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Past event Part of series: Journal Peer Review: What are Journal Editors Looking for?

Journal Peer Review: The Case of Two Higher Education Journals

Doctoral students and Early Career Researchers often struggle to navigate journal peer review (here are two BERA ECR Network podcasts (1)/(2) on the topic) because it is not a skillset that is explicitly and structurally incorporated into (post-)doctoral training and programmes. More often than not, junior researchers acquire the nitty-gritty of journal peer review through hands-on experiences, sometimes without the support of more experienced researchers. Bringing together journal editors of four leading international journals in the broad field of education, this webinar series adopts an in-depth, case study approach to pinpoint the dos’ and don’ts of journal peer review.

Speakers will share their experiences and narratives of editing their journals. In doing so, attendees are expected to gain a better understanding of the important topics related to journal peer review such as factors affecting editorial decisions, recommendations for how to respond to reviewers’ comments.

Programme:

10:00 Welcome & BERA Introduction
Dr Sin-Wang Chong, University of Edinburgh
10:05 Journal peer review:
The case of
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Prof Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University
10:35 Journal peer review:
The case of Higher Education Research and Development
Dr Jisun Jung, University of Hong Kong
11:05 Q&A
11:30 Close of event

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Chairs and Speakers

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Sin-Wang Chong, Professor

Director of Research & Director of Impact and Innovation at University of St Andrews

Sin Wang (Ph.D., SFHEA, FRSA) is Director of Research and Director of Impact and Innovation at the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute, University of St Andrews. Concurrently, he is Honorary Research Professor, Head of...

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Malcolm Tight, Professor

Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University

Malcolm Tight is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University. He previously worked at the University of Warwick, the Open University and Birkbeck College London. He is the editor of the leading international journal Assessment and...

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Jisun Jung, Dr

Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong

Jisun Jung is Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong and co-editor of the journal Higher Education Research & Development. Her research interests are in higher education (higher education research as a field of study, academic...

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