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The following conventions
in relation to presentation should be taken
into account when submitting material for
consideration in the Journal.
Figures and Diagrams
These should be in greyscale (black and
white) and must be clearly labelled and
numbered: Figure 1, Figure 2, etc. and not
with Roman numerals. They should be supplied
on a separate sheet and referred to in the
manuscript as place Figure 1, etc.
Tables
These should be kept to a minimum. Tables
must be referred to in the text and should
supplement rather than duplicate data. They
should be numbered consecutively, Table
1, Table 2, etc. and given adequate titles
and headings. Tables must be supplied on
a separate sheet and referred to in the
manuscript as place Table 1, etc.
Photographs and
Illustrations
These should be kept to a minimum. They
must be supplied as good quality black and
white originals. Photographs and illustrations
must be supplied on a separate sheet and
referred to in the manuscript as place photo
1.1, etc.
Abbreviations
Explain all abbreviations at the first occurrence,
bearing in mind the international readership.
Try not to use abbreviations at the start
of a sentence.
Numbers
Numerals one to twenty should be written
out and higher numbers expressed in figures.
Numbers that appear in addresses and references
to tables, diagrams, etc. and as decimal
fractions (e.g. 6.1) are exceptions. A comma
should be used in five-digit numbers or
higher (e.g. 53,000). Fractions should written
out with a hyphen (e.g. two-thirds). Dates
should be written out in full (e.g. 13 March
2005). Try to avoid numbers at the start
of a sentence.
Specifications for
articles for the Research Notes and Updates
section
These provide an opportunity to present
interim and final research findings in a
quick and accessible way to inform practitioners
and researcher in the widening participation
and lifelong learning fields. Research notes
and updates are shorter thamn articles and
concentrate on describing the research design
and detailing the findings. If you have
undertaken data collection about a widening
participation or lifelong learning issue
which you think would be useful to share
with other, please consider submitting it
as a research note.
References
References must be included for every item
referred to in the article and should be
presented in the Harvard style.
- A quote or paraphrase from an author
should be cited in the text with the author’s
surname, year of publication and the page
number(s) in brackets, e.g. (Jary and
Parker, 1998: 20).
- At the end of the article, references
should be presented in a References section
as follows:
- For books: Jary, D. and
Parker, M. (eds) (1998) The New Higher
Education: Issues and Directions for the
Post-Dearing University, Stoke on Trent:
Staffordshire University Press.
(Surname, initials. (date) title, place
of publication: publisher.)
- For articles in books: Rouse, D. and
Griffin, S. (1992) ‘Quality for the
Under Threes’ in Geoff Pugh (ed.)
Contemporary Issues in the Early Years,
London: Paul Chapman.
(Surname, initials. (date) ‘title
of article’ in author of book title
of book, place of publication: publisher.)
- For articles in journals, periodicals
and magazines: Comfort, L.K. (1993) ‘Integrating
Information Technology into International
Crisis Management and Policy’, Journal
of Contingencies and Crisis Management
1, 1: 15-27.
(Surname, initials. (date) ‘title
of article’, title of journal/periodical/magazine
volume, number: page numbers.)
- For articles in newspapers: Attwood,
R. (2007) ‘Lack of self-belief deters
poor students’, Times Higher Education
Supplement, 2 February 2007, News section:
3.
(Surname, initials. (date) ‘title
of article’, title of newspaper,
date, name of section: page number(s).)
- For articles from the Internet (if the
source is online only or there is doubt
whether the article appeared in print):
BBC (2005) ‘University drop-out rate
rising’, 22 September 2005, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4270044.stm
(accessed: 13 March 2007).
(Organisation/surname, initials. (date)
‘title of article’, date, at
web address (accessed: date accessed).)
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