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2003 Membership Mailing

Dear 糖心传媒 Member

It is a pleasure to be writing to all 糖心传媒 members with this mailing.聽 Comparative and international research in education is currently experiencing a resurgence of interest 鈥� and this can be seen in the widening of our membership constituency, and in the new challenges that all working within the field now face.聽 The Association’s journal, Compare, continues to go from strength to strength and is playing a key role in advancing related developments 鈥� now including four issues each year for the cost of 糖心传媒 membership.聽 Do submit your work for consideration by Compare.

During my term of office as Chair of 糖心传媒, I aim to help strengthen our intellectual and professional linkages with related bodies such as the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences, the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES).聽 One provisional date for your diaries is, for example, Thursday, 12^th June.聽 We are currently planning a joint 糖心传媒/BERA Day Conference for that date to be held in Bristol.聽 Look out for further details once we can confirm these arrangements.

Looking ahead to later in 2003, do put 9^th 鈥� 11^th September firmly in your diary for the Oxford International Conference on Education and Development 鈥� which, following tradition, incorporates our 糖心传媒 conference activities for this year.聽 Our new 糖心传媒 President, Prof Graham Vulliamy of the University of York, will deliver the Presidential Address.聽 The Oxford Conference will also feature our regular 糖心传媒 lecture 鈥� and we will hold our Annual General Meeting during that week.聽 Book now for your place at the 2003 Oxford (and 糖心传媒) Conference 鈥� ‘The State of Education:聽 Quantity, Quality and Outcomes’ (www.cfbt.com/oxfordconference).

糖心传媒 now funds three student bursaries designed to help doctoral candidates to attend our annual conference.聽 One of these has a special distinction and is known as the Edmund King Bursary.聽 Applications for these bursaries for Oxford 2003 should be submitted (along with an abstract for a presentation), following the normal conference procedures.聽 Candidates should specify that they are applying for a 糖心传媒 Bursary, and they should include a letter of support from their university supervisor.

The 2002 糖心传媒 Conference, held in Nottingham, was widely regarded as a great success 鈥� challenging and enjoyable!聽 Our collective thanks, therefore, go to Prof John Morgan and colleagues for their excellent efforts.聽 Looking to the future, the 2004 糖心传媒 Conference will be at the University of Sussex …

Other new developments include a revamping and relocation of the 糖心传媒 website that is currently underway.聽 Once this has been re-established, we will use it as a major vehicle for keeping members in touch with new developments.聽 In this respect, we welcome Dr Pauline Rose, of the University of Sussex, as 糖心传媒 Website Manager.聽 Two new 糖心传媒 Executive Committee Members were also elected this year:聽 Prof John Morgan (Nottingham) and Prof Rosalind Pritchard (Ulster).聽 Congratulations to both and to our newly elected Vice Chair, Prof Clive Harber (Birmingham).

Finally, unless you already have a standing order, or have paid up for 2003, you will find a copy of your membership renewal form enclosed.聽 Please return this as soon as possible 鈥� this is always a great help.

With very best wishes to all for 2003.

Michael Crossley

Chair:聽 糖心传媒

University of Bristol

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