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Email: C.Zaharia@mdx.ac.uk

Contributions

Contributions should be in English. The submission of full papers, short communications and book/article reviews for the General Section of the Journal is always open. Single and Joint articles may equally be considered. News of students and alumni regarding involvement in projects or other activities related to their Work Based Learning or Professional Studies are also most welcome. The journal may in addition, at the discretion of the Editors, publish notices of courses, conferences and similar events.

Contributors should bear in mind that they are addressing an international audience, and papers are only accepted for review on the basis that they are not being submitted elsewhere for publication.

Details of submissions

1. Peer-reviewed papers

Peer-reviewed papers of between 4,000-10,000 words will provide a platform for discussion and analysis of Work Based Learning from various perspectives including academics and researchers in the academic area of Work Based Learning and from professionals who apply their learning with a view to changing practice through a scholarly and considered approach.

• WBL as a field and mode of study

Papers are invited that address issues and concepts in the broad area of WBL. Papers in this section can be theoretical, research led or pedagogical in nature.

The likely audience for these papers is academics and researchers whose interest lies in work and learning but there is also likely to be interest from practitioners in their various professional fields who engage in learning in and through work. Papers in this section will be peer-reviewed by academics involved in work and learning.

• Work Based Projects

Professionally-focused papers are invited that reflect upon and/or critically evaluate projects that have been undertaken in, for or through work. The likely audience for these papers is professionals in a similar or related field but there is also likely to be interest from academics in the broad area of WBL.

Papers in this section will be peer-reviewed by both professionals in the appropriate fields and academics involved in work and learning

. Non-refereed section: Projects/work in progress (at discretion of editor)

In the non-refereed category, papers in-progress will be considered in the following categories:

• WBL as a field and mode of study

Papers of 3000-5000 words are invited that address issues and concepts in the broad area of WBL.

• Work Based Projects

Professionally-focused papers are invited that reflect upon and/ or critically evaluate projects that have been undertaken in, for or through work. This section includes papers from Bachelor, Master and Doctoral candidates of between 1500- 5000 words. It is suggested that Bachelors and Masters Students provide a 1500 word summary of their work-based project on or just before its completion and doctoral candidates provide a 3-5000 word paper before their final hand-in of their doctorate. This work should be endorsed by a supervisor at a named education institution.

• Summaries of Doctoral work-based projects
Summaries of proposed doctoral projects that provide a synopsis of the proposed research and development project in 500 words.

• Posters

Guidelines

Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be sent to Corina Zaharia (Email: C.Zaharia@mdx.ac.uk). Authors should prepare and send Corina Zaharia two versions of their manuscript as MS Word files. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees.

Articles should be formatted and referenced in the style specified for the journal (see the Manuscript Style and Referencing Guidelines with accompanying Quick Guides). Articles should bear the title of the contribution, name(s) and institutional affiliation of the author(s). Each article should be accompanied by an abstract / summary of 200 - 250 words.

Keywords
The abstract must be followed by a list of 5 to 6 key words or phrases

All pages must be numbered. The full postal address of the lead author who will check proofs and who will receive correspondence should also be included. All pages should be numbered. Footnotes to the text should be avoided wherever this is reasonably possible.

Biography
A short biography for each author (not more than 150 words) should also be sent in a separate file.

Manuscript Processing
Care and attention to these guidelines are essential as importing graphics packages can often be problematic.

Figures
We welcome figures sent electronically, but care and attention to these guidelines are essential as importing graphics packages can often be problematic.
  • Figures must be saved individually and separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the article file.
  • Avoid the use of colour and tints for purely aesthetic reasons.
  • Figures should be produced as near to the finished size as possible.
  • All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)).
  • Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the article, and numbered correspondingly.
  • The filename for the graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2a.
  • Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).


Please note that it is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please do not hesitate to contact Corina Zaharia if you have any queries.

As an author, you are required to secure permission if you want to reproduce any figure, table, or extract from the text of another source. This applies to direct reproduction as well as "derivative reproduction" (where you have created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source).

Tables and captions to illustrations
Tables must be typed out on separate pages and not be included as part of the text. The captions to illustrations should be gathered together and also typed out on a separate page. Tables and figures should be numbered with Arabic numerals. The approximate position of tables and figures should be indicated in the manuscript. Captions should include keys to symbols.

Style guidelines

Articles:

Please ensure that your article is presented in accord with both the Work-Based Learning Journal Manuscript Style Guide AND its Referencing Style Guide. For quick reference to style guidelines see the Paper Template.

Posters and Dprof summaries:
If you are submitting a poster or summary of your Doctoral project please refer to the following relevant guides Poster style guide, DProf summary guide

Since the journal is UK based, spelling style must follow UK English.

Anonymity of case studies
It is recommended that all reference to individuals and organisations discussed in the paper be anonymised. The editorial team will have overall discretion regarding the appropriateness of anonymising cases discussed in any paper submitted for publication

Books for Review
Books for Review should be sent to: Corina Zaharia. Email: C.Zaharia@mdx.ac.uk

Proofs

Proofs will be sent to authors if there is sufficient time to do so. They should be corrected and returned to the Editorial Group within three days. Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.

Copyright
Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Dialogue and Debate Section
The Dialogue and Debate section of the e-journal is intended to provide an opportunity for early publication of research that is in progress, where for example authors wish to open discussion amongst fellow researchers and practitioners. The section is also to enable articles to be published which may pose thought provoking and innovative analysis of current issues in policy and practice. The dialogue and debate section will encourage researchers and practitioners to engage in bringing important developments and projects that are relevant to the practice community for this journal. It may also facilitate novice researchers in embarking upon initial dissemination of their work. This section of the journal includes a nominal review aspect which will provide helpful feedback on parameters necessary to aid communication of their initiative. The dialogue and debate section is not intended to represent second tier papers, rather it encompasses a means to bring important work into the public domain as a basis for critical dialoguethat may inform the development and publication of research. It provides a vehicle for all those involved in the field of work-based learning to become clear of any new developments that are underway.

Specifically, papers will be considered in the following categories:
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