Suitability
Research and academic staff from the humanities, social sciences, arts
disciplines with relatively little experience of publishing. If no
further dates are available please register your interest by contacting
Claire Champ at c.l.champ@adm.leeds.ac.uk and you will be added to a
waiting list. Further dates will be arranged on a demand driven basis.
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Description
Overall aim of course
The aim of this session is to help you get your work published – and to
do so as successfully as possible by helping you to feel well informed
and confident in dealing with editors and to make the most of the
publishing opportunities afforded by your work.
Outcomes and benefits
The business of getting published is central to academic life. The
phrase “publish or perish” has become well known. Certainly,
publications are important to the success of your school, department, or
research centre – and to your own career development.
Participants will have a better understanding of the processes involved
in publishing research. They will also have the opportunity to speak
with and learn from an academic editor with extensive publishing
experience.
Session Content
The session will cover publishing in journal articles, books, and other
forms of publications. Typical questions discussed are how to:
•discover opportunities and design a personal strategy for publishing
•decide which journals to target
•maximise your chances of acceptance with those journals
•understand the typical reasons behind acceptance (or rejection)
•decide which book publishers to approach
•write a book proposal
•use the peer review process to your advantage
•work with editors and publishers during the publication process (and
negotiate your contract)
•build an authorial career
During the session you will also be given examples of practical
resources to help you get published. We’ll finish the session with a
list of “dos” and “don’ts”.
Format of the session
This one day session will be a mix of group work, presentation and
discussion.
Pre-requisites
None
Tutor
Anthony Haynes is the director of The Professional and Higher
Partnership Ltd, where he works as an academic editor. He is also
Visiting Professor at Beijing Normal University and Hiroshima University
and has written numerous articles and books, many on authorship and
publishing. Writing Successful Textbooks was published by A&C Black
(2001); Writing Successful Academic Books was published by Cambridge
University Press (2010).
Feedback from previous seminars
"As I had no previous knowledge of publishing, this gave me a strong
foundation from which to build upon.”
Researcher in School of English
“There was lots of information and advice about the process of
publishing and writing which was really helpful.”
Researcher in Health Sciences
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