An outcome from the project is a special edition of the peer-reviewed journal JLDHE on the theme 'Developing Writing in STEM Disciplines'. It is being co-edited and peer reviewed by members of our project.

Call for papers, December 2011: Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE) Special Edition 2012, Developing Writing in STEM Disciplines

Deadline for submission of papers: 30 April 2012
Publication: November 2012

This call is for academic papers or case studies relating to projects, development activities, research or innovative practice in developing skills for writing in scientific and technological disciplines. This is an area that is relatively underreported in the UK.

We welcome submissions from subject specialists, learning developers, writing developers, and others with a particular interest in this topic. The deadline for submissions is Monday 30th April 2012. Papers will be peer-reviewed; to help ensure a fair process, two versions of each contribution should be submitted, one of which must have author details removed and content anonymised for the reviewers. If you would like to have an informal discussion about submitting a paper for the special edition, you are welcome to call Trevor Day on 01985 844 822 or John Hilsdon on 07973 425931.

To see the current edition of the JLDHE go to http://www.aldinhe.ac.uk/ojs/. Please note, however, that for this special edition we will not use the online submission system but ask you to send contributions by email directly to john.hilsdon@plymouth.ac.uk. See authors' guidelines below.


Trevor Day, University of Bath
Andy Hagyard, University of Lincoln
John Hilsdon, Plymouth University

This special edition of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education was published in November 2012.