The editor of Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning: The journal of the University Vocational Awards Council, Professor Paul Gibbs, and the publishing team would like to share some news items about the journal and to encourage individuals to write for the journal. Click here for the call for papers for future editions. Please also feel free to circulate this call to your peers, students and members of associations and encourage them to write for HESWBL. For the latest journal information and author guidelines, please go to www.emeraldinsight.com/heswbl.htm
How’s the journal doing?
We are very pleased with the progress of the journal and the direction it is taking in contributing towards the field of research on higher level skills, higher level work-based learning and higher education in its first year. We have seen some excellent download figures for HESWBL -the journal has achieved a ‘high usage’ designation by Emerald, compared to other journals within the education collection. In addition, a third of the articles published so far in the journal have been the first papers by the authors, demonstrating the journal’s ethos of providing an outlet for new researchers to publish their work.
We’ve received some superb testimonials about the journal and these can be viewed on the journal homepage under the section ‘What does the field of research think about HESWBL?’
The journal’s first birthday celebration
The UVAC 2011 conference marked the first birthday of the UVAC journal. To celebrate this, a special cake was commissioned and shared with delegates at the conference.
Caroline McKevitt and Adrian Anderson of UVAC with the cake
The celebration cake
UVAC Chair Professor Joy Carter cuts the cake
Publication dates of HESWBL, volume 1:
The latest edition, Issue 3 is a special issue on CETLs which was guest-edited by Dr Pauline Armsby, Director of Research, Westminster Exchange, University of Westminster.
Issue 1: Published October 2010
Issue 2: Published May 2011
Issue 3: A Special Issue on CETLs – published October 2011
If you are planning to attend or organise any relevant conferences in 2012, Emerald would be happy to promote the event online, promote the journal there and offer online access to relevant journals for all delegates. You can request journal leaflets to distribute at these conferences from Caroline Moors on cmoors@emeraldinsight.com
Ideas for a special issue
The editor welcomes suggestions for special issues. Special issues are often devoted to investigating emerging or “hot” topics. If you have any suggestions for a special issue, you feel the journal should publish, please contact editor Paul Gibbs.
Accessing the journal
UVAC members can access the journal via the members’ area of the UVAC website. Remember, you must have registered and have a username and password to access the members’ area. Click here to go to the member’s area.