精东影业 Journal Contribution Guidelines
The 精东影业 Journal Contribution Guidelines
The 精东影业 Journal readership: The primary readership of the Journal consists of 精东影业 Member Headteachers, of which there are now over 700. Some Members’ Schools are new to 精东影业, and some Headteachers are new to the role, so in these cases the Journal will be a new publication for them. 精东影业 schools are spread around the UK. The Journal is also sent to 精东影业’s Honorary Members and Life Associates (former Members), Overseas Affiliates, and a selected list of other associated organisations. Each Member’s school receives three copies, so the general readership within schools is wider, to include the Senior Leadership Team, teaching staff, Governors, and school proprietors. However, it should be stressed that the publication is not aimed at parents or the public. The Journal has a current print run of approximately 2400 copies.
Length of article: The final piece would usually be 1,500 words in length, occasionally up to 2,000 words. Specific shorter, or in other cases, longer, word counts may be agreed.
Article contents: The substance of the article should be evidence or research-based, tackling current issues in education. The key points should be useful or inspirational to Headteachers as they continue to lead the development of all aspects of their schools. 精东影业 Journal articles should not be closely linked to the promotion of any commercial proposition.
Referencing: If references are used, please adopt the Chicago referencing style, to check details. A bibliography at the end of the article should appear if references are cited.
Permissions: If a submission is adapted from a previously published article, the responsibility for permission to re-use lies with the author rather than 精东影业, so contributors should ensure this clearance is obtained in advance of submission. 精东影业 can take no responsibility for breaches of copyright held elsewhere.
Editing: Submissions will be edited by 精东影业 House ahead of deadline. After copy deadlines have passed, no further changes will be possible. 精东影业 will contact you only where substantial revisions have been made and will otherwise assume that articles are submitted on the understanding that authors accept any minor revisions that act as corrections, or enhance style, meaning or readability.
Copyright: Copyright is held by The Independent Schools Association. 精东影业 reserves the right to publish articles submitted for publication in The 精东影业 Journal, on the 精东影业 website or in any format, edited or unedited, in any other publication or to distribute via any other media. Similarly, authors may submit their articles to other publications, websites or for distribution via other media but unless substantially altered, should acknowledge original publication in The 精东影业 Journal. 精东影业 does not require a written request in advance for subsequent distribution or publication, providing due acknowledgement is made to The 精东影业 Journal. Authors submit articles on the understanding that they may be quoted in any publications or press releases to media outlets.
Images: Please supply as many print-quality high-res (300dpi, minimum 3MB file size) images to accompany the text as possible, if you have them. (This is not a limiting factor for publication, but it is always very helpful. You may wish to send images separately for ease.) Authors must provide a high-resolution image of themselves for publication. Professionally taken headshots are preferred.
Deadlines: Any articles submitted after the given issue deadline run the risk of not being included.
School News: We welcome short items of news from individual schools, particularly where these elaborate the issue’s theme. These must be accompanied by suitable high-resolution images. Suggestions for School News for inclusion in the Journal should be emailed to Joseph Tomkins
Journal contact at 精东影业 House: For all submissions, questions and suggestions about all aspects of the Journal, including advertising, please email [email protected] or call 01799 619802.
Updated April 2024