising bluestocking week events by congratulating the organisers, promoting events and participating where possible.
NTEU will be running Bluestocking Week later this year – 12- 16 August. Reviving BSW was such a success last year, everyone was keen to keep it going. While we have much to celebrate we still have much to do for women’s equality and gender equity in (higher) education and research.
Due to the demands on NUS organising around the federal election later this year, NUS decided to go earlier this year, while NTEU is keen to consolidate the week in (wintery) August. So just for 2013 we have a BSW in both semester 1 and semester 2!
Organisation for NTEU’s semester 2 Bluestocking Week will begin soon. Watch this space www.nteu.org.au/women/bluestockingweek and contact your local NTEU Branch. If you have a good idea or suggested activity, please also contact your branch, your NTEU Women’s Action Committee (WAC) representatives through your Division office or NTEU National President Jeannie Rea on jrea@nteu.org.au
This website details Bluestocking Week events across the country, as well as provided some history on the traditions of Bluestocking women. It also has links to other resources focusing on the themes of women’s intellectualism, advancing feminism through education and rebelling against social constructs that prescribe roles for women and restrict women’s the freedom of expression and thought.
For further information on Bluestocking Week activities and events please contact NTEU National Office on 03 9254 1910 or email Policy and Research Officer, Terri MacDonald at tmacdonald@nteu.org.au. Information on NUS's Bluestocking week activities for 2013 can be found here
Bluestocking Week - 2013 Events
NUS will hold its Bluestocking week celebrations from the 29th April - 3rd May. To find out what is happening on your campus, contact the NUS Women's Department or your university student organisation.
To download NUS Bluestocking Week materials please head to our Resources page - there you will find an A3 poster, A5 flyer and a guide to what kind of events may be held as part of the week's celebrations.
Organisation for NTEU’s semester 2 Bluestocking Week (to be held 12th - 16th August) will begin soon. Watch this space www.nteu.org.au/women/bluestockingweek and contact your local NTEU Branch. If you have a good idea or suggested activity, please also contact your branch, your NTEU Women’s Action Committee (WAC) representatives through your Division office or NTEU National President Jeannie Rea on jrea@nteu.org.au
NTEU 2012 Bluestocking Week Round-Up .
Below is a list of the events that celebrated Bluestocking week around the country in 2012. Plans for similar events in 2013 will be underway early that year. For further information please contact the NTEU national office.
