日期 : 2018-01-11
時間 : 11:00am-12:15pm
地點 : HKIAPS Conference Room (Room 505, Esther Lee Building, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of
Speaker: Ms. Jackie Ashley, President of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge.
Summary: The gathering of biological data and a determination to look back in history can too easily suggest that gender roles and abilities are deeply fixed. In her talk Jackie will argue that this is not the case and that the culture is a far stronger influence than any kind of scientific determinism. Using examples from the world of politics, business, the arts and many other spheres of life Jackie will highlight the acceleration and fluidity of gender relationships. She will also examine what this means for the workplace.
Biography: Prior to becoming President of Lucy Cavendish College in September 2015, Jackie Ashley worked for more than 30 years at Westminster as a prominent political journalist and broadcaster. Jackie has sat on various influential commissions and boards and regularly chairs conferences. Her career started in 1979, as a BBC trainee. A rich and varied working life has followed, including roles such as Producer and Newsreader on Newsnight, Political Correspondent with ITN, Channel 4 politics producer, Presenter of several political programmes on BBC2 and ITV and Political Editor at the New Statesman. In her previous role – as a Columnist and Political Interviewer at The Guardian – Jackie has covered Labour, Conservative and Coalition politics, women’s rights, the media and public services, with a particular focus on health. She has also closely followed the weekly political argument as the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Week in Westminster.