The Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice is an open access e-journal of research and practice development in higher and further education. The Journal provides a supportive publishing outlet for new authors to contribute to the scholarly discourse of academic practice in their discipline. As such the Journal is aimed at providing support for new authors and those publishing on the topic of academic practice for the first time.
Our peer reviewed Journal promotes evidence-based academic practice through the publication of papers that are theory-based and supported by evidence. The themes of the Journal reflect the breadth of perspectives in academic practice through a wide variety of disciplinary lenses. The Editors welcome submissions of articles, research notes, opinion pieces and book reviews. The types of articles we publish include:
- Original research: formal research projects with appropriate analysis of data, either with a quantitative or qualitative emphasis or mixed method studies. Action research studies are also particularly relevant to practice development and are welcomed by the Journal. All research projects published must have ethical approval.
- Reflective analysis papers: reflective evaluations of academic practice, either practitioner-based enquiry or reflections that challenge current practice and encourage experimentation, provide novel conclusions or offer new perspectives derived from prior work.
- Review papers: literature reviews illuminating new relationships and understanding, meta-analysis, analytical and integrated reviews, etc.
- Case studies: case study papers focus on examining academic practice in a particular context, drawing out lessons learned that are usually generalisable to a wide and multi-disciplinary audience.
