United Kingdom Association for Publishing Education
UK APE Aims, Applications for Membership, Honorary Officers and Executive Committee
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The Association was founded in 1999 at the inspiration of Professor Alistair McCleery of Napier University and Dr Joan Burks of London College of Communication.
Objects of the Association
(1) to provide a common voice for the teaching of publishing in higher education
(2) to provide a forum for academic and professional concerns and for lobbying
(3) to monitor accreditation schemes
(4) to discuss education and curriculum development
(5) to represent publishing education issues to employers and the higher education sector
(6) to collect and share information on the teaching of publishing in higher education
(7) to promote and support academic research in publishing education.
The original Constitution of the Association is published here. Any changes to the original constitution are to be found in the Minutes of the Association.
Applications for Membership
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HE Institutional Members: UK APE welcomes new full Institutional Members from any United Kingdom Higher Education Institution, University College, or Faculty or School thereof, who share its aims and objects. Institutional members can send representatives to any of the meetings, or activities, or conferences of the Association and can elect and can take part as Honorary Officers or as members of the Executive Committee.
Associate Institutional Members: Over the years the Association has reached out to related bodies and organisations to join the Association as Associate Institutional Members. Such group associate membership entitles such organisations full participation in all of the activities of the Association, excepting any participation at the AGM in the election of the officers of the Association. Associate Institutional Members can be overseas' universities, or faculties, or other organisations related to the fields of publishing and media education outside of the Higher Education sector, within or outside of the United Kingdom. Such bodies are welcome to join the Association at a reduced group rate.
Associate Individual Professional Members: The Association is keen to hear from individuals or academics, from within or outside of the United Kingdom, who may wish to join the Association as a new class of Associate Individual Professional Member. Such individual applications will be considered by the Executive Committee.
Contact: All enquiries for membership should be addressed to the Secretary of the Association. The membership year runs from January to December.
Honorary Officers
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Chair: Angus PhillipsOxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, 2nd floor, Buckley Building, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, Tel: +44 (0)1865 484967, Email: angus.phillips@brookes.ac.uk
Secretary: Avril Gray
School of Creative Industries, Napier University, New Craig, Craighouse Campus, Craighouse Road, Edinburgh EH10 5LG Tel: +44 (0)131 455 6229 Email: a.gray@napier.ac.uk
Treasurer: Desmond O'Rourke
Faculty of Media, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6SB, Tel: +44 (0)20 7514 6729 Email: d.o-rourke@lcc.arts.ac.uk
Executive Committee
Honorary Officers, as above, plus
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Marketing & Press Officer: Alison Baverstock
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences , Kingston University , Penrhyn Road , Kingston upon Thames , Surrey KT1 2EE , Tel: +44 (0)20 8417 9000 Email: a.baverstock@kingston.ac.uk
Research Officer: Dr. Samantha Rayner
Department of English, Communication, Film and Media, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT, Tel:+44 (0)845 186 2348 Email: samantha.rayner@anglia.ac.uk