Guidelines & Strands for authors
Author Guidelines
Papers should be circa 6,000 words (7,000 maximum) and available either as Word (.doc) documents or as PDF files. Proceedings will be in black and white print, although internet publication will be in colour. Video and imagery may be included in internet publication but are unlikely to be reproduced in journal publications or conference proceedings. Papers considered for journal publications will be peer-reviewed in line with the requirements of each journal.
Abstracts of 300-500 words to be sent to incult@herts.ac.uk as anonymous word documents with author’s details outlined in the accompanying e-mail. All abstracts will be blind reviewed by 3 people. Please identify which stream you are submitting for (or the PG student day).
Strands
Participants are welcome to submit a presentation proposal for discussion and publication in a journal/conference proceedings in any of the 6 strands outlined below, or for the postgraduate student day.
The six themes being explored in the conference are:
- International, Intercultural and Diversity Issues
- Teaching and Learning and Assessment Issues for the Future
- Issues Surrounding Digital Learning
- Leadership, Management and Governance Issues
- Policy and Quality Issues
- Issues stemming from practice based research and reflective practice
- PLUS a post-graduate student’s day on Monday 28 June
View further information on all strands.
Reviewers comments will be available prior to conference presentation to allow participants to use the conference as a means of further developing their ideas for discussion during the conference. Discussions during the conference may further refine the papers considered for publication in the journals/proceedings drawing from the conference proceedings. Journal editors will advise authors of the deadlines for their particular journals as appropriate.

