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Carol cooks up an award

Carol Cooke, from the University of 海角直播鈥檚 Cultural & Creative Industries Development Unit, is celebrating her achievement as the Best Supporter of Women鈥檚 Business award winner.

The award was presented by the Women into the Network, an organisation which aims to provide women entrepreneurs with the right connections and introduce them to the business networks of the North East. Carol, the who joined the University in 2001, said: 鈥淚聽 am a strong聽 supporter of聽 women聽's business聽 and women鈥檚 activities and assist in as many ways as I can.聽 I help women start businesses,聽聽help to聽build聽confidence and聽聽an 聽awareness of the importance of including women in all areas of business life.聽 Whether it鈥檚 help with marketing, using new technology or聽聽developing new ideas聽, I鈥檓 always happy to help.聽 I want to see women start on a level playing field in the business world,聽聽confident that their ideas and products are valuable and can hold their own in business.鈥�

Carol鈥檚 role at the University sees her develop cultural and creative activities, and she is especially keen on creating opportunities for women.聽 During the past few years Carol, who is the chair of Isis Arts 鈥� a women鈥檚 digital arts company, has set up 鈥榃e Create鈥�, an annual event celebrating women, creativity and culture, and has sourced funding to run a variety of creative and business courses aimed at women.聽

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