LUP is delighted to announce Trailblazers: a new Open Access initiative for ECRs at Lancaster University, University of Liverpool, University of Salford, which uniquely combines OA publication with author boot camps, equipping ECRs with publishing and library skills to support their academic careers.
Why submit to Town Planning Review? A video series
The editors of Town Planning Review (TPR) invite submissions to the journal. In a series of short videos they explain the benefits of choosing TPR for the publication of your research. We Start with John Sturzaker (University of Hertfordshire) on the illustrious history of the journal and the benefits of publishing in a Subscribe to Open journal.
International Development Planning Review introduces New Voices and Debates sections
International Development Planning Review (IDPR) is a peer-reviewed journal which provides an interdisciplinary platform for the critical study of development related practices, planning and policy in the global South. We hear from the co-editors of the journal, Daniel Hammett (University of Sheffield) & Glyn Williams (University of Sheffield), about the introduction of two new sections which will raise up the voices of early career researchers and provide an overview of recent research.
Introducing ‘Sociolinguistic Methodologies at a Crossroads: Innovations from the Postgraduate Community’: A Modern Languages Open Special Collection
This month sees the launch of a new special collection on Modern Languages Open that rethinks methodological approaches in sociolinguistics since Covid 19. The collection includes cutting-edge contributions from the postgraduate community that explore novel ways of applying research methods in a rapidly evolving research climate. Here, the co-editors of the collection, Nicola Bermingham, Stefania Tufi, and Claire Nance explain the research context and thinking that informs this collection of essays.
OpenUP Early Career Researcher (ECR) Monograph initiative
ECRs: the challenges Open Access is becoming ever more important for researchers, research funders and readers. With limited resources available for Gold Open Access, early career researchers (ECRs) face significant barriers. They must compete with established scholars while they build a successful track record of publication, their employment contracts may be short-term, or otherwise less … Continue reading
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