Publishing News | Postgraduate
New publishing company started by Oxford Brookes alumnus
A former student of the MA in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University, Marie Halkjaer, has recently established her own publishing company in Denmark. Halkjaer returned to Denmark following the successful completion of her MA in 2005 and worked with several small publishers as head of marketing. She is now in the process of starting her own publishing company, Clockwise Publishing, which will publish its first book in May. She is also working as a freelance consultant.
Halkjaer recently published an article in the Danish magazine BogMarkedet describing how her experiences at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies helped to prepare her for the challenges of starting a new publishing company.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 20 Mar 2008 around 11am
Filed Under Postgraduate | Publishing | European Publishing
Chinese fiction in English translation
Eva Kneissl, who successfully completed the MA in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University in 2007, has recently had an article published in the trade journal LOGOS. The article, which is adapted from Kneissl's Masters thesis, examines the challenges faced in translating Chinese fiction into English and reaching larger Western audiences.
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Filed Under Oxford Publishing & Digital Media | Postgraduate | Publishing | Oxford Centre for Publishing Consultancy and Research
Publishing student sets up freelance company
Oxford Brookes has inspired at least one of its MA Publishing students to go it alone and enter the freelance world of publishing. Here is the story of Kumquat, told by Emma Anderson...The world has Orange, Apple, Pineapple and now, Brookes has inspired the creation of Kumquat - a name chosen after half an hour of random word calling out amongst the smaller members of my "team" and, I hasten to add, despite the advice of business analysts saying "Never name a company after a fruit" - cf. various legal wranglings.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 17 Feb 2008 around 6pm
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New MA in Music
From September 2008 there will be a new MA in Music (subject to validation).This degree provides you with a thorough grounding in advanced musical studies, with separate pathways available to musicologists and composers. The course combines taught modules in areas of staff expertise with the opportunity to undertake independent research in your own particular area of interest. It can, where desired, pave the way to doctoral research.
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Graduate Scholarships for 2007-8
Graduate scholarships are available for taught postgraduate courses in the School of Arts and Humanities for Masters’ in English Studies, French Studies, History, History of Medicine and Publishing for 2007-8 entry. For further information please click on the following links:Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 20 Dec 2006 around 10am
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Summer internships at the World Bank
Jing Wang and Nina Schipper, MA students in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University, are experiencing a challenging and enriching summer this year. At Washington DC, within the headquarters of the World Bank, the two students are pursuing an internship at the Office of the Publisher of the organisation.Jing Wang (China), is working with the Marketing and Online Resources publishing team, dealing with marketing analysis, rights licensing and worldwide co-publishing partners. Those include some British companies such as OUP and Palgrave Macmillan. Jing interprets the internship as ‘a great opportunity to know the World Bank working system and its projects, and to let the world know more about the World Bank.' Everyday she feels very glad when stepping into the beautiful office building: ‘Working at the World Bank signifies that you are going to do something meaningful and helpful for the people in the world, especially those living in poor countries.'
Nina Schipper (Brazil), has been working with the Acquisitions team, and so far has been involved in the preparation of leading publications such as the World Development Report, the Annual Report, and the youth guide Getting to Know the World Bank. She has also been participating in the e-library project, which makes available in full text, for readers everywhere, the contents of the World Bank's books and reports. Nina commented that: ‘Learning about the serious yet creative way the World Bank disseminates the knowledge on development that is produced here, either through printed books or online resources, is an important step in my career.'
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 10 Aug 2006 around 10am
Filed Under Postgraduate | Publishing
Award-winning MA dissertation published
Rachel Craven's MA dissertation, E-volution and Revolution: Internet Marketing in English Language Publishing has been published as a Print on Demand (POD) book.Rachel's dissertation was chosen for the inaugural Lightning Source Dissertation Award. E-volution and Revolution has been produced as a POD title by Lightning Source, and published by the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies. The book analyses the importance of Internet marketing for English Language Teaching (ELT) publishing by examining the relationship between the marketer, the consumer, and the Internet.
Rachel, a graduate of the MA in Publishing in 2004, now works in e-marketing at The Stationery Office, following employment at Pearson.
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Filed Under Research | Postgraduate | Publishing
Graduate Course Catalogue Online
The Arts and Humanities Postgraduate team have produced a comprehensive catalogue of all of the courses available in the School of Arts and Humanities for 2006. The catalogue gives in-depth information about each course and details of how to apply.The online version is available as a PDF here. For further postgraduate information go to the Arts and Humanities Postgraduate web site.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 24 Feb 2006 around 11am
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