Submission guidelines

Format

Please include a short summary of no more than 150 words. Submissions should be no more than 2000 words, excluding references, title and summary. 

Please submit your blog posts as .doc or .docx files. Where relevant, please attach any photos separately as .png files. 

You must provide appropriate captions and sources for any figures or images you include.

Tone and approach

Contributions should aim to be accessible to researchers across disciplines. Contributors are encouraged to explain relevant concepts, terminology and debates where appropriate.

We welcome academic, reflective, practical, and personal approaches to writing about emotionally demanding research. Contributions may use first-person and reflective writing where appropriate.

Ethics, confidentiality and anonymity

Contributors are responsible for ensuring that their submissions do not disclose confidential, identifiable, or otherwise sensitive information about research participants, colleagues, or other individuals. 

Where research experiences are discussed, contributors should consider issues of anonymity, consent, confidentiality, and research ethics.

References

Submissions do not need to follow a formal academic article structure. However, where contributors refer to academic research, theories, quotations, or other published material, appropriate references should be provided. Contributors should ensure that sources are accurately represented and that quotations are appropriately attributed. 

Referencing should be in Harvard style based on the advice given by Cite Them Right. You may wish to provide a list of further reading.

Acknowledgements

You must provide your name and title as well as pronouns if you wish with your submission. 

You may also your contact details and a small author biography of no more than 50 words. These will be made available on the blog post you submit.